What does the national threat landscape look like?
We encourage all staff to review the below SBS News article on the types of scams that impacted Australia in 2024, according to Scamwatch. This insightful read will help you stay vigilant against investment, romance, payment redirection, remote access and phishing scams, which accounted for over 70% of the total combined losses last year.
Australia's $319 million year in scams — and the biggest hitters | SBS News
Significantly, in Australia, email was the most common way scammers contacted people (90,819 scams) followed by text message (77,365) and phone calls (41,742).
What does CGD’s threat landscape look like?
While our IT security systems blook the vast majority of phishing attacks, a substantial number still get through to users. It only takes one click on a malicious link from any one of our users to initiate a large-scale attack with significant disruption to our organisation.
Does it matter if I click on an email phishing link?
Although we have security measures, cybercrime is on the rise. Clicking on a phishing email can shut our systems down for days, weeks or longer and can allow malicious actors to hide within our network, posing long-term risks.
How can security awareness training help?
We aim to raise awareness and educate staff to prevent such incidents. Your vigilance and proactive actions can significantly protect yourself, your family and our organisation from online scams. In the coming weeks the Digital Technology department will be rolling out compulsory cybersecurity training to all staff. We will also run periodic informative sessions for users to enhance our digital literacy around cybersecurity.
For any questions, please contact the IT Service Desk at 8571 5102. If you are interested in participating in cybersecurity training please contact our corporate systems trainer, Claude Curelea.