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Supply Chain Security: Insider Threat

Australia’s supply chain is vulnerable to a wide range of hazards. The Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (SOCI Act) recognises that critical infrastructure faces threats across multiple hazard domains, including cyber and information security, physical and natural hazards, personnel security, and supply chain risks. A recent case, reported by media in early October 2024, illustrates the insider threat within the personnel security domain. […]

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Supply chain security: paging Hezbollah!

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Supply chain security is multifaceted and complex. Supply chain security encompasses logistics, supplier ultimate ownership, supply reliability, cyber security, personnel security, ultimate source of materials, modern slavery, and physical adulteration of the items being supplied. Supply chain security is recognised as a security hazard in Australia’s Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (SOCI Act). The attacks

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Countering Insider Threat in a Fractious Society – a View from Australia

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Insider threat is an ancient phenomenon. People who betray the trust of those around them have always existed as thieves, embezzlers, spies, saboteurs: the disgruntled. Also ancient is peoples’ tendency to live and work in groups, evolving to operate as an ordered community – as a society. Within society, insider threat is written into Western

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Ukraine: Navigating Daily Life Amidst Diminished Critical Infrastructure

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In our first article, Pentagram Advisory explored Russia’s systematic destruction of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure. In this follow-up, we delve into how Ukrainians manage to persevere and maintain some element of essential services and support one another in the face of destroyed and irregular critical infrastructure services. This is a snapshot of disrupted daily life where

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Critical Infrastructure Under Attack: What can Australia learn from Ukraine’s experience with Russia?

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Pentagram Advisory visited the Lviv region of Ukraine in July 2024 to gain first-hand knowledge from Ukrainian Government counterparts of the state of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure which has been degraded by Russian attacks for about 30 months. This article is the first in a series that will offer an account of the destruction of Ukraine’s

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Why bother with sharing threat intelligence? We’ve got this cyber thing covered.

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Working in a cyber team, regardless of how brilliant they are is akin to paying ‘whack a mole’ – you’re dealing with a constant onslaught of cyber threats (moles) and doing your best to swat these away with the resources you have available to you. Building a Threat Intelligence function is expensive and If you’re

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Psychologists in short supply in Australia: consequences for workforce assurance

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In Australia, there is an increasing mismatch between the demand for psychologists and the ability of Australia’s universities to educate and qualify psychology students to enter the workforce: not enough psychologists are being graduated. The demand for clinical psychologists has increased in the wake of the COVID pandemic. The Australian Productivity Commission has released a report

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One Year In: Evaluating the Success of Your Critical Infrastructure Risk Management Program

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As 18 August 2024 approaches, many Australian critical infrastructure companies are gearing up to celebrate a significant milestone: the anniversary of the establishment of a Critical Infrastructure Risk Management Program (CIRMP). This date marks not only a commemoration of past efforts but also prompts reflection on the future of safeguarding essential services that underpin our daily lives as individuals

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