Case Study: Australian Government achieves reduced cyber risk and secure in-house system ownership with NCC Group code review

Successfully Transitioning a State's Core Tech In-House

An Australian state independent statutory authority needed to bring a third-party election system in-house while maintaining full control over a business-critical platform. Before taking ownership, the authority wanted an independent review of the system’s code to identify issues, reduce risk, and ensure a smooth transition. NCC Group was engaged to provide a comprehensive code review service.

NCC Group performed a 12-month deep dive into the code, reviewing functionality, removing hard-coded references, and remediating security issues to align the system with OWASP coding standards and the authority’s requirements. The work substantially reduced residual cyber risk and enabled the authority to take full ownership of the system four months before its next required deployment date, with greater confidence that it would operate securely and reliably during the next election.