The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has released updates to its Essential Eight Maturity Model. The model assists organizations in determining the maturity of their implementation of the Essential Eight – ACSC’s list of the top mitigation strategies to help organizations protect their systems against threats. The mitigation strategies include: Application Whitelisting, Patch Applications, Configure Microsoft Office Macro Settings, User Application Hardening, Restrict Administrative Privileges, Patch Operating Systems, Multi-Factor Authentication, and Daily Backups. For each mitigation strategy, the model identifies three levels of maturity: Level One (Partially aligned with the intent of mitigation strategy); Level Two (Mostly aligned “…”); and Level Three (Fully aligned “…”).