Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018

improving the transparency of the ownership and operational control of critical infrastructure in Australia in order to better understand those risks; and

facilitating cooperation and collaboration between all levels of government, and regulators, owners and operators of critical infrastructure, in order to identify and manage those risks; and

requiring responsible entities for critical infrastructure assets to identify and manage risks relating to those assets; and

imposing enhanced cyber security obligations on relevant entities for systems of national significance in order to improve their preparedness for, and ability to respond to, cyber security incidents; and

imposing enhanced security obligations on responsible entities for critical telecommunications assets; and

providing a regime for the Commonwealth to respond to serious incidents relating to critical infrastructure assets.