Essential Eight Compliance Framework for Microsoft 365

This document is a guide that outlines how to align Microsoft 365 tenants with the Essential Eight cybersecurity framework using CoreView ONE. It begins by identifying the challenge of implementing the Essential Eight strategies, which are designed by the Australian government to enhance cybersecurity. The guide details the eight prioritized mitigation strategies, including multi-factor authentication and restricting administrative privileges, which are mandatory for public sector organizations. It presents the solution of using Essential Eight baseline configurations to assess tenant compliance against maturity levels, deploy necessary configurations, and manage ongoing compliance. The document explains how CoreView automates the backup and restoration of configurations, tracks changes, and generates audit-ready reports to maintain continuous compliance. Additionally, it describes the three maturity levels of the Essential Eight strategies, providing pre-configured templates to help organizations strengthen their security posture effectively.