Essential Eight Essentials OCA-BD06

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), through the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), has released the Essential Eight Assessment Guidance Package. This comprehensive package acquits ASD’s obligations under Recommendation 12 of the Australian National Audit Office’s Report No.32 of 2020-21, Cyber Security Strategies of Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entities.

This program will provide a pathway for individuals into the Essential Eight Assessment Course, providing them with the skills and knowledge of the systems used for identifying the maturity level of an organisation. It will enable a high quality and consistent approach for entities to implementation the Essential Eight. By utilising the guidance and templates, entities will be well positioned to target remediation activities based on the identification of weaknesses and misconfigurations in their implementation of the Essential Eight.

To enrol in this course, you must be aged 17 years or older, an Australian citizen or permanent resident; and:

• possess sufficient literacy, numeracy, and digital literacy to be able to navigate and utilise the various learning and assessment resources provided in the course; and
• have a minimum Certificate IV in Information Technology (IT) or equivalent experience (for example, two (2) years’ experience in an IT, governance, risk and compliance, cyber security, or a generalist management/ administrative role).

Applicants will be vetted to ensure they meet the entry requirements, including verification of their background and experience.

• Face-to-face delivered on-campus over 4-half days (1:00pm-5:30pm)

At the completion of the training participants will be ready to contribute to the implementation of Essential Eight Maturity Model within their own organisation and will be prepared to undertake the Essential Eight Assessment Course if they do not currently meet eligibility requirements or do not possess the underpinning knowledge required to successfully complete that course.

Topics covered:

• Introduction to Essential Eight and the practice of compliance-based assessment
• Using the PowerShell scripting language
• Examining Windows security policies and settings that are relevant to the Essential Eight
• Application control and hardening
• Authentication, privilege escalation, and active directory networks
• Requirements for creating an Essential Eight assessment report

• IT professionals seeking to build foundational knowledge of the Essential Eight.
• Cybersecurity practitioners preparing to undertake the Essential Eight Assessment Course.
• Government or corporate staff responsible for implementing or assessing cyber security frameworks.
• Security analysts and system administrators looking to strengthen their compliance and risk management skills.
• Anyone involved in cyber security remediation planning or maturity model assessments.

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