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Australia is using the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (SOCI Act 2018) as a framework to help the country mitigate and remediate threats to the country’s critical infrastructure. The Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Act 2021 was later introduced as an amendment to the SOCI Act, and this was further strengthened by the https://www.upguard.com/blog/how-to-comply-with-slacip in April 2022.

One of the aims of this SLACIP amendment to SOCI is to enhance the minimum acceptable security practices for critical infrastructure entities. The Australian government determined that SOCI and the SLACIP amendments will apply to the following critical infrastructure entities it has identified: Critical broadcasting Critical data storage and processing assets Certain critical defense assets Critical domain name system assets Critical energy assets, including electricity, water, gas, and liquid fuel assets Financial services sector assets are divided into critical banking, critical insurance, critical financial market infrastructure, and critical superannuation assets Critical food and grocery assets Critical freight infrastructure Specific critical healthcare assets

After the identification of cyber risks, threats, and vulnerabilities, critical infrastructure must undergo an ongoing process of threat mitigation and vulnerability remediation.