What is Essential Eight?
Operations, IT, cybersecurity. A plain-English definition for Australian business owners.
The Essential Eight is the Australian Cyber Security Centre's prioritised set of eight strategies to mitigate cybersecurity incidents: application control, patch applications, configure macro settings, user application hardening, restrict admin privileges, patch operating systems, multi-factor authentication, regular backups.
Maturity is measured at three levels (Maturity Level 1 to 3). Most Australian SMEs target Maturity Level 1 as a credible baseline; specific industries (defence supply chain, healthcare) may need higher.
In a connected back office this sits with the Operations hub, where Valont runs it support, cybersecurity and cloud systems for Australian SMEs as one team. The full definition set is on the glossary.
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General information, not advice. For how this applies to your business, talk it through with a Trusted Advisor or start with the Business Health Check.