Skip to content

Australia Cyber Security Act (ransomware reporting): Ransomware reporting moves to compliance phase

Tech · Compliance deadlines · Thu, January 1, 2026 · Australia

Source

The education-first phase (30 May-31 Dec 2025) ends; Home Affairs moves to a compliance and education approach for missed reports. Not legal advice.

Every year

DateEventWhen
May 30, 2025Australia Cyber Security Act (ransomware reporting): Ransomware payment reporting starts16 mo ago
Jan 1, 2026Australia Cyber Security Act (ransomware reporting): Ransomware reporting moves to compliance phase9 mo ago

Also on Jan 1, 2026

Source, method and history
Source
Regulations
How we know
From the Regulations API (regulations.fru.dev), which cites the official text.
Recurs
one-off
More on fru.dev
regulations.fru.dev
Feed
Subscribe to Compliance deadlines
Changes
  • 2026-09-25: added to 2026-01-01

Calendar by email

Sunday mornings: a look ahead at the week’s major dates, only when there are some.

Double opt-in. Unsubscribe any time.