Essential Eight Maturity Assessment

Essential eight maturity assessment

A Maturity Assessment So Thorough, It Exposes Every Gap Before Attackers Do

Buried under compliance pressure? Your policies are documented. Auditors gave the green light. The board assumes you’re protected. But deep down, you know: a documented control isn’t a working control.

If yes, you’ve reached the right place!

Why Does This Matter?

73% of organizations marked as compliant still fail basic attack simulations.

Why?

Because attackers don’t care about documentation.

They care about execution gaps—misconfigured tools, stale admin rights, unpatched endpoints, and security processes that collapse under real pressure.

Our Essential Eight Maturity Assessment exposes those exact gaps—before someone else does. You’ll walk away knowing what’s working, what’s not, and what needs immediate attention.

Our 4-Phase Assessment Methodology:

Phase 1:

Control Mapping &
Documentation Review

We start by reviewing all eight controls and mapping them with the current ASD maturity model compliance level. That means we’re looking at what’s written down and what’s actually happening on the ground. If there’s a disconnect, we call it out. We also look at previous audit reports to see what’s already been addressed and what still needs attention.

Phase 2:

Technical Validation
Testing

Next is hands-on cybersecurity risk assessment. We test if your controls work in practice. For application control, we run 50+ real-world attack techniques (like LOLbins and script bypasses) to validate whitelisting. In patch management, we uncover long-unpatched vulnerabilities and verify rollback procedures. For privileged access, we detect stale admin accounts and check if Just Enough Access (JEA) is enforced effectively.

Phase 3:

Attack Simulation

We simulate targeted attacks like ransomware and credential theft to see how your systems and teams hold up. Can we move laterally through your network? Can your backup systems handle a real-world crisis? We find out. It’s about making sure your defenses work when it counts.

Phase 4:

Risk-Prioritized
Roadmap  

After the essential eight assessment, we provide a remediation roadmap structured around risk and effort.

Critical Fixes (0–30 days) address immediate threats that pose high breach risk.
Structural Improvements (30–90 days) target deeper process issues and operational gaps.
Optimisation (90–180 days) focuses on strengthening controls beyond compliance and toward resilience.

This also includes industry-specific benchmarks, comparing your posture against relevant baselines—whether that’s financial
sector standards, healthcare compliance needs, or government ISM requirements.

Deliverables Include:

Live Security Dashboard

Real‑time Essential Eight maturity assessment status that updates as you close gaps

Actionable Guides

Clear, step‑by‑step fixes written by engineers.

Board‑Ready Risk Deck

Translates technical issues into business impact for executives.

90‑Minute Strategy Workshop

Aligns fixes with your risk tolerance, budget, and operations.