ICT Security

The role of the Security & Risk Assurance (SRA) team is to assure the availability of government information infrastructure, with a focus on systems, to support the delivery of essential services to the community.

The Director, SRA is the principal advisor to the Acting Chief Information Officer in relation to Information & Communication Technology (ICT) security.

Security & Risk Assurance is responsible for the following:

• Developing strategies and maintaining policy and standards pertaining to ICT security.
• The management of an assurance regime that monitors compliance to policy.
• Developing, operating and maintaining an across government significant incident coordination and business continuity management program that integrates into the State Emergency Management Plans, including counter terrorism plans.
• Identifying critical government information infrastructure and systems, and coordinating business continuity planning to minimise service disruption and recovery time.
• Applying a risk based approach to the management of ICT security, systems and critical information infrastructure.
• Oversighting and advising on the development and management of critical Government ICT services and infrastructure.
• Providing advice on strategy, procurement, service delivery and contract management activities from the security perspective.

Read about:

ICT State Control Centre

Information Security Management Framework

Further Information

Security Risk and Assurance
Phone: 61 8 8463 4003
SCIP@saugov.sa.gov.au