Essential Eight
Eight strategies, one resilient posture
The Framework
What is the Essential Eight?
Having cybersecurity measures in place is crucial to protect sensitive data, including customer records, financial information and intellectual property.
The Essential Eight is a cybersecurity framework developed by the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) to help organisations mitigate the most common and significant cyber threats. It gives you a prioritised, practical set of controls rather than an open-ended wish list.
The controls
The eight mitigation strategies
Eight practical controls organisations can implement to mitigate cyber threats effectively, spanning prevention, hardening and recovery.
The maturity model
From partial coverage to advanced security
Eight practical controls organisations can implement to mitigate cyber threats effectively, spanning prevention, hardening and recovery.
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