Macquarie
Government,
part
of
Macquarie
Telecom
Group
today
announced
it
has
renewed
and
extended
its
agreement
with
the
Australian
Taxation
Office
(ATO)
to
provide
a
range
of
data
and
cyber
security
services.
It
says
it
will
see
the
ATO
continue
to
leverage
services
including
Macquarie’s
Secure
Internet
Gateway
(SIG),
24x7x365
Security
Operations
Centre
(SOC),
sovereign
data
centre,
hyperconverged
infrastructure,
and
cloud
services.
Since
the
initial
agreement
was
signed
in
2019,
Macquarie
has
facilitated
the
migration
of
SIG
services
as
well
as
supported
the
ATO’s
IT
and
security
teams
in
relation
to
SIG
services.
This
support
includes
monitoring
digital
events
on
the
ATO’s
SIG
and
triaging
targeted
attacks
by
Macquarie’s
SOC.
For
the
ATO,
Macquarie’s
SOC
provides
a
full
inspection
of
internet
traffic
flows,
content,
and
images
to
meet
ATO
policies,
the
Government’s
Protective
Security
Policy
Framework
(PSPF)
and
Information
Security
Manual
(ISM)
controls.
In
December,
Macquarie
Government,
Australia’s
government
cyber
security
specialist,
also
became
the
first
company
in
Australia
to
have
both
its
cloud
and
data
centre
services
‘Certified
Strategic’
by
the
Digital
Transformation
Agency
(DTA).
Macquarie
Government
provides
SIG
and
other
cyber
security
services
to
approximately
42
per
cent
of
the
Federal
Government
based
on
staff
headcount.
“We’re
proud
to
play
a
key
role
in
keeping
one
of
Australia’s
most
fundamental
government
agencies
secure,
at
a
time
when
Australians
are
looking
for
greater
assurance
their
critical
government
data
and
the
institutions
that
store
and
protect
it
are
fully
secure,”
said
Aidan
Tudehope,
Managing
Director,
Macquarie
Government.
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