GovCERT.au
About us
The Australian Government Computer Emergency Readiness Team (GovCERT.au) was established in 2005 to help formulate cyber security policy and to liaise with foreign government computer emergency response teams (CERTs).
GovCERT.au assists in coordinating Australian Government policy for computer emergency preparedness, response, readiness and recovery in relation to Australia’s critical infrastructure and key business. GovCERT.au is responsible for providing advice and information to help owners and operators of critical infrastructure and key business secure their networks and systems.
GovCERT.au is the point of contact within the Australian Government for foreign governments on CERT issues impacting on Australia’s critical infrastructure and key business, and coordinates any related requests.
GovCERT.au is the Australian Government lead on issues related to supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and control systems security. GovCERT.au receives cyber security information for distribution to Australian businesses, including critical infrastructure owners and operators.
On 23 November 2009, the Attorney-General announced the name of the new national CERT: CERT Australia.
CERT Australia will be a source of cyber security information for the Australian community and a point of contact for Australia’s international cyber security counterparts. It will have a coordination role and incident handling capability in the event of a serious cyber event.
The current functions and services of GovCERT.au will continue as part of CERT Australia. For more information please see the CERT Australia website at www.cert.gov.au.
Contact GovCERT.au
GovCERT.au can be contacted through CERT Australia at:
E-mail
govcert@ag.gov.au
Postal address
CERT Australia
Attorney-General’s Department
3-5 National Circuit
Barton ACT 2600