Security advice regarding release of SQL queries
Dear Australian Taxation Office,
On 19 February, you refused an FOI request by me in relation to SQL queries used to extract statistics related to penalties for the Inspector-General of Taxation (your reference 1-7N10Z46).
In your refusal letter, you refer to the release of the SQL queries as posing a risk to the security of the ATO's IT systems.
Please provide documents containing the expert IT security advice that informed this decision.
Yours faithfully,
Patrick Conheady
Dear Australian Taxation Office,
I am writing to follow up my request dated 22 February 2016.
Please advise the status of this request.
Yours faithfully,
Patrick Conheady
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Dear Patrick
Thank you for your email.
We are currently processing your FOI request and will issue you a decision as soon as possible. We apologise for the delay.
Kind regards
Katy Zhu
Lawyer
General Counsel, ATO Corporate
Australian Taxation Office
P 03 8632 5064
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-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Conheady [mailto:[FOI #1574 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 29 March 2016 11:51 AM
To: FOI
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Security advice regarding release of SQL queries
Dear Australian Taxation Office,
I am writing to follow up my request dated 22 February 2016.
Please advise the status of this request.
Yours faithfully,
Patrick Conheady
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Dear Katy,
Could you please let me know the following details for this request?
- the date the ATO received the request
- the date a response is due
- the ATO's reference number for the request
With thanks,
Patrick Conheady
Dear Patrick
To answer your questions regarding your FOI Request for security advice on the release of SQL queries:
- the request was received on 22 February 2016
- the due date for the response is 23 March 2016
- the reference number is 1-7REW0UI
Regards
Katy Zhu
Lawyer
General Counsel, ATO Corporate
Australian Taxation Office
P 03 8632 5064
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-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Conheady [mailto:[FOI #1574 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 5 April 2016 9:53 PM
To: Zhu, Katy
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Security advice regarding release of SQL queries [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Katy,
Could you please let me know the following details for this request?
- the date the ATO received the request
- the date a response is due
- the ATO's reference number for the request
With thanks,
Patrick Conheady
-----Original Message-----
Dear Patrick
Thank you for your email.
We are currently processing your FOI request and will issue you a decision as soon as possible. We apologise for the delay.
Kind regards
Katy Zhu
Lawyer
General Counsel, ATO Corporate
Australian Taxation Office
P 03 8632 5064
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Dear Mr Conheady,
Re: FOI request for IT security advice regarding sql queries
In our initial decision for this request we inadvertently released some
names and titles of officers which should not have been released. We have
now made a revised decision for this request. Please find the revised
decision and documents attached.
Kind Regards
Nicole Dann
Legal Adviser, General Counsel, ATOC
Australian Taxation Office
P 03 8632 4788
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