AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Matthew Brunton
Matt has been using Amazon Web Services (AWS) since 2012 and is a solutions architect at AWS based in Brisbane, Australia. Matt is focused on supporting the power and utilities space.
Navigating ISM and Essential Eight compliance with AWS Config for Australian government agencies
To help our Australian customers, AWS provides pre-built conformance packs for the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) Essential Eight Maturity Model and the ACSC Information Security Manual (ISM). The ACSC’s Essential Eight was first published in 2017 and is a set of prioritised security mitigation strategies designed to help protect organisations against various security threats. In this blog post, I walk you through how to set up a conformance pack in AWS Config that is designed to help you implement and track the ASCS Essential Eight model.