ThreatLocker aids Australian firms in meeting Essential Eight

ThreatLocker has released a new whitepaper aimed at helping Australian businesses achieve compliance with the Essential Eight cybersecurity strategies.

The document, titled "How to Streamline Your Path to Essential Eight", details how businesses can leverage ThreatLocker's cybersecurity solutions to meet all maturity levels of the Essential Eight guidelines issued by the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC). These guidelines highlight critical strategies to protect businesses from various cyber threats.

According to ThreatLocker, the whitepaper outlines each strategy of the Essential Eight and maps them to solutions such as Application Allowlisting, Ringfencing, Network Control, Storage Control, and Elevation Control. This approach is intended to simplify the adoption of these strategies and reinforce a business's cybersecurity posture with reduced complexity.

ThreatLocker's CEO, Danny Jenkins, commented on the whitepaper: "Implementing the Essential Eight guidelines doesn't have to be a challenge. This whitepaper equips businesses with practical steps for a streamlined approach to Essential Eight, showing them how ThreatLocker's tools simplify and reinforce each strategy for stronger, more proactive security."

Key components of ThreatLocker's solutions are outlined in the whitepaper. Application Allowlisting is essential for application control, preventing unauthorised software, including ransomware and malware, by ensuring only trusted applications are permitted. Ringfencing helps enforce application hardening by restricting applications from performing unauthorised actions, thus reducing risks associated with compromised software.

Storage Control plays a crucial role in data security by limiting access to backup locations, thereby minimising vulnerabilities across digital assets. Network Control addresses unauthorised access by restricting network connections on a per-computer basis, permitting only authorised activities.

Additionally, Elevation Control is in alignment with the principle of least privilege, offering temporary elevated access as needed to minimise the risks from over-privileged accounts.

Besides the whitepaper, ThreatLocker has also developed an infographic to provide a quick visual guide to implementing the Essential Eight strategies, which is particularly useful for busy IT teams and business leaders. ThreatLocker also offers targeted demos showcasing how their solutions support these cybersecurity strategies in real-time scenarios.

ThreatLocker provides endpoint cybersecurity solutions, now enabling organisations of all sizes to adopt a Zero Trust approach to protect their systems from cyberattacks. Founded in 2017 by Danny Jenkins, Sami Jenkins, and John Carolan, and headquartered in Orlando, FL, ThreatLocker uses a deny-by-default, allow-by-exception model to ensure only trusted applications and processes can run, blocking threats like ransomware.

Recognised as a global cybersecurity leader, its solutions include Application Allowlisting, Ringfencing, Network Control, Elevation Control, Storage Control, and EDR/MDR services. The ThreatLocker Protect Platform is currently adopted by tens of thousands of customers worldwide, securing millions of endpoints. The company's Cyber Hero team offers no-limit support and 60-second response times, to improve cybersecurity protection.