QLD govt canvasses market for whole-of-government cyber dashboard

The Queensland Government has gone to market for information on building an executive-level cyber security dashboard that would give senior decision-makers a single, consolidated view of the state's cyber security posture across its agencies.

The Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family Business, which issued the RFI, said it wants to better understand the products, services and delivery approaches the market can offer before deciding how to proceed.

The intended capability would cover the roughly 21 agencies and entities in the current budget sector, with potential future expansion to Government Owned Corporations and statutory authorities.

The department said executive government needs clear, timely insight into the overall cyber posture to support strategic oversight, risk-informed decision-making, investment prioritisation and whole-of-government assurance, including the ability to understand trends, emerging issues, areas of elevated risk and comparative performance across entities.

At present, the department said, there is no single, fit-for-purpose mechanism that consistently aggregates and presents cyber security information across in-scope entities in a way that is clear, comparable and decision-useful for executive government.

Relevant information is spread across multiple systems, reporting processes and assessment mechanisms, and differences in data quality, reporting methods, terminology and technical maturity across entities can make consistent, trusted reporting difficult.

According to the RFI, the department is seeking to understand what the market can offer through a capability that could provide a consolidated view across multiple entities; support reporting at whole-of-government, portfolio, agency and, where appropriate, entity level; and present information in dashboards, summary reporting and trend analysis suited to executive audiences.

It also wants a capability that can draw on manual, semi-automated and automated data inputs; support consistent aggregation across entities of differing size and maturity; minimise the reporting burden on participating entities; and support phased implementation starting with budget-sector agencies.

The department said it is interested in practical, proportionate approaches delivered through configurable products, managed services, implementation support, advisory services or hybrid models, and encouraged responses from a broad range of suppliers, including small and medium enterprises.

The department was explicit that this is an early-stage market sounding: there is no intention to form a contract as a direct result of the RFI, and no intent to shortlist or evaluate submissions.

Submissions close on Friday, 30 October 2026 at 3pm AEST.