Australia’s Cyber Plan to Offer Fault-Free Hack Reviews

Australian businesses will be given some legal immunity to help postmortem cyber attacks as part of the country’s new security strategy, according to the country’s home affairs and cyber security minister.

Australia is planning a cyber incident review board akin to other international models including the US Cyber Safety Review Board to run no-fault, post-incident investigations into major attacks as part of a new strategy expected to be released soon, Minister Clare O’Neil said in an interview with The Weekend Australian newspaper.

The national reporting portal will undertake a “limited use obligation” regarding how information would be shared with other ...