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Domain Name System Security for Domain Owners
Category
Guidance Document
Organisation
Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC)
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
January 2021
Updated
October 2021
This publication provides information on Domain Name System (DNS) security for domain owners, as well as mitigation strategies to reduce the risk of misuse of domains and associated resources.
Domain Name System Security for Domain Resolvers
Category
Guidance Document
Organisation
Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC)
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
January 2021
Updated
October 2021
This publication provides information on Domain Name System (DNS) security for recursive resolution servers, as well as mitigation strategies to reduce the risk of DNS resolver subversion or compromise.
Restricting Administrative Privileges
Category
Guidance Document
Organisation
Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC)
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
June 2011
Updated
November 2023
This publication provides guidance on how to effectively restrict administrative privileges.
Secure Administration
Category
Guidance Document
Organisation
Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC)
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
September 2015
Updated
October 2021
This publication is designed to complement and expand on the guidance in the Information Security Manual (ISM).
Mergers, Acquisitions and Machinery of Government Changes
Category
Guidance Document
Organisation
Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC)
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
July 2019
Updated
June 2022
This document dicusses the signifiacnt challenges to cyber security faced by organisations when they undergo change.
My Health Record FHIR® Implementation Guide v1.1.0
Category
FHIR Implementation Guide
Services
Organisation
ADHA
ID
DH-4001:2024
Type
Standard
Product
Version
1.1.0
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created date
Updated date
Planning for Critical Vulnerabilities - What Boards Need to Know
Category
Guidance Document
Organisation
Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC)
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
December 2023
This publication provides information on why it is important that Boards and their Directors are aware of and plan for critical vulnerabilities that have the potential to cause major cyber security incidents.
Cyber Skills Framework
Category
Guidance Document
Organisation
Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC)
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
September 2020
Updated
September 2020
This framework describes core cyber roles, capabilities, skills and proficiency levels.
Cyber Security for Contractors
Category
Guidance Document
Organisation
Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC)
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
March 2012
Updated
October 2021
This publication aims to help contractors to appropriately secure Australian Government information on their systems.
Cyber Security Principles
Category
Guidance Document
Organisation
Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC)
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
June 2024
Updated
June 2024
The cyber security principles provide strategic guidance on how an organisation can protect its systems, applications and data from cyber threats.
Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management
Category
Guidance Document
Organisation
Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC)
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
November 2019
Updated
May 2023
This information provides an overview of managing cyber supply chain risks with links to more detailed information.
Identifying Cyber Supply Chain Risks
Category
Guidance Document
Organisation
Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC)
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
January 2021
Updated
May 2023
This guidance helps organisations to identify risks associated with the businesses in their cyber supply chain.
Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme Standards
Category
Standard
Organisation
ACSQHC
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
2016
These standards provide a consistent statement on the level of care consumers can expect from diagnostic imaging practices.
Literature review: Safety and quality in diagnostic imaging
Category
Supplementary Resource
Organisation
ACSQHC
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
July 2022
This literature review describes the national and international standards that underpin diagnostic imaging, as well as strategies to improve patient safety, quality and unwarranted variation in diagnostic imaging.
Requirements for human medical genome testing utilising massively parallel sequencing technologies
Category
Standard
Organisation
ACSQHC
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
2017
This document outlines the minimum best-practice requirements for medical pathology laboratories that conduct human genetic testing using massively parallel sequencing - also known as next-generation sequencing.
Requirements for laboratories reporting tests for the National Cervical Screening Program
Category
Standard
Organisation
ACSQHC
Type
Standard
Version
2
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
2019
This document sets out the minimum requirements for best-practice use of human papillomavirus (HPV) nucleic acid testing for cervical screening
Requirements for laboratory testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV)
Category
Standard
Organisation
ACSQHC
Type
Standard
Version
4
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
2023
This document sets out the minimum standards for good pathology practice in Australia for testing for HIV and HCV.
Requirements for medical testing for human genetic variation
Category
Standard
Organisation
ACSQHC
Type
Standard
Version
3
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
2022
This standard sets out the expected level of practice required by laboratories for medical testing of heritable and non-heritable human genetic variation.
Requirements for medical testing of microbial nucleic acids
Category
Standard
Organisation
ACSQHC
Type
Standard
Version
2
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
2013
This standard sets out the requirements that apply to tests for detecting, characterising and quantifying nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) in medical pathology laboratories that test for microorganisms that can or may cause disease in humans.
Requirements for point of care testing
Category
Standard
Organisation
ACSQHC
Type
Standard
Version
2
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
2021
This standard sets out the minimum requirements for governance, management systems, staff training, safety, environmental issues, and specimen and result integrity related to the performance of point of care testing.
Requirements for quality control, external quality assurance and method evaluation
Category
Standard
Organisation
ACSQHC
Type
Standard
Version
6
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
2018
This document outlines the general features that an internal quality control system and an external quality assessment program must have in order to provide an effective monitoring strategy for the various pathology disciplines.
Requirements for semen analysis
Category
Standard
Organisation
ACSQHC
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
2017
This document sets out the minimum requirements for best practice in performing pathology-based semen analysis.
Requirements for the communication of high risk pathology results
Category
Standard
Organisation
ACSQHC
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
2020
This document outlines the minimum best-practice standards for the management and communication of high-risk pathology results by the pathology service.
Requirements for the estimation of measurement of uncertainty
Category
Standard
Organisation
ACSQHC
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
2007
This document provides guidance for pathology laboratories on an acceptable degree of variation in measurements.
Requirements for the facilities and operation of mortuaries
Category
Standard
Organisation
ACSQHC
Type
Standard
Version
3
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
2013
This document outlines the minimum best practice for mortuaries in hospitals and forensic units, including design, construction, provision of services and communication.
Requirements for the packaging and transport of pathology specimens and associated materials
Category
Standard
Organisation
ACSQHC
Type
Standard
Version
5
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
2022
This document sets out the expected policies, procedures and practices that laboratories should use when packaging and transporting pathology specimens and associated materials.
Requirements for validation of self-collected vaginal swabs for use in the National Cervical Screening Program
Category
Standard
Organisation
ACSQHC
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
2019
This document sets out the minimum requirements that a laboratory must meet in order to offer testing of self-collected vaginal swabs for human papillomavirus (HPV) as part of the National Cervical Screening Program as an in vitro diagnostic medical device.
E-health web services profiles
Category
Technical Specification
Organisation
Standards Australia
ID
ATS 5820-2010
Type
Standard
Access
Fees apply to access
Status
Superseded
Created
March 2010
This document defines profiles of the SOAP web services specifications.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle indicators
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
ID
Cat. no: CWS 84
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
August 2022
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP) indicators present the latest data to assess progress towards implementing the ATSICPP. The ATSICPP aims to reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the child protection and out-of-home care systems.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
March 2024
This dataset provides the latest information on health outcomes, health system performance and the broader determinants of health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) people, drawing from the Health Performance Framework (HPF) measures.
Access to BreastScreen Australia screening services v4.0
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
ID
Cat. no: CAN 158
Type
Standard
Version
4
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
February 2024
This is an interactive dashboard showing the shortest time it takes women aged from 50 to 74 years from the general and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) populations to drive to a BreastScreen Australia screening service provided at a chosen frequency.
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia annual report v10.0
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
ID
Cat. no: HSE 250
Type
Standard
Version
10
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
June 2024
This report provides data on treatments in Australian treatment services for alcohol and other drugs.
Alcohol, tobacco & other drugs in Australia v19.0
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
ID
Cat. no: PHE 221
Type
Standard
Version
19
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
July 2024
This report provides information on the availability and consumption of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in Australia, and the related impacts, harms and treatment.
Australia's welfare 2021 indicators v6.0
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
Type
Standard
Version
6
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
September 2021
Updated
January 2024
Australia's welfare 2021 indicators summarise the performance of welfare services, track individual and household determinants of wellbeing, and provide insights into the nation's wellbeing status more broadly.
Australia's health performance framework v9.0
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
Type
Standard
Version
9
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
May 2024
The Australian Health Performance Framework is a tool for reporting on the health of Australians, the performance of health care in Australia and the Australian health system.
Better Cardiac Care measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: Fifth national report 2020 v1.0
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
ID
Cat. no: IHW 246
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Superseded
Updated
March 2021
This is the fifth national report on the 21 Better Cardiac Care measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, with updated data available for 15 measures.
Burden of avoidable deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2018 v1.0
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
ID
Cat. no: BOD 38
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
September 2023
This dataset presents estimates of avoidable deaths among First Nations people at the national and Indigenous Region level.
Cancer Incidence and Mortality Across Regions (CIMAR) books v1.0
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
ID
Cat. no: WEB 156
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
December 2016
The Cancer Incidence and Mortality Across Regions (CIMAR) books are Excel workbooks that present cancer incidence and mortality statistics for selected cancers across various geographical areas.
Cancer statistics for small geographic areas v1.0
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
ID
Cat. no: CAN 108
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
October 2019
This dataset presents cancer statistics for Primary Health Network areas (PHNs) and Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3s) for the periods 2010-14 and 2005-14.
Child and maternal health in 2014-2016 v1.0
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
ID
Cat. no: HPF 38
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
October 2018
This dataset presents indicators of maternal and child health, nationally, by Primary Health Network (PHN) areas and by smaller local areas.
Child protection Australia 2020-21 v1.0
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
ID
Cat. no: CWS 87
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
June 2022
This dataset presents statistics on state and territory child protection and family support services, as well as selected characteristics of children receiving these services in 2020-21.
Children's Headline Indicators v1.0
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
ID
Cat. no: CWS 64
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
September 2018
The Children's Headline Indicators (CHI) are a set of 19 high-level, measurable indicators that identify the immediate environments that are particularly important to children's health, development and wellbeing.
Cultural safety in health care for Indigenous Australians: monitoring framework v1.0
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
ID
Cat. no: IHW 222
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
July 2023
This framework uses data to assess progress in achieving cultural safety in the health system for Indigenous Australians.
Dementia in Australia Summary report 2022 v1.0
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
ID
Cat. no: DEM 6
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
February 2023
This summary report presents a snapshot of key findings from the Dementia in Australia online report as at the end of 2022.
Dementia in Australia v29.0
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
ID
Cat. no: DEM 2
Type
Standard
Version
29
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
March 2024
This online report provides a comprehensive picture of dementia in Australia.
Eye health measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2023: Interactive data v7.0
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
ID
Cat. no: IHW 278
Type
Standard
Version
7
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
December 2023
This set of interactive data visualisations is part of the seventh annual report on the Eye health measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) people.
Geographical analysis of hospitalised injury and injury deaths data, 2017-18 v1.0
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
ID
Cat. no: INJCAT 216
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
August 2021
This dataset has interactive maps and data visualisations based on counts and rates of hospitalised injury and injury deaths by remoteness of usual residence for Australian jurisdictions in 2017-18.
Geographical variation in disease: diabetes, cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease v3.0
Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
ID
Cat. no: PHE 292
Type
Standard
Version
3
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
August 2021
This dataset has 36 dynamic dashboards showing the distribution of the impact of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease at 3 geographical levels: state/territory, Primary Health Network and Population Health Area