An Essential Eight Assessment, also known as an Essential 8 or E8 assessment, evaluates your organisation's cybersecurity controls against the Australian Signals Directorate's (ASD) Essential Eight maturity model. It helps identify your current security maturity, highlight gaps and provide practical recommendations for improvement.

An Essential Eight Assessment evaluates eight cybersecurity mitigation strategies: application control, application patching, Microsoft Office macro restrictions, user application hardening, administrative privilege restrictions, operating system patching, multi-factor authentication (MFA) and regular backups. We assess these controls against the agreed maturity requirements to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement.

The Essential Eight framework defines four maturity levels, from Maturity Level Zero to Maturity Level Three. Each level represents progressively stronger security practices. We assess your existing controls against the agreed maturity requirements to help you understand where your organisation stands.

Some government tenders, supplier agreements and contractual arrangements may require organisations to demonstrate their Essential Eight maturity. Requirements vary depending on the contract and organisation. Our assessments can help provide evidence of your security maturity and identify improvements needed to meet applicable requirements.

Our assessments combine stakeholder interviews, evidence reviews and technical verification of existing security controls. We evaluate your organisation against the agreed Essential Eight maturity requirements and identify gaps that may require attention.

You'll receive a detailed report outlining your assessed security maturity, identified gaps and practical remediation recommendations. We also provide a debrief to explain the findings and help your team understand the next steps towards your target maturity level.

The timeframe depends on your organisation's size, technology environment, assessment scope and target maturity level. During our initial consultation, we'll discuss your requirements and establish an agreed project timeline.

An Essential Eight Assessment helps determine your organisation's maturity against the ASD framework but does not automatically provide certification or guarantee compliance with contractual or regulatory requirements. It provides evidence-based findings to support security assurance and improvement planning.

Pricing depends on the size and complexity of your technology environment, target maturity level and assessment requirements. We provide tailored project quotes with clearly defined deliverables, timelines and costs, so you understand what's included before work begins.

Yes. EZ Moon Technologies is based in Bradfield, Western Sydney, and supports organisations across Australia. We can deliver assessments remotely or discuss on-site engagements depending on your organisation's requirements.