Assistant Minister for Defence, the Hon Andrew Hastie MP, said recent cyber incidents are a timely reminder of the significant impact of cyber threats such as ransomware on the operations of Australian organisations.
Read Minister Hastie’s full statement regarding Back-up data to defend against cybercrime | Department of Defence Ministers
The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) has easy-to-follow advice coinciding with World Back-Up Day on 31 March, detailing how to back-up devices to either the cloud or an external hard drive.
Important data can be lost instantly, so back it up regularly before it’s too late.