The Department of Health and Aged Care has really chosen Services Australia’s David Lang as its brand-new cyber security and safety chief.
Lang will definitely at present deal with the title of aide secretary, cyber security and safety department and CISO, beneath the administration of main digital and particulars policeman Fay Flevaras.
He modifications Monique Morgan, that has really been marketed to aide secretary and firm programs department lead.
In a declaration to iTnews, the division claimed Lang will definitely proceed turning out a steady cyber security and safety uplift program.
“The department has a focus on implementing best practice cyber security practices and has an in-flight cyber security uplift program,” a consultant claimed.
“The CISO role supports this continued uplift.”
Lang previously functioned as Services Australia’s nationwide supervisor for cyber security and safety.
He moreover invested ten years on the Australian Electoral Commission, serving as aide commissioner and CIO amongst his features there.
The Department of Health and Aged Care has really been an important recipient of presidency spending plan funds for “ICT infrastructure” in successive years, with a $312 million allotment in Budget 2022, complied with by $214.5 million in Budget 2023 and $174.5 million in Budget 2024, adhering to a royal compensation proper into the market.
Last month, it was uncovered that Accenture would definitely be releasing service suppliers proper into a big digital enchancment program underway in aged remedy.
The division has really handed $289 million to Accenture for a “workforce uplift supporting the temporary demands of reform initiatives while ensuring the ongoing capability and capacity to maintain the future aged care digital ecosystem”.
