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Why organisations choose Huntsman Security’s Essential 8 Scorecard application to manage compliance and cyber risk

The Essential 8 Scorecard is an award-winning cyber risk management technology that continuously measures the effectiveness of your organisation’s security controls against the ACSC Essential Eight Maturity Model.

Unlike traditional surveys or one-off arbitrary assessments, the Essential 8 Scorecard delivers an objective, quantitative, and ongoing view of your organisation’s cyber posture. It enables you to dynamically manage your exposure to a changing threat environment— with the accuracy, timeliness, and the confidence that only systematic and continuous monitoring practices can provide.

With built-in Threat Exposure Management (TEM) capabilities, the Essential 8 Scorecard automatically verifies the security of your IT systems and assets, measures their vulnerability, and reports on any change in your cyber security controls necessary to keep your organisation protected.

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Gain transparent, evidence-based visibility of your organisation’s cyber posture or critical asset security, to guide IT and executive decision-making.

The Essential 8 Scorecard answers three fundamental questions:

  1. What is the objective measure of your threat exposure?
  2. What is your performance against this objective?
  3. What are the areas for improvement?
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As cyber risks have transformed into mainstream business risks, we have seen a broadening array of cyber threat assessment frameworks appear in regulations and government recommendations.

In Australia they include the ACSC Essential 8 Maturity Model, APRA CPS 234, CPS 230, in the UK CAF 4.0 and shortly the Cyber Security & Resilience Act. And of course, internationally the ISO 27 001 and NIST security models. The requirements that are common to almost all these security frameworks are: assessing that security controls have been implemented correctly, monitoring the ongoing efficacy of security controls and reporting on the effectiveness of each of the security controls (including those maintained by related parties and third parties).

The Essential 8 Scorecard undertakes these activities systematically and continuously to reliably inform cyber security stakeholders in the defence of their organisation against cyber-attacks.

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What the Essential 8 Scorecard delivers

Continuous monitoring

of your environment against the ACSC Essential Eight Maturity Model.

Automated maturity measurement

(Levels 0–3) to determine the effectiveness of each control.

Live dashboards

displaying compliance and threat status across all eight controls, with real-time alerts to mitigate areas of non-compliance.

Automatic data driven reports

for key stakeholders across technical, risk, and executive teams.

Compliance alignment

with regulatory requirements for continuous control monitoring and evidence-based reporting — including APRA CPS 234 and ASD ISM.

Essential 8 Scorecard Features

Continuous cyber security maturity rating
Data-driven analysis and reporting
Non-disruptive setup and operation

Continuous cyber security maturity rating

The frequency of threat assessments is configurable with checks of your internal security posture or critical assets, against the ACSC Essential Eight Maturity Model.

  • Accurate Measurement: Objectively evaluates vulnerabilities across your environment.
  • Exportable Reports: Share your maturity score with 3rd-party applications or GRC platforms.
  • Instant Insight: Understand alignment with policies and pinpoint areas for improvement.

Data-driven analysis and reporting

Leverage quantitative, evidence-based reporting for reliable and up-to-the-minute compliance assessment.

  • Built-in Transparency: Stakeholders can see the datasets and methodology used for analysis.
  • Operational & Executive Reports: Automatically generate Operational Controls Reports and Executive Summaries for active risk management.
  • Objective Oversight: Quickly identify non-compliance issues and support IT governance.
  • Finds Invisible Vulnerabilities: Identifies the most difficult to find vulnerabilities without disruption and before they are exploited by an adversary.

Non-disruptive setup and operation

Easily deploy the Essential 8 Scorecard without disrupting operations.

  • Quick Installation: Easily installed and configured for continuous threat visibility and management.
  • Automated Data Collection: Gather and analyse security data efficiently and seamlessly.
  • Reliable Assessment: Get a granular picture of your cyber maturity, anytime you need it.

Essential 8 Scorecard Overview

The Essential 8 Scorecard is an automated threat exposure management solution. It systematically delivers evidence-based measurement of the effectiveness of cyber security controls and ongoing management of your enterprise resilience . It delivers timely, reliable, and quantitative visibility of your organisation’s control performance to inform effective risk management — without the cost, disruption, or delay of manual assessments.

With scalable architecture and continuous monitoring capabilities, the Essential 8 Scorecard empowers organisations to automatically identify security gaps early, prioritise their mitigation, and strengthen enterprise resilience against a constantly evolving threat landscape.

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"If you can measure it, you can manage it."

The Essential 8 Scorecard delivers a continuous view of your cyber posture against the Essential Eight security controls.

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Essential 8 Scorecard FAQs

Is this on prem or cloud?

It can be deployed for multiple domain monitoring. Requires installation of a VM in a domain and a collector(s) VM for additional domain(s) to be measured.

Can I get more detailed information on the failures?

Yes, a Proactive Monitoring Dashboard is built-in to identify and report on the details of each non-compliant machine or user. These lists guide remediation and performance improvement.

How easy is it to install?

The software is typically installed & configured in 3-5 professional services days. Additional support & report preparation assistance available.

How do you calculate the scores?

Scores are calculated based on the measured effectiveness of each individual control or sub-control during audit. Calculations are visible to assist audit verification and understanding.

What if the ACSC updates the Essential Eight controls?

The Essential Eight Maturity Model provides a comprehensive rules-based set of cyber security controls. Any future updates will be reviewed by Huntsman Security for inclusion in subsequent updates of the software.

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Continuous visibility of Essential Eight control effectiveness

Huntsman Security’s Essential 8 Scorecard provides directors and senior executives with continuous, evidence-based insight into how effectively Essential Eight controls are performing across the organisation.

Request a live demo with a Huntsman Security Expert today, and you will get:

  • Clear visibility of Essential Eight control performance and protection levels
  • Insight into emerging gaps, trends and changes in cyber exposure
  • Practical guidance on using continuous measurement to support governance and board reporting