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ASD Essential Eight

The Australian Signals Directorate's Essential Eight is a prioritised set of mitigation strategies to help organisations protect against cyber security incidents.

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What is the Essential Eight? expand_more

Eight cyber security mitigation strategies developed by ASD targeting the most common attack vectors. Mandatory for Australian Government agencies. Browse the Essential Eight guide for compliance requirements and maturity levels.

Essential Eight maturity levels expand_more

Three maturity levels: ML1 (partly aligned, commodity threats), ML2 (mostly aligned, more capable adversaries), ML3 (fully aligned, nation-state adversaries). Your overall maturity equals the lowest across all eight strategies.

The Essential Eight aligns with ISO 27001 controls. Get PECB ISO 27001 certified with Mindset Cyber.