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How Essential Eight maturity is assessed

An assessment checks, one strategy at a time, whether the evidence supports the maturity level being claimed. What counts is what you can show, not what you plan to do.

Why it matters

Self-ratings tend to be generous and fall apart under questioning. An evidence-based position is quicker to assess and holds up with auditors, insurers and regulators.

Where Intelligence Group fits

  • Assess every strategy on its own
  • Rate against Maturity Levels 0 to 3 using evidence
  • Take your overall level from the weakest strategy
  • Record the artefact behind every rating
  • Reassess as systems and the framework change
Where Intelligence Group fits

Intelligence Group rates this strategy from the evidence your organisation already generates, reports the maturity level it supports, and sets out the next step to lift it.