Essential Eight Evidence-led maturity assessment

Evidence-based Essential Eight maturity assessments.

Intelligence Group grades each Essential Eight strategy from the artefacts your systems already produce, so you get a defensible maturity position, a clear picture of the gaps, and the specific steps that lift you to the level you are aiming for.

Assessed by a New Zealand team · Evidence rated against Maturity Levels 0 to 3
Structured around the Essential Eight Maturity Model
Maturity Level 0 Maturity Level 1 Maturity Level 2 Maturity Level 3

01 Strategies

The eight strategies

The Essential Eight is the Australian Signals Directorate's baseline of mitigation strategies. Australian entities are measured against it, and New Zealand organisations increasingly adopt it as a practical companion to the NZISM. Each strategy carries several requirements that tighten as the maturity level rises, and Intelligence Group grades every one of them from the exports, policies and logs you already hold. What is the Essential Eight? →

02 Process

How an assessment runs

01

Provide the artefacts

Drop configuration exports, screenshots, reports and policy documents into the platform against each numbered test.

02

We grade it

An Intelligence Group assessor reviews the evidence for each strategy against the Essential Eight maturity criteria, one strategy at a time.

03

Understand the shortfalls

You see which requirements are met, which are holding your target level back, and the concrete change that closes each one.

04

Show your position

Export a dated, evidence-linked report for your leadership team, your board, a regulator, an auditor or a customer.

03 Platform

The platform

The platform your team works in from the first day of the engagement is built around four views.

Client dashboard

A single view of how far along you are, where each item stands and what is waiting on your team.

Evidence review

Each item is graded against the published ASD test methodology, with the supporting evidence alongside it.

Assessment detail

Progress across the engagement, the roll-up by strategy, and dated reports ready to export.

Portfolio

All of your organisations and their assessments on one screen.

04 Deliverables

What you receive

Evidence-led

Every rating has a source

Each maturity grade links back to a named artefact you supplied, so the answer holds when a regulator, an auditor or a customer asks how you know.

Kept current

Re-checked on a schedule

Systems change and maturity slips with them. Intelligence Group reviews your evidence again on a set cadence and tells you when a strategy has fallen below its level.

Practical

Remediation you can hand to IT

Every shortfall is paired with the specific action that raises it a level, so the route to your target is laid out before the report is closed.

The maturity model in numbers

The Essential Eight defines the bar. Intelligence Group measures your genuine position against it and plots a realistic route to the level your organisation needs.

4maturity levels, from 0 through 3
48individual tests at Maturity Level One alone
1dated report ready to share

05 Pricing

Engagement options

Each engagement is sized to your organisation. Book a walkthrough and we will take you through the platform from start to finish and suggest which option suits you.

Single assessment

One evidence-graded maturity assessment for one organisation.

  • Every strategy graded
  • A rating from Maturity Level 0 to 3
  • Shortfall report with the actions to take
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Ongoing assurance

Repeat reviews and remediation tracking as your environment evolves.

  • Everything the single assessment includes
  • Re-checks on an agreed cadence
  • Remediation steps for each shortfall
  • Reports exportable whenever you need them
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Partner

For groups and managed service providers overseeing several organisations.

  • One view across all your organisations
  • Role-based access and reports carrying your brand
  • Priority onboarding and support
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Each engagement is sized and priced for your organisation. Book a walkthrough to see the platform and receive a proposal.

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Book a 20-minute session with our team. We will take you through the platform and explain how an assessment of your environment would work.

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