ACCAN recently submitted to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (the Joint Committee) on the Cyber Security Legislative Package 2024 (the Legislative Package). ACCAN’s comments on the Legislative Package are restricted to the Cyber Security Bill 2024 (The Bill).

In this submission, ACCAN provides the Joint Committee with recommendations to improve the cybersecurity of consumers using connected devices, including Internet of Things devices, by improving the enforcement structures established under the Bill relating to the security standards of connected devices.

ACCAN recommends that:

• The Joint Committee revise the requirement that enforcement notices for connected device security standards be sent in a sequential order to allow the Secretary to send stop and recall notices in the first instance.
• The Cyber Security Bill 2024 be amended to require the Department of Home Affairs establish a public register of compliance notices, stop notices and recall notices to improve transparency and consumer visibility of relevant connected devices.

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