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Cyber Security Act 2024 Statements of Compliance FAQ

A statement of compliance is the smart-device security record that the manufacturer prepares and the supplier provides with covered products supplied in Australia.

Use this FAQ to check covered products, responsible actors, required statement contents, five-year retention, and audit-ready evidence.

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May 9, 2026
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May 9, 2026
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Overview

Under section 16 of the Cyber Security Act 2024, statements of compliance sit in the smart-device security-standard regime. They are not a general cyber policy record: they apply when a relevant connectable product is in a class covered by the rules and will be acquired in Australia in the specified circumstances.

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Question 1

What should teams do about statements of compliance under the Cyber Security Act 2024?

For covered smart devices, the manufacturer must provide a statement of compliance for supply in Australia, and the supplier must supply the product in Australia with that statement. Both manufacturer and supplier must retain a copy for the period set by the rules.

Start by confirming scope. The current Smart Devices Rules prescribe a security standard for consumer-grade relevant connectable products intended or likely to be used for personal, domestic, or household use or consumption, where the products will be acquired in Australia by a consumer. The rules exclude desktop and laptop computers, tablet computers, smartphones, therapeutic goods, road vehicles, and road vehicle components.

The manufacturer owns preparation of the statement, or preparation on its behalf. The supplier should not treat the statement as optional packaging copy: the Act requires the product to be supplied in Australia with a statement of compliance when the statutory conditions are met.

  • Classify the product against the consumer-grade relevant connectable product scope and listed exclusions before drafting the statement.
  • Map the actor role: manufacturer prepares or authorises the statement; supplier supplies the product with the statement and retains its copy.
  • Tie the statement to the security-standard evidence for passwords, vulnerability-reporting information, and published defined support periods where those Schedule 1 duties apply.
  • Keep the statement available for regulator review because the Secretary may request the product, the statement of compliance, or both for an independent examination.
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Cyber Security Act 2024

Section 16 establishes manufacturer and supplier statement-of-compliance duties for relevant connectable products supplied in Australia.

Question 2

What must an Australian smart-device statement of compliance contain?

For statements of compliance with the security standard in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Smart Devices Rules, the statement must be prepared by, or on behalf of, the product manufacturer. It must identify the product and responsible parties, record manufacturer declarations, name the defined support period, and include execution details.

A useful implementation record should mirror the required legal contents instead of replacing them with a generic security attestation.

  • Product type and batch identifier.
  • Name and address of the manufacturer, an authorised representative of the manufacturer, and any other Australian authorised representatives.
  • Declaration that the statement was prepared by, or on behalf of, the manufacturer.
  • Manufacturer opinion that the product was manufactured in compliance with the security-standard requirements and that the manufacturer complied with other security-standard obligations for the product.
  • Defined support period for the product at the date the statement is issued.
  • Signature, name, and function of the manufacturer signatory, plus place and date of issue.
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What evidence and retention should teams keep for statements of compliance?

Keep the statement for five years for the consumer-grade relevant connectable product security standard covered by the Smart Devices Rules. The retention file should allow a reviewer to connect the signed statement to the product batch, the manufacturer role, the supplier handoff, and the underlying security-standard controls.

Evidence should be practical and product-specific: retain the issued statement, the product classification decision, supporting test or engineering records, the published vulnerability-reporting and support-period materials, supplier distribution proof, and any notices or regulator correspondence about examination requests.

  • Retain the issued statement version, date and place of issue, signatory details, product type, and batch identifier for five years.
  • Keep scope evidence showing why the product is covered or excluded, including consumer-grade use analysis and any exclusion relied on.
  • Keep control evidence for passwords, security-issue reporting, and defined support periods where those Schedule 1 requirements apply.
  • Keep supplier evidence showing the statement accompanied the product in Australia, plus records of any corrections or replacement statements.
  • Keep examination-readiness records so the product, statement, or both can be produced if requested in writing by the Secretary.
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Cyber Security Act 2024

Section 23 supports keeping examination-ready product and statement records because the Secretary may request them for an independent examination.

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Question 4

Which mistakes create risk for statements of compliance?

The main risk is treating the statement as a broad cyber compliance memo rather than a product-specific statutory statement tied to the smart-device security standard. Another risk is relying on the manufacturer's statement but failing to retain supplier-side proof that the statement accompanied products supplied in Australia.

  • Using the statement for products outside the current covered class without recording the scope analysis.
  • Omitting the defined support period, signatory function, batch identifier, or Australian authorised-representative details required by the rules.
  • Keeping only engineering test evidence and not the actual issued statement.
  • Treating the five-year retention period as a manufacturer-only obligation when section 16 also gives suppliers a copy-retention duty.
  • Publishing or supplying product information that conflicts with the support period recorded in the statement.
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Cyber Security Act 2024
legislation.gov.au
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  • Section 16 assigns statement supply and copy-retention duties to both manufacturers and suppliers.
"must retain a copy of the statement"
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