The National Office of Cyber Security (NOCS) develops a range of resources to support government and industry cyber security incident planning, preparedness, and response activities.
Playbooks
The NOCS’ Playbooks are an initiative under Shield 4 of the
2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy. The playbooks are high level guides for how the NOCS will coordinate the national response and consequence management activities for a cyber incident impacting an entity in the sector. They outline how the NOCS will support the impacted entity, government and broader industry response.
Impacted entities should report cyber incidents to ASD before notifying the NOCS.
ReportCyber is the place to report a cyber incident to ASD.
The NOCS can support any organisation experiencing a cyber security incident that meets the threshold of
national significance or national interest and needs coordination for consequence management.
- This includes incidents with impacts on critical infrastructure or government assets or data.
- This may be across multiple sectors or jurisdictions and have potential to cause significant harm to Australians, their businesses, or critical infrastructure.
The playbooks are living documents that have been developed in consultation with key government and industry stakeholders. They will be routinely reviewed and updated following incidents, exercises and feedback.
Additional playbooks will be developed in consultation with government and industry stakeholders and added to this page. For additional information on the playbooks please contact the NOCS at NOCS.OperationalPlanning@homeaffairs.gov.au
