Essential 8 Assessment
Understand your cyber security gaps and plan your next steps. IT Networks provides ACSC Essential Eight assessments for businesses in Melbourne and Perth, with clear findings, evidence-based reporting and practical recommendations to strengthen your IT environment.
Looking for an Essential Eight assessment for your business? Whether a customer has requested assurance, you are reviewing existing controls or you want to prioritise security improvements, IT Networks helps you establish where you stand and what needs attention.
An ACSC Essential Eight assessment reviews how your systems and security practices meet the requirements of the Essential Eight maturity model. Also called an Essential 8 assessment or gap analysis, it gives your management and IT teams a documented basis for decisions about risk, resources and remediation.
We agree the assessment scope and reporting requirements with you before work begins. Our Melbourne and Perth teams can work with your internal IT staff or existing provider to gather evidence and explain the findings in business terms.
Get a useful assessment of your current controls and a clear path forward. Your agreed scope defines the systems, target maturity level, evidence and deliverables covered by the engagement.
Identify the systems, users and service providers in scope. Confirm your assessment objective, available evidence and any customer or contractual reporting requirements.
Review the implementation of all eight strategies using documentation, discussions and technical evidence. Identify gaps between the assessed environment and your agreed target maturity level.
Receive findings that explain the evidence, maturity outcomes, limitations and areas requiring attention. Give decision-makers a clear view of what is working and what needs improvement.
Translate the findings into practical next steps. Discuss remediation priorities, dependencies and responsibilities, with implementation and reassessment support available as a separately agreed scope.
The Essential Eight strategies work together to reduce common cyber risks. We review the applicable requirements across the agreed assessment boundary.
ASD has published guidance on transitioning from Essential Eight to ASD Essentials for enterprise IT. If your customer or contract still specifies Essential Eight, bring those requirements to the scoping discussion. We can help you clarify the required assessment and discuss how existing evidence may support future transition planning.
Work with a team that understands business IT as well as cyber security. IT Networks has supported Australian organisations for more than 30 years, with offices in Melbourne and Perth.
Local access to expertise. Speak directly with our Melbourne or Perth team about your systems, priorities and assessment needs.
Evidence-led findings. Understand how conclusions were reached, what was assessed and where further evidence or improvements are needed.
Practical business advice. Focus on actions your organisation can plan, budget for and assign to the right people.
Support after the report. Connect assessment findings with managed cybersecurity, disaster recovery and staff awareness training where relevant.
Our approach follows the principles of the ASD Essential Eight assessment process guide, with the work planned around your agreed scope and operational needs.
Discuss your objectives, confirm the assessment boundary and target maturity, and agree access, evidence handling and timing.
Examine documents and system configurations, consult your IT team and validate relevant controls using agreed assessment methods.
Explain the findings, highlight gaps and discuss a practical improvement plan. Agree any follow-up implementation or reassessment work separately.
Our Melbourne office in Bundoora supports businesses seeking a clear view of their cyber security maturity. Talk with our local team about the assessment your organisation needs and how to coordinate it with your day-to-day operations.
Call Melbourne on 03 9430 1788 or explore our Melbourne IT services.
Our Perth office in Burswood helps Western Australian businesses plan assessments and understand the resulting recommendations. Discuss your systems, stakeholders and evidence requirements with a team you can contact locally.
Call Perth on 08 6388 4678 or explore our Perth IT services.
We support businesses across healthcare, accounting, financial services, professional services and the not-for-profit sector. Your assessment is scoped around your systems and business requirements, whether you operate from one office or across multiple locations.
IT Networks partners and holds accreditations with several vendors. We carefully choose best-of-breed vendors with whom we choose to partner with. This enables us to have both extensive knowledge of the products which we recommend and the ability to provide competitive pricing on the relevant vendors’ products.
We are certified Microsoft Partners, meaning we have the training and experience to help your business grow using Microsoft products. Microsoft trusts our team and you can too.
Our staff are also highly experienced with networking and security having achieved various Cisco Certifications across multiple staff members.
Certified expertise across Microsoft
products and platforms.
IT Networks is a proud member of the ACSC Partner Network, contributing to Australia’s goal of becoming the safest and most secure online environment in the world.
Various Cisco Certifications held
across multiple staff members.
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Founder & CEO
Jim Kay is a seasoned entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of IT Networks, a consultancy that specialises in delivering corporate-grade IT solutions and cybersecurity services to small and medium-sized enterprises across Australia. As a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Jim combines his extensive background in electronics with a wealth of business experience gained from owning and operating multiple ventures.
Technical Services Director
As a co-owner, Kim is dedicated to enhancing operational efficiency and delivering innovative IT solutions that empower clients. With a Bachelor of Engineering and certifications as a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Cisco Certified Network Professional, and Cisco Certified Voice Associate, Kim brings a wealth of technical expertise to his role. He is also passionate about leveraging artificial intelligence to streamline workflows and improve productivity,
Get a clear view of your cyber security maturity and the steps that matter next. Speak with IT Networks about an ACSC Essential Eight assessment for your Melbourne or Perth business.
