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Interactive draft · scores N/Pub · noindex

Experts policy

Essential Eight Readiness Assessment

Self-assess Essential Eight hygiene gaps from non-sensitive answers. Not an ACSC Maturity Level assessment, auditor opinion, or certification.

N/PubDraft · noindex

Free steps before buying

  1. Enforce MFA on IdP admins, remote access, and privileged roles first.
  2. Remove standing local admin where practical and name a revoke owner.
  3. Schedule a measured restore test before treating backups as Essential Eight complete.
  4. Do not invent an ACSC Maturity Level from a self-assessment score.
Step 1 of 2: Prevent controls
Step 1 of 3: Prevent
  1. Prevent

  2. Maintain

  3. Results

1. Prevent controls

Application control, macros, hardening, and admin privilege hygiene.

Q1Application control on company endpoints?

Allow-listing or equivalent control of what can run. Self-report only.

Q2Microsoft Office macro posture?
Q3User application hardening (browsers, Office, PDF)?
Q4Restrict administrative privileges?

Tool FAQ

Final verdict (claim-safe)

Treat this workflow as an unverified planning scaffold, not a scored shortlist or purchase recommendation. The live figure is a workflow readiness estimate only. Product editorialScore stays N/Pub. Finish free and built-in controls first. Public partner pages do not equal program acceptance. This route stays intentionally noindex until evidence and editorial gates clear.