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The Essential Eight in 15 minutes.
No jargon, no sales pitch.

The Australian Signals Directorate publishes a shortlist of eight controls every business should have in place. This is a 3-page checklist that tells you where you stand, on one page per side. Download, walk through it, bring it to your IT person.

TIER A RESOURCE · 5 PAGES · 15 MIN

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What's inside

  • All eight ACSC controls, one page per side
  • 32 yes/no checkpoints you can tick in 15 minutes
  • Scoring key that tells you how close you are to ML1
  • The three fixes every business should do first
  • Plain English, Australian standards, Australian context

Format

5-page PDF · A4 · ~165 KB · readable on any device

IS THIS FOR YOU

Written for Australian SMBs, not enterprise cyber teams

You'll get value from this if

  • Your insurer, client, or tender asked about Essential Eight and you are not sure where you stand
  • You have an IT person (internal or external) and want a structured conversation with them
  • You run a 20 to 200 staff business in law, accounting, childcare, construction, medical, property, or contracting
  • You want a pre-assessment before committing to a formal one

This is not

  • A formal ACSC maturity assessment (that is the CIO Tech IT Audit, fixed scope, fixed fee)
  • A sales pitch with a consultant email follow-up
  • Enterprise-grade, with 40 pages of theory
  • A substitute for a proper assessment if your industry requires ML2 or ML3
Sydney-based team
Aligned to ACSC Essential Eight
No sales call required