A new high-level government advisory paper on the subject attracted launch support from federal Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton. The new guide is the first output from the recently formed Cyber Security Industry Advisory Committee (CSIAC) headed by Telstra CEO Andrew Penn. Dutton: cybercriminals continue to see Australian businesses as an attractive target and ransomware is a particularly disruptive form of cyberattack that can have devastating impacts 61% of executives in a recent PwC survey say they consider ransomware attacks likely in the next 12 months.”]