Regulatory Standards · Australia
ASD Essential Eight
Essential Eight maturity, measured and evidenced.
The Australian Signals Directorate's Essential Eight sets eight mitigation strategies with defined maturity levels. Astragar tracks evidence per strategy and prioritises the gaps.
Register interest in Essential EightComing to Astragar GRC
8
Mitigation strategies
ML0–ML3
Maturity levels against increasing adversary capability
ASD
Australian Signals Directorate guidance
What Essential Eight requires
The obligations, in brief.
Patching
Patch applications and operating systems on defined timeframes.
Application control
Prevent unapproved programs from executing.
Privilege & MFA
Restrict admin privileges and enforce multi-factor authentication.
Backups & hardening
Regular backups, macro settings and user application hardening.
How Astragar helps
From checklist to measurable risk.
01
Requirement → control mapping
Map every Essential Eight requirement to controls, systems, assets and owners.
02
Evidence, continuously
Collect and maintain evidence, with sign-off from contributor to IT auditor, CISO and executive office.
03
Exposure behind the gaps
See which vulnerabilities and sensitive data put Essential Eight controls at risk.
04
Risk in financial terms
Prioritise remediation by business and financial impact, not checklist order.
Patching timeframes drive maturity. Astragar ranks overdue patches by exploitability and impact.
Sign-off workflow
Evidence Contributor
→IT Auditor
→CISO
→Executive Office
Find the data. Test the controls. Reduce the risk.
Essential Eight mapping is coming to Astragar GRC. Talk to us about early access and how your existing evidence already applies.
Talk to usAstragar supports compliance programmes with technical evidence and risk analysis. It does not provide legal advice or issue certifications.
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