Australian Government’s ACSC launches secure administration guide

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[1] A new guide intended to help organisations lock down network assets, such as application servers and domain controllers, has been released by the government’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC).

[2] The aim of the Secure Administration guide is to prevent ‘Sony Picture-style’ hacks, by protecting accounts that have admin privileges.

[3] This follows the revelations that the majority of compromises of government networks involved hackers acquiring “significant privileged access, such as Domain Administrator access”.

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[Source] Australian Information Technology News – Australian Government’s ACSC launches secure administration guide