Get cybersecurity specialists to help you embark on your Essential Eight journey.

Measure

Utilise a quantitative benchmark to measure your organisation’s cybersecurity risk and ensure compliance with the Australian Cyber Security Centre's (ACSC) recommendations.

Mitigate

Identify and mitigate known security vulnerabilities by understanding the multi-layered and comprehensive approach to cybersecurity using Essential Eight.

Recover

Ensure rapid containment and swift recovery from a security breach, allowing your company to maintain uninterrupted operations.

Essential Eight is a cost-effective cyber security risk mitigation strategy from the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), designed to help organisations reduce the risk of malware delivery and execution and limit the extent of cyber security incidents. This proven risk mitigation framework provides you with foundational cybersecurity measures to make it more difficult for adversaries to compromise your business’ systems.

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The Essential Eight controls consist of:

Application Whitelisting

Prevent unauthorised software from running.

Application Patching

Remediate known security vulnerabilities.

Configuration of Office Macros

Disable untrusted macros.

User Application Hardening

Reduce attack surface by securing and configuring user applications.

Restrict Administrative Privileges

Limit powerful access to systems.

Operating System Patching

Protect against known security vulnerabilities by keeping the OS up to date.

Multi-factor Authentication

Protect against risky activities.

Review Backups

Maintain the availability of critical data.

Begin your organisation’s Essential Eight journey

Security is a journey, not a destination. With Essential Eight and Professional Advantage, it can be a smooth one. Begin your journey by signing up for your 2-hour security check with our cybersecurity specialists. Our team will help you uncover ways to reduce your risks and strengthen your security posture. We'll evaluate your existing systems for alignment with the Essential Eight maturity model.

Kickstart your journey with our complimentary 2-hour Essential Eight Security Check. Let us assess your systems and guide you in the right direction, at no cost to your organisation.

Why sign up?

  1. Understand your current security posture and the goals you want to achieve.
  2. Align the next steps to mature your security posture based on Essential Eight.
  3. Get guidance from our team of cybersecurity specialists at no cost.

Who is it for?

  1. Organisations that want to use quantifiable and proven framework to protect your IT environment.
  2. Organisations that want to take proactive measures to reduce cybersecurity risks.
  3. Organisations that want specialists to review their cybersecurity posture.
  4. Organisations that want to learn how to use Microsoft 365 for Essential Eight compliance.

Elevate your Cybersecurity Defence with Professional Advantage

At Professional Advantage, we bring together a dedicated team of consultants who are well-versed in Microsoft 365 security solutions and frameworks such as NIST and Essential Eight to offer you a highly specialised security team in Australia. Combined with our deep experience in implementing and supporting Modern Work solutions, Professional Advantage is your trusted partner in designing and implementing tailor-made security measures while helping you achieve more from your Microsoft software investments.

Our expertise is backed by years of experience delivering numerous successful security assessments, which enabled us to develop a proven model for enhancing resilience, incident response, and recovery strategies. As a Microsoft Security Solutions Partner with over thirty years of experience in the IT industry, Professional Advantage is a recognised authority in securing your environment using the Microsoft security suite.

Professional Advantage is a Microsoft Solutions Partner for six designations namely
Security, Modern Work, Azure, Data and AI, Digital Innovation, and Business Applications.

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