Critical Infrastructure · Australia — critical infrastructure

Australia SOCI Act

Australia's Security of Critical Infrastructure Act — risk management programs and incident reporting for 11 sectors.

Regulator
Australian Cyber and Infrastructure Security Centre (CISC)
Jurisdiction
Australia — critical infrastructure
Status
Active — Risk Management Program rules in force from 2023.
In force since
Active
Regulator's source
Who it applies to

Responsible entities for 11 designated critical infrastructure sectors.

Audit / certification status

Continuous evidence pipeline available; audit support included for all customers.

What it requires

What SOCI Act actually requires.

These are the obligations a regulated entity owes — the things an assessor or supervisor will ask about.

01

Critical Infrastructure Risk Management Program (CIRMP) with annual board attestation.

02

Mandatory cyber incident reporting (12-hour critical / 72-hour other).

How Safeguard maps to it

Pre-mapped controls. Continuous evidence.

Each requirement above is bound to live telemetry — not screenshots. The mapping below is what your auditor or regulator sees.

CIRMP framework with continuous evidence.

Cyber incident reporting timer (12/72).

Evidence we produce

Artifacts your auditor accepts.

Each evidence artifact is signed and timestamped. Auditors can verify integrity without trusting Safeguard.

CIRMP annual attestation pack.

Cyber incident reports.

Related frameworks

One evidence base. Many regulators.

These frameworks share substantial control overlap with SOCI Act. Customers running one assessment typically satisfy the others with the same evidence base.

Ready for SOCI Act?

Bring the framework. We'll walk the controls with you — section by section, evidence packet by evidence packet, with the regulators you actually have to answer to.

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