Essential Eight Essentials.

Created by TAFEcyber.

Essential Eight Essentials Course

Developed and delivered by the TAFEcyber Consortium, this new 18-hour Essential Eight Essentials Course is for technical and non-technical professionals at the beginning of their ‘Essential Eight’ journey.

The Essential Eight Essentials Course has been created by the TAFEcyber Consortium in response to industry need for an Essential Eight ‘introductory’ course and is delivered by TAFEcyber members.

The Essential Eight Essentials Course provides an in-depth introduction to the Australian Signals Directorate’s (ASD) Essential Eight Maturity Model. During the course participants will gain an appreciation of the history, context, and overall purpose of the Essential Eight cyber security mitigation strategies as well as an understanding of the key requirements of each mitigation strategy. Learning will be reinforced by practical exercises conducted in a lab environment.

It's about people as much as technology, encouraging individuals to contribute to a safer digital future.

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Course Content
Unlock your cybersecurity potential with the 18-hour immersive Essential Eight Essentials Course, delivered in six half-day modules with hands-on lab work to reinforce your learning. Delivered virtually or face-to-face, modules include:
  • Introduction to Essential Eight and the practice of compliance-based assessment.
  • Using the PowerShell scripting language.
  • Examining Windows security policies and settings that are relevant to the Essential Eight.
  • Application control and hardening.
  • Authentication, privilege escalation, and active directory networks.
  • Requirements for creating an Essential Eight assessment report.
Participants are required to complete an assessment via a scenario-based practical project facilitated by the instructor during delivery.

Upon successful completion of the Essential Eight Essentials Course, participants will be ready to contribute to the implementation of Essential Eight Maturity Model within their own organisation and will be further prepared to undertake the Essential Eight Assessment Course if they do not currently meet eligibility requirements* or do not possess the underpinning knowledge required to successfully complete that course.

*Check the Essential Eight Assessment Course eligibility requirements.

Course Information

Entrance Requirements

The Essential Eight Essentials Course is a non-accredited short course.

Participants will be issued a Credly digital badge if the requirements of the course are fulfilled and agree to provide name and contact details to TAFEcyber for issuance of the Credly badge. Badges will not be issued for attendance purposes. A certificate will also be available to download via the badge.

Participants who successfully complete the course must not state or imply that they are endorsed by ASD or ACSC to conduct Essential Eight assessments. This includes presenting themselves as ‘ASD Essential Eight Assessors’ or ‘ACSC Essential Eight Assessors’ or any other statement that would imply ASD endorsement.

Qualification Information

Course Fees

$2,000 per participant, including GST

Applicants seeking entry into the Essential Eight Essentials Course must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident and should possess sufficient literacy, numeracy, and digital literacy to be able to navigate and utilise the various learning and assessment resources provided in the course, as well as:

  1. A Certificate IV qualification in a technical ICT discipline or greater

    OR

  2. Two years previous industry experience in an IT technical role, GRC, cyber security or generalist management/administrative role may serve as an appropriate proxy for meeting the admission requirements.

Participating TAFEcyber Members