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Application Control Under the Essential Eight: Why It Stalls, and How to Get It Moving
Application control is one of the Essential Eight's most technically demanding mitigation strategies and one of the most common maturity blockers. This article explains why organisations stall, what the maturity model expects, and how to sequence uplift using Microsoft-aligned tooling.
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Read article →Phishing-Resistant MFA Under the Essential Eight: What the November 2023 Update Requires
ASD's November 2023 update to the Essential Eight Maturity Model closed the option to rely on weaker MFA at Maturity Level Two and above, extending phishing-resistant requirements to workstation logon as well as application sign-in. Here's what changed and how to close the gap.
Essential EightIdentityMulti-Factor AuthenticationCyber Security Governance
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