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What is the Essential 8?
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In February 2017, the Australian Signals Directorate's (ASD) doctrine was updated to augment the Top 4 with four additional controls, now known as the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) Essential 8. The Essential 8 is a set of security strategies which provides the fundamental guidelines required to ensure you are implementing the correct IT security habits across your business. While no mitigation strategy is guaranteed to prevent cyberattacks, the Essential 8 strategies as a minimum will make it much more difficult for attackers to compromise your systems.
What are the 8 strategies?
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The mitigation strategies that constitute the Essential Eight are
Application Control, Patch Applications, Configure Microsoft Office Macro settings, User Application Hardening, Restrict Administrative Privileges, Patch Operating Systems, Multi-factor Authentication and Regular backups.
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There are three main objectives of these 8 strategies:
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1. To prevent cyber attacks
2. To limit cyber attacks; and
3. Recover data & system availability
Prevent Attacks
Limit Attacks
Recover Data & system Availability
Level 0
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Level 0 maturity level indicates that you are not aligned with the intent of the mitigation strategy. This level signifies that there are weaknesses in your overall cyber security posture.
What are the Maturity Levels?
Level 1
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Level 1 maturity level indicates that you are Partially aligned with the intent of the mitigation strategy.
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Level 2
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Level 2 maturity level indicates that you are Mostly aligned with the intent of the mitigation strategy.
Level 4
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There is also a Level 4 for Higher risk environments.
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Level 3
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Level 3 maturity level indicates that you are Fully aligned with the intent of the mitigation strategy.
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