Essential Eight Security Maturity Model
Organizations that implement the Essential Eight can track their compliance through the framework's maturity scale, which is comprised of three levels:
Maturity Level One - Partially aligned with mitigation strategy objectives.
Maturity Level Two - Mostly aligned with mitigation strategy objectives.
Maturity Level Three - Fully aligned with mitigation strategy objectives.
Each level can be customised to suit each business's unique risk profile. This allows organizations to identify their current state of compliance so that they understand the specific efforts required to progress through each level.
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) recommends that all Australian businesses achieve maturity level three for the optimal malware threat and cyberattack protection.
Notifiable Data Breach Scheme (NDB) is a regulatory requirement and its compliance is also mandatory for the following entities:
Health service providers