National Office of Cyber Security

The National Office of Cyber Security (NOCS) supports the National Cyber Security Coordinator to deliver their functions under the Australian Government Crisis Management Framework. The Coordinator manages responses to cyber security incidents of national significance or interest. They are accountable to the Minister for Cyber Security. The NOCS is the central touchpoint for affected organisations. The NOCS works collaboratively to help manage consequence management efforts of an incident across Australian, state, and territory government departments and agencies. Consequence management relates to the second and subsequent order effects from cyber security incidents. The NOCS helps government and industry work together to identify and mitigate the secondary harms that may result from a cyber security incident. In the most severe instances, this could include ‘real world’ impacts. This may require the activation of emergency management arrangements, such as the National Coordination Mechanism. The Coordinator and the NOCS oversee efforts to ensure Australians are better protected, business and critical infrastructure entities are cyber resilient and to deliver on the Australian Government’s mission to make Australia one of the most cyber secure nations in the world by 2030. The Coordinator and the NOCS are guided by and subject to obligations under the Cyber Security Act 2024.