The auditor general of Western Australia has released a report detailing several instances of lax security in state government systems, ZDNet reports. The audit tested the "readiness and response" capabilities of at least 15 government departments. The report said, "None of the agencies we tested had adequate systems or processes in place to detect, manage or appropriately respond to a cyber attack." The Auditor-General's Department tested the security systems using what it called "freely available software." The report also added, "The failure of most agencies to detect our attacks was a particular concern, given that the tools and methods we used in our tests were unsophisticated."
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