Essential 8 Maturity Model

As cybercriminals continue to evolve the speed and sophistication of their attacks, it can be a struggle to keep up, let alone get ahead, of an ever-evolving threat landscape. It requires commitment to continuously improve and refine your cyber maturity. And that’s not a set-and-forget process.

Luckily for us all, in 2017, the Australian Cyber Security Centre introduced the Essential Eight, a practical, proven approach to reducing cyber risk. Today, ACSC Essential Eight is the foundation of cybersecurity programmes across Australia.

While no set of mitigation strategies is guaranteed to protect against all cyberthreats, the Essential Eight makes it much

harder for malicious actors to compromise systems.

By introducing strategies that work as a unified defence rather than isolated controls, the Essential Eight help you mitigate these risks:

Execution of unauthorised applications

Ransomware and malware risk

Exploitation of vulnerabilities

Exposure to phishing-based attacks

Compromised credentials and credential theft

Data loss and downtime from ransomware and system failures

So, how can we help you get to grips with the Essential Eight?

Using our “know-improve-protect” approach, we assess your needs, align your security strategy to the Essential Eight, and improve your maturity levels.

Health checks and readiness assessments covering modern device management and provisioning, Active Directory and group policy, operating

Windows 11 migrations, Windows Server uplifts, ConfigMgr to Intune migrations, Group Policy to Intune migrations, Patch Management Optimisation for first-party and third-party applications, Mobile Device Management (MDM), BYOD through Azure Virtual Desktop / Windows 365 Cloud PC, Microsoft DLP / Purview.

Endpoint Focus vulnerability management service, endpoint managed service, red-team remediation services, and vendor professional services including CrowdStrike, Island, Automox, Delinea, Cloudflare, and Patch My PC.

With the Essential Eight as your cybersecurity North Star, your organisational risk is reduced when your systems are hardened against common attacks, you have rigorous regulatory compliance, your sensitive data is safe, and business continuity is maintained.

The result? Higher cybersecurity maturity and better protection – both of which are non-negotiable requirements for government and large enterprise contracts.

Let’s do this!

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