Topic

System administrators for gateways

Applicable to

Secret, Top Secret

History

Mar 2022

System administrators for gateways that connect to Australian Government Access Only networks are Australian nationals or seconded foreign nationals.

The existing recommendation (ISM-0613) for system administrators of gateways connected to Australian Eyes Only (AUSTEO) or Australian Government Access Only (AGAO) networks to be Australian nationals was re-scoped to just AUSTEO networks. Meanwhile, a new recommendation was introduced (ISM-1773) to reflect that seconded foreign nationals are capable of performing system administration activities for gateways connected to AGAO and Releasable To (REL) networks.