Real World Essential Eight
Recent changes bring the Essential Eight closer to real world relevance – time to look at it closely.
Recent changes bring the Essential Eight closer to real world relevance – time to look at it closely.
The Essential Eight is what it advertises – eight key mitigation strategies that work together primarily to prevent and limit cyber incidents. It has rightly become a widely adopted baseline for Australian organisations in and beyond the public sector. But it explicitly states that it is not a complete security strategy, and this assertion is correct. Organisations need to understand what Essential Eight does and does not cover, and use this to plan their next steps.
In November 2023, the Federal Government released the 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy. How will it impact your organisation?