Current Grant Opportunity View - GO6939

The Health Sector Information Sharing and Analysis Centre (ISAC) Acceleration Grants Program will deliver a grant of up to $6.423 million over three years to establish an ISAC to support industry-to industry threat intelligence sharing in the health sector.

ISACs provide an intelligence-sharing platform where participants interact and share information regarding cyber threats on their gateways and networks.

The health sector and its supply hold highly sensitive and personal data about the health and wellbeing of Australians. As the health industry sector continues its digital transformation the sector must be able to respond to cyber threats as they arise.

The objectives of the program are to:

• establish a new ISAC, or upscale the operations of an existing ISAC, to facilitate ongoing industry-to-industry threat intelligence sharing within the health sector
• improve capabilities with participating member organisations both to prevent, through emphasising hardening and resilience, and respond to cyber threats
• establish an intelligence-sharing forum where participants interact and share information regarding cyber threats
• drive benefit from, and provide benefit to, the National Cyber Threat Picture by ensuring any technical, machine speed threat intelligence sharing is compatible with the national cyber threat intelligence platform, Australian Signals Directorate’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing (ASD CTIS)
• establish and maintain relationships with existing threat intelligence sharing forums to enable sharing of meaningful threat intelligence to the healthcare ecosystem.

The intended outcomes of the program are:

• improved collaboration, information sharing, cyber threat capabilities and good cyber practices within the health sector
• alternative mechanisms for industry to share cyber threat intelligence between industry partners, sectors and government
• establishment of an ISAC that is self-sustaining at the conclusion of the grant funding period.

You can apply if you:

• have an Australian business number (ABN)
• are registered for GST
• are located in Australia
• have an account with an Australian financial institution
• are an entity incorporated in Australia
• are one of the following entities:
  • an existing ISAC
  • a health sector group
  • specialist in generating and disseminating cyber threat intelligence
  • a membership organisation for cyber professionals

and:

• provide a holistic information security management plan to manage security risk and personnel specific to the project, i.e. vetting people, policies and technology, and/or be certified against cyber security standards (ISO/IEC 27001 or equivalent).

You can’t apply if you are:

• an organisation, or your project partner is an organisation, included on the National Redress Scheme’s list of Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme
• an employer of 100 or more employees that has not complied with the Workplace Gender Equality Act (2012)
• an individual
• an unincorporated association
• a trust (however, an incorporated trustee may apply on behalf of a trust)
• an international entity, although international entities may partner with an eligible entity to deliver the project
• an entity not listed in section 4.1 of the Guidelines.

Partner with other organisations

You can partner with one or more other organisations. You must decide who the lead organisation is. The lead organisation must meet the eligibility criteria.

The lead organisation must fill out the application form.

If we give your group the grant, the lead organisation:

• signs the grant agreement
• is responsible for making sure your group follows the rules in the grant agreement.

$6,423,000.00

To apply, go to: https://business.gov.au/HSISAC

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