Dept of Well being and Aged Care is beneath new cyber management – Safety

The Division of Well being and Aged Care has appointed Providers Australia’s David Lang as its new cyber safety chief.

Lang will now tackle the title of assistant secretary, cyber safety department and CISO, beneath the management of chief digital and data officer Fay Flevaras.

He replaces Monique Morgan, who has been promoted to assistant secretary and company methods department lead.

In an announcement to iTnews, the division mentioned Lang will proceed rolling out an ongoing cyber safety uplift program.

“The division has a concentrate on implementing greatest observe cyber safety practices and has an in-flight cyber safety uplift program,” a spokesperson mentioned.

“The CISO position helps this continued uplift.”

Lang beforehand labored as Providers Australia’s nationwide supervisor for cyber safety.

He additionally spent 10 years on the Australian Electoral Fee, performing as assistant commissioner and CIO amongst his roles there.

The Division of Well being and Aged Care has been a key recipient of federal price range funds for “ICT infrastructure” in consecutive years, with a $312 million allocation in Budget 2022, adopted by $214.5 million in Budget 2023 and $174.5 million in Finances 2024, following a royal fee into the sector.

Final month, it was revealed that Accenture could be deploying contractors right into a large-scale digital transformation program underway in aged care.

The division has handed $289 million to Accenture for a “workforce uplift supporting the momentary calls for of reform initiatives whereas making certain the continued functionality and capability to take care of the longer term aged care digital ecosystem”.