PiT briefing at State Library of Queensland
Chris McLaren - Queensland Government Chief Customer and Digital Officer
Building a thriving Queensland digital economy
Rob Champion - Queensland Government Chief Information Security Officer
Cyber Security
6. Digital
inclusion
Digital
skills
Digital infrastructure and
regional connectivity
Digital
First Nations
Digital
inclusion
Digital channels, platforms
and products
Cyber
security
Core customer and
digital delivery
Foundational digital
policies and frameworks
Data analytics and sharing
artificial intelligence
Service innovation
and improvement
Customer service
excellence
Queensland Government
digital uplift
Workforce capacity,
capability and culture
Foundational
Digital
economy
Digital
customer and
government
Objectives and priorities
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7. Digital CUSTOMER
Digital customer and platform approach
Auscontact state and national excellence award winners
New contact centre as a service
Tell us once development complete
120M+ customer interactions through Smart Service Queensland
94% customer satisfaction
2023 Customer sentiment survey and dashboard
Digital chat service.
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8. Digital ECONOMY
Additional $57M infrastructure secured - Regional Connectivity Program
Round 3
Launched LGAQ, Queensland Government and Starlink partnership
2 First Nations digital service centres – Cherbourg and Palm Island
Regional digital playbook
Increasing device ownership to people with a disability and students across
rural, remote and First Nations communities
Reached over 307K+ digital career campaign
7700+ trained in digital skills
Building Digital Equity for people with a disability.
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9. Digital GOVERNMENT
Data sharing framework
Commonwealth digital identity engagement
Single touch payroll
Cyber Hazard Plan
AI guidance, policy and capability
Draft Fast AI Risk Assessment Framework.
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10. Digital GOVERNMENT
90% customer satisfaction with CITEC
88% customer satisfaction with QSS services
100% customers consider CAA services value for money
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
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11. Digital GOVERNMENT
QChat is a virtual assistant for Queensland Government
staff, developed by the QGCDG’s AI Unit
Performs a range of tasks such as composing briefing
notes, summarising official documents, brainstorming
solutions, and developing or reviewing code, all in line
with Queensland Government regulations and ethical
standards.
QChat
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12. Digital GOVERNMENT
DIGITAL WORKFORCE
176digital graduates
69work placements for neurodiverse and
First Nations people
84Certificate 4 cyber security graduates
GWN Major Project Award
Premier’s Award finalists – First
Nations Digital Business Centre
QSS celebrates 20 years
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13. Digital GOVERNMENT
STOPPED 2.2B+
cyber security attack events
and blocked 100%
attempted denial of service
attacks
621
QGRN services
2.6M information
brokerage citizen transactions
per year
$23.4B
vendor payments
2.1M+ pays delivered
(QSS and CAA)
96% human-centred
design training satisfaction
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15. Digital CUSTOMER
Most Queenslanders prefer the convenience of digital self-serve
73% of Queenslanders would prefer to transact
online with Queensland Government for information
searches, applications and payments. Online is
viewed as easy, convenient and faster. Other less
commonly mentioned benefits are avoiding queues
and people interactions and better for carer
responsibilities.
78% of businesses would prefer to transact online
with Queensland Government for information,
applications and payments. Online is preferred
because it’s easy, convenient and faster. Other less
common reasons are avoiding queues, no interaction
with people and a digital record.
Source: 2023 whole-of-government customer satisfaction survey.
71% want a single login for
Queensland Government
They want more joined-up,
secure and simpler digital
services.
Ideas
To improve Queensland Government services
delivery (unprompted).
#1 – better digital services
‘Access all in one app’
‘Simplify online services’
‘Streamline related services, so don’t have to chop
and change around different apps or websites’
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20. 20
Expand First Nations Digital Service
Centre Network
Complete delivery of Digital Professional
Workforce Action Plan
RegTech solution
Digital Inclusion strategic plan
Digital Inclusion hub
Queensland Digital Infrastructure Plan
Digital ECONOMY
21. 21
Digital ECONOMY
First Nations Digital Careers
Program growth
Complete LEO implementation in
First Nations communities
Expanded Queensland digital
connectivity initiatives
ICT Category Plan
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PARTNER with us
• Support our vision and priorities
• Lean in: Inclusion, First Nations, skills, innovation
• Don’t sell. Listen, understand, challenge, solve
• Treat us like one customer, don’t ‘divide and conquer’
• Tell us what we can be doing better
• Show us what you are doing to help us do better
• Do what you say you will do, do it with excellence
• Talk straight, tell it like it is.
29. Howcanyouhelp?
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Expect to be a target
Develop and test your incident response
plan
Uplift Cyber Hygiene
Yours and your customers’
Implement the Essential 8
Invest in skills & resources
Report incidents
Help build a picture of the threat
environment
The changing cyber threat environment
Continues to deteriorate
Speed, Scale & Impact of malicious cyber activity is increasing
Fastest changing risk organisations face / ready to deal a cyber crisis.
Cyber crime
BEC
Ransomware -> Hack & leak
Range of high profile cyber incidents
Nation States
LOTL – Volt Typhoon
Espionage
Prepositioning for destructive attack
5-Eyes collaboration
Issues Motivated Groups
Supporters of various causes
Climate debate
Wars
Law Enforcement & disruption
AFP / QPS
Lockbit,
Medibank hacker
Shifts in stakeholder expectations
Privacy – mandatory
Critical Infrastructure / SOCI
Collaboration & disclosure
Ransomware reporting
QUAD / AUKUS
Ukraine & Gaza conflicts / spillover and targeting risks
2032 Olympics
Economic model
Failure to build and maintain trust
Planning for significant cyber incidents
National and State Arrangements
Cyber Specific Hazard Plan under State Disaster Management Arrangements
Annual WoG Cyber Exercises
120 attendees (Oct 2023) - Sky Scriber
planning commencing for later this year
Federal Govt Critical Infrastructure Exercise Program
Cyber Defence Centre / IR Panel Arrangements
Embedded in the CDC
Prepare and conduct IR
QGIF
Continue strong partnership with
ASD & Home Affairs
States & territories
Local & State Elections
March 16 (Tomorrow)
October 26
WoG Cyber Program
$73.5 over 4 years
Technical controls continuing to be enhanced
Focus on leveraging the M365 investments
CTI
Attack surface & vulnerability
Security testing and Exercising capability
CSU Program $73.5M
Uplift Depts, Stat Bodies & LGAs - GOCs
Roll out core services to wider range of Govt bodies.
Deliver XXX Services to YYY agencies
IS18 Review
ISO/IEC 27001:2022
Scope of ISMS
Incorporating governance of OT/IOT – not just ICT
Supply Chain Security
Both Technology & General suppliers
Will be working with other jurisdictions to consistent approach
Re-envisioning assurance – move from annual to continuous
Essential 8 Maturity
Continuous assessment – lowering the effort through automation
Build skills & capability
Not just technical skills / also Executives
Partnerships with AICD & TAFE
TAFE CERT IV – **** 158 ***** Graduates to date
AICD Boards Role in Cyber – **** 100 ***** Graduates to date
AI & Automation is a risk and an opportunity - for both sides.
Sophisticated attacks and responses.
Ability to scale and enhance our workforce
Expect to be a target
- Plan & exercise
- Not just technical, also client engagement, procurement, operations, legal, HR, finance
Adopt a shared risk view
Understand your posture & sensitivities
uplift cyber hygiene
- yourself and your customers
- Invest in skills & capability – lift your own supply chain
Foster collaboration with peers & partners
- Share best practices and lessons learned
Report to the ACSC to minimise harm – Join the ACSC Partnership program
- Your incident is someone else’s threat intelligence
- QG will expect our suppliers to act in best interest of all stakeholders – not just shareholders.