Letter: High level PDSP and revised attestation

Victorian Protective Data Security Framework: Detailed PDSP template

Your organisation should use the detailed Protective Data Security Plan template (PDSP tab) as its detailed plan to address any identified information security risks.

ARCHIVED: Victorian Protective Data Security Framework: Rosetta Stone – core and supplementary

Please note: this content contains superseded material and is now archived. A mapping of the Victorian Protective Data Security Standards against existing security standards adopted by Victorian public sector organisations.  

Victorian Protective Data Security Standards: Glossary

The purpose of this document is to define the terms and abbreviations used in the Victorian Protective Data Security Standards.

Victorian Protective Data Security Framework: Security management framework template

Use this template to develop a Security Management Framework for your organisation where one does not already exist, or use this template to check against any existing security management framework to ensure core topic areas are addressed.

Template: Multiple organisation high level PDSP and accompanying attestation

An organisation may submit a consolidated high level protective data security plan and provide an attestation on its own behalf, and for and on behalf of one or more additional public sector agencies or bodies. The multiple organisation model may be…

Template: Single organisation high level PDSP and accompanying attestation

An organisation submitting a high level protective data security plan and providing an attestation on its own behalf can use this template. When completed, this document must be submitted by 31 August 2018.

Victorian Protective Data Security Standards: Self-assessment template

Your organisation can download and use the Victorian Protective Data Security Standards self-assessment template to measure its level of security capability. The self-assessment template can be found on tab-1 of the excel spreadsheet.

Cloud computing in the Victorian public sector

This guide seeks to summarise the key benefits, issues and risks relating to the adoption of cloud computing. In a cloud computing context, ‘cloud’ is a metaphor for the Internet, with ‘cloud computing’ used to describe the way various computing components…

Does the Victorian Protective Data Security Framework apply to your organisation?

The information provided in this guide summarises which Victorian public sector organisations are subject to the Victorian Protective Data Security Framework (VPDSF) and accompanying obligations under Part 4 of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (PDP Act). It also provides a…