Essential 8 Audit
Why Choose Essential 8?
- Comprehensive Protection: Covers all key areas of cybersecurity.
- Government-Aligned: Aligns with standards from cyber.gov.au.
- Easy Implementation: Simplified steps for quick integration into your business.
- Affordable: Cost-effective solutions tailored for small and medium businesses.
The Essential 8 Strategies
These strategies are crucial for protecting sensitive data and systems from cyber threats and are a solid starting point for organisations looking to protect their sensitive data and systems.
This service offering is an audit of your environment to see if and where you comply with the following:
Application Whitelisting
- Benefits: Prevents unauthorised software from running, reducing the risk of malware.
- Risks: Without it, unauthorised and potentially harmful applications can execute, increasing the risk of cyber attacks.
Application Patching
- Benefits: Fixes security vulnerabilities in software, reducing the risk of exploitation.
- Risks: Unpatched applications are susceptible to attacks exploiting known vulnerabilities.
Configure Microsoft Office Macro Settings
- Benefits: Controls and limits the execution of macros, reducing the risk of macro-based malware.
- Risks: Unrestricted macros can execute malicious code, leading to malware infections.
User Application Hardening
- Benefits: Reduces the attack surface by disabling unnecessary features and blocking unwanted internet traffic.
- Risks: Unhardened applications can be exploited through unnecessary features and unblocked traffic.
Restrict Administrative Privileges
- Benefits: Limits access to critical systems, reducing the risk of internal and external threats.
- Risks: Excessive admin privileges increase the potential for misuse and exploitation.
Patch Operating Systems
- Benefits: Protects against vulnerabilities in operating systems, reducing the risk of exploitation.
- Risks: Unpatched systems are vulnerable to attacks exploiting known security flaws.
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
- Benefits: Adds an extra layer of security, ensuring only authorised users access sensitive information.
- Risks: Without MFA, systems are more susceptible to unauthorized access through compromised credentials.
Daily Backups
- Benefits: Ensures data is recoverable in case of ransomware attacks or data loss.
- Risks: Lack of regular backups can lead to permanent data loss or prolonged downtime during recovery.
These strategies are crucial for protecting sensitive data and systems from cyber threats and are a solid starting point for organisations looking to protect their sensitive data and systems.
This service offering is an audit of your environment to see if and where you comply with the following:
Application Whitelisting
- Benefits: Prevents unauthorised software from running, reducing the risk of malware.
- Risks: Without it, unauthorised and potentially harmful applications can execute, increasing the risk of cyber attacks.
Application Patching
- Benefits: Fixes security vulnerabilities in software, reducing the risk of exploitation.
- Risks: Unpatched applications are susceptible to attacks exploiting known vulnerabilities.
Configure Microsoft Office Macro Settings
- Benefits: Controls and limits the execution of macros, reducing the risk of macro-based malware.
- Risks: Unrestricted macros can execute malicious code, leading to malware infections.
User Application Hardening
- Benefits: Reduces the attack surface by disabling unnecessary features and blocking unwanted internet traffic.
- Risks: Unhardened applications can be exploited through unnecessary features and unblocked traffic.
Restrict Administrative Privileges
- Benefits: Limits access to critical systems, reducing the risk of internal and external threats.
- Risks: Excessive admin privileges increase the potential for misuse and exploitation.
Patch Operating Systems
- Benefits: Protects against vulnerabilities in operating systems, reducing the risk of exploitation.
- Risks: Unpatched systems are vulnerable to attacks exploiting known security flaws.
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
- Benefits: Adds an extra layer of security, ensuring only authorised users access sensitive information.
- Risks: Without MFA, systems are more susceptible to unauthorized access through compromised credentials.
Daily Backups
- Benefits: Ensures data is recoverable in case of ransomware attacks or data loss.
- Risks: Lack of regular backups can lead to permanent data loss or prolonged downtime during recovery.
Get Started Today
Invest in your business's future. Our Essential 8 package provides a comprehensive audit of your current environment.
Once the audit is completed, you will receive a detailed list of actionable items to meet the Essential 8 standards. Don't wait for a cyber attack to happen. Act now and ensure your business is safeguarded against potential threats.
Contact us today for more information on the Essential 8 Audit.
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What is Checked in the Audit
Our Essential 8 audit is a critical step to securing your business against cyber threats.
We examine 107 controls across key platforms, including Azure, Office 365, desktops, laptops, and endpoints.
This exhaustive review highlights how your current practices stack up against the Essential 8 strategies and pinpoints areas needing improvement.
This proactive approach not only fortifies your security posture but also protects your business from potential cyber threats.
Once the audit is complete, you will receive a detailed report with actionable recommendations.
We walk you through the review, answer any questions, and work with you to implement an action plan to meet the Essential 8 standards.
Don’t wait for a cyber attack—act immediately to safeguard your business.