Critical controls

For each control we provide a page summarising the intent and success measures for decision makers. We have a separate page providing implementation advice for practitioners.

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Critical Controls

Security awareness building

Cyber attackers often rely on human behaviour, such as clicking on links or downloading and opening/executing files, to

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Critical Controls

Password manager

Providing a password manager for your staff to store their passwords, or other secrets like alarm codes, is a great way

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Critical Controls

Asset Lifecycle Management

Limiting and securing your internet-exposed services will help you prevent unauthorised access.

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Critical Controls

Network segmentation and separation

When paired together, segmentation and separation can add an additional level of access control and security to your net

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Critical Controls

Centralised logging

Storing and securing your logs in a central place makes log analysis and alerting easier.

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Critical Controls

Implement and test backups

After an incident, restoring your data from backups is often the best way to return to business as usual. Performing and

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Critical Controls

Principle of least privilege

The principle of least privilege means only having the access you need to do your job. Restricting the level access to o

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Critical Controls

Multi-factor authentication and verification

You can authenticate with something you know, something you have, or something you are. Multi-factor authentication (MFA

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Critical Controls

Implement application control

Application allowlisting (otherwise known as whitelisting) is a method of strictly controlling what programs can be run

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Critical Controls

Patching

Keeping your software up-to-date is one of the most simple and effective steps to take, to ensure your environment stays