Privileged access management essentials for effective compliance with the Australian Essential Eight and ISM controls

The Australian Essential Eight and the Information Security Manual (ISM) together define the cybersecurity baseline for organisations operating in Australia. While the ISM contains over 700 security controls, the Essential Eight distils the most critical of these into eight prioritised mitigation strategies and each strategy maps to multiple ISM controls underneath it.

At the heart of both frameworks lies one recurring theme: restricting and governing privileged access and that's where privileged access management becomes your most powerful compliance lever. Join our webinar to learn how ManageEngine PAM360 helps organisations align with both frameworks, addressing multiple ISM controls across three Essential Eight maturity levels with a live demonstration.

What we’ll deep dive into and build clarity on

• How the Essential Eight and ISM frameworks blend and why addressing them together through privileged access management is the fastest path to compliance.
• How PAM360 helps address ISM controls across all three Essential Eight maturity levels.
• Granting elevated privileges only when required, restricting administrative access and ensuring it doesn’t persist without clear ownership.
• Strengthening access security with multi-factor authentication and application control, ensuring only verified users can access only approved applications.
• Bringing in centralised session monitoring with detailed audit trails to maintain complete visibility and stay audit-ready at all times.
• Secure backup access with robust storage and retention policies to prevent misuse, tampering, or unauthorised retrieval of privileged credentials.