Practical implementation of the Australian Signals Directorate Essential Eight Maturity Model to Level Three within residential University colleges.

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) Essential Eight Maturity Model is a subset of the ASDs Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents and have been identified as the most effective mitigation strategies for targeted cyber intrusions and ransomware (Essential Eight Maturity Model: ASD Australian Signals Directorate, October 2017, Page 1). This paper will detail the planned implementation of the Essential Eight Maturity Model to Level Three in two residential University Colleges, focussing on: management justification, environment description, establishing current Maturity Level, project plan and implementation steps, detail of planned results, implementation results and new Maturity Level, framework for ongoing management, and ongoing Maturity Level verification.