A former Services Australia cybersecurity manager has joined the Department of Health and Aged Care as chief information security officer.
David Lang is Service Australia’s National Manager for Cyber Operations and DOHAC’s Under-Secretary-General for Cyber Security.
He replaces Monique Morgan, who has been promoted to assistant secretary for enterprise systems.
Mr Lang also worked at the Australian Electoral Commission as Assistant IT Commissioner and Director of ICT Infrastructure.
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Lang’s appointment comes as the Department of Health focuses on cybersecurity following large-scale data breaches reported within the healthcare industry in recent years.
“The Department is focused on implementing best practice cybersecurity processes and has an ongoing cybersecurity improvement program. The CISO’s role will support this continued improvement,” a DOHAC spokesperson said. said in a statement. Healthcare IT News.
DOHAC recently announced that it would conduct a “long-awaited” experiment. The Information Sharing and Analysis Center is a network that shares information about cyber threats to the Australian health system. Approximately $4 million has been set aside to launch the network, which has been deployed in the banking and financial sector for many years.
This country in May This is one of the largest ransomware attacks in the Australian healthcare sector, affecting approximately 13 million people. The impact was so severe that Medi-Secure, which previously provided a nationwide e-prescription delivery service, took control in June.
Just two years ago, the healthcare and medical sector became subject to stricter cybersecurity regulations, requiring them to create cybersecurity incident response plans and conduct vulnerability assessments.
