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          "prose" : "# Security clearances\n\nWhere these guidelines refer to security clearances, it applies to Australian security clearances or security clearances from a foreign government which are formally recognised by Australia.\n\n# Further information\n\nFurther information on access to government resources, including required security clearances, can be found in the Department of Home Affairs’ [Protective Security Policy Framework](#92679127-f61d-486a-a93e-df2a26dfb07a), [Access to information](#3e4cd135-5fa3-4a1e-a192-1793ff42067c) policy.\n\nFurther information on access to highly sensitive government resources, including required briefings, can be found in the Government Security Committee’s Australian Government Security Caveat Guidelines. This publication is available from the Protective Security Policy GovTEAMS community or the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation by email.\n\nFurther information on restricting the use of privileged accounts can be found in ASD’s [Restricting Administrative Privileges](#3ccea9a8-a728-4f5b-a0a8-43f2f206f76b) publication.\n\nFurther information on administering systems and applications can be found in the system administration section of the [Guidelines for System Management](#c6ca6620-ccd5-4c5d-b97c-9d92f1162948).\n\nFurther information on event logging can be found in the event logging and monitoring section of the [Guidelines for System Monitoring](#edc24216-f52b-4513-bcda-5fa564661999)."
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            "prose" : "Privileged accounts are considered to be those which can alter or circumvent a system’s controls. This can also apply to users who have only limited privileges, such as software developers, but can still bypass controls. A privileged account often has the ability to modify system configurations, account privileges, event logs and security configurations for applications.\n\nPrivileged users, and in some cases privileged service accounts, are often targeted by malicious actors as they can potentially give full access to systems. As such, ensuring that privileged accounts do not have the ability to access the internet, email and web services minimises opportunities for these accounts to be compromised.\n\nFinally, privileged access event logs, privileged account management event logs and privileged group management logs can assist in monitoring the security posture of systems, detecting malicious behaviour and contributing to investigations following cyber security incidents. To facilitate such activities, privileged access event logs, privileged account management event logs and privileged group management logs should be captured and stored centrally."
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          "prose" : "# Further information\n\nFurther information on cyber supply chain risk management can be found in the cyber supply chain risk management section of the [Guidelines for Procurement and Outsourcing](#f37a4848-0791-4870-b316-5536c2681c28).\n\nFurther information on patching or updating operating systems can be found in the system patching section of the [Guidelines for System Management](#c6ca6620-ccd5-4c5d-b97c-9d92f1162948).\n\nFurther information on hardening Microsoft Windows operating systems can be found in ASD’s [Hardening Microsoft Windows 10 version 21H1 Workstations](#6e801c68-61f6-4c28-bf72-df91f7e232cc) publication and on the [Microsoft Security Baselines Blog](#0bf3a1ef-031a-419b-80c3-08a08b1cee9d).\n\nFurther information on hardening Linux workstations and servers can be found in ASD’s [Hardening Linux Workstations and Servers](#8132c47e-a2dc-4dd9-81d6-38db96e5cec6) publication.\n\nFurther information on [exploit protection functionality](#d0df96bb-7236-4784-8f54-2cb6335ad228) within Microsoft Windows is available from Microsoft.\n\nFurther information on implementing application control can be found in ASD’s [Implementing Application Control](#4eeff329-cea0-4baf-a80b-8b0b76436075) publication.\n\nFurther information on Microsoft’s ‘[recommended block rules](#5a2ed3ef-afcc-485e-8014-5107e9ed97e3)’ and ‘[recommended driver block rules](#4a3a265f-7772-433b-9906-7f784052f28b)’ are available from Microsoft.\n\nFurther information on the use of PowerShell can be found in ASD’s [Securing PowerShell in the Enterprise](#8ffea524-0974-4b53-a8f5-41166073ede5) publication.\n\nFurther information on [the use of PowerShell by blue teams](#7d22400c-ddef-4cbb-90f1-7502dc569e5b) is available from Microsoft while further information on obtaining [greater visibility through PowerShell logging](#af0810aa-3486-4ca6-a48a-fad8ce9ac193) is available from Mandiant.\n\nFurther information on independent testing of security products’ ability to [detect or prevent various stages of network intrusions](#3a1a00f6-2f56-4d04-b99d-6f1682b95a98) is available from The MITRE Corporation.\n\nFurther information on independent testing of antivirus software is available from [AV-Comparatives](#c852e735-4920-4616-8e34-2fddfb49eea8) and [AV-TEST](#18203e18-2aca-492e-be44-770b2f47242f).\n\nFurther information on the use of removable media can be found in the media usage section of the [Guidelines for Media](#b594c9c0-b42f-4f06-b643-38023275a5c7).\n\nFurther information on event logging can be found in the event logging and monitoring section of the [Guidelines for System Monitoring](#edc24216-f52b-4513-bcda-5fa564661999)."
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            "prose" : "Application control can be an effective way to not only prevent malicious code from executing on workstations and servers, but also to ensure only approved applications can execute. When developing application control rulesets, determining approved executables (e.g. .exe and .com files), software libraries (e.g. .dll and.ocx files), scripts (e.g. .ps1, .bat, .cmd, .vbs and .js files), installers (e.g. .msi, .msp and .mst files), compiled HTML (e.g. .chm files), HTML applications (e.g. .hta files), control panel applets (e.g. .cpl files) and drivers based on business requirements is a more secure method than simply approving those already residing on a workstation or server. Furthermore, it is preferable that an organisation defines their own application control rulesets, rather than relying on those from application control vendors, and validate them on an annual or more frequent basis.\n\nIn implementing application control, an organisation should use a reliable method, or combination of methods, such as cryptographic hash rules, publisher certificate rules or path rules. Depending on the method chosen, further hardening may be required to ensure that application control mechanisms and application control rulesets cannot be bypassed by malicious actors.\n\nFinally, application control event logs can assist in monitoring the security posture of systems, detecting malicious behaviour and contributing to investigations following cyber security incidents. To facilitate such activities, application control event logs should be captured and stored centrally."
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          "prose" : "# Account and authentication types\n\nThe guidance within this section is equally applicable to all account types unless specified otherwise. This includes unprivileged accounts, privileged accounts, break glass accounts and service accounts. In addition, the guidance is equally applicable to interactive authentication and non-interactive authentication.\n\n# Further information\n\nFurther information on cyber supply chain risk management can be found in the cyber supply chain risk management section of the [Guidelines for Procurement and Outsourcing](#f37a4848-0791-4870-b316-5536c2681c28).\n\nFurther information on implementing multi-factor authentication can be found in ASD’s [Implementing Multi-Factor Authentication](#83e3a9b1-5057-4531-91dd-03c8d92634b0) publication.\n\nFurther information on event logging can be found in the event logging and monitoring section of the [Guidelines for System Monitoring](#edc24216-f52b-4513-bcda-5fa564661999).\n\nFurther information on [randomly generating passphrases](#58282062-5c17-476a-98b1-105a627cd28d) (preferably using five dice rolls and a long word list) is available from the Electronic Frontier Foundation while a [random dice roller](#0508be6f-cb97-44da-b212-42416a0048b0) is available from RANDOM.ORG.\n\nFurther information on [group Managed Service Accounts](#91b92563-d991-40fa-9adc-548df9f6c496) in Microsoft Windows Server is available from Microsoft.\n\nFurther information on changing credentials for the Kerberos Key Distribution Center’s service account can be found in Microsoft’s [Active Directory accounts](#ae426d0a-adb6-43b8-a463-faa33e83b679) and [AD Forest Recovery - Resetting the krbtgt password](#3e5a98e5-9219-46c8-81c2-e3a4d13407ce) publications. A script for [changing credentials for this service account](#f74ba095-a7f7-4b8c-9e60-5fe84f2a2d0b) is also available from Microsoft.\n\nFurther information on [Windows Defender Credential Guard](#8d53ee7f-54c2-4380-8408-f7403db30ba1) and [Windows Defender Remote Credential Guard](#92975dff-58e0-4813-842b-f27c0533ca56) is available from Microsoft.\n\nFurther information on [Protective Process Light for LSASS](#3f43c8d2-8a8c-4e2f-af80-48a607bce643) is available from Microsoft.\n\nFurther information on mitigating the use of stolen credentials can be found in ASD’s [Mitigating the Use of Stolen Credentials](#824e4353-a9ae-4869-88fb-cb0675dc5d1c) publication.\n\nFurther information on mitigating the use of stolen credentials can also be found in Microsoft’s [Mitigating Pass-the-Hash (PtH) Attacks and Other Credential Theft Techniques, Version 1 and 2](#f9fb4c57-8c12-4edf-9e34-cb422664aae9) publication."
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            "prose" : "Multi-factor authentication uses two or more different authentication factors. This may include:\n\n- something users know, such as a memorised secret (i.e. personal identification number, password or passphrase)\n- something users have, such as a security key, smart card, smartphone or one-time password token\n- something users are, such as a fingerprint pattern or their facial geometry.\n\nUsers of online services, privileged users of systems and users with access to important data repositories are more likely to be targeted by malicious actors due to their access. For this reason, it is especially important that multi-factor authentication is used for these accounts. In addition, multi-factor authentication is vital to any administrative activities as it can limit the consequences of a compromise by preventing or slowing malicious actors’ ability to gain unrestricted access to assets. In this regard, multi-factor authentication can be implemented as part of jump server authentication where assets being administered do not support multi-factor authentication themselves.\n\nWhen implementing multi-factor authentication, several different authentication factors can be implemented. Unfortunately, some authentication factors, such as biometrics or codes sent via Short Message Service, Voice over Internet Protocol or email, are more susceptible to compromise than others. For this reason, authentication factors that involve something users have should be used with something users know. Alternatively, something users have that is unlocked by something users know or are (often known as passwordless multi-factor authentication) can be used. Furthermore, for increased security, the use of phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication is recommended to protect against real-time phishing attacks.\n\nFinally, multi-factor authentication event logs can assist in monitoring the security posture of systems, detecting malicious behaviour and contributing to investigations following cyber security incidents. To facilitate such activities, multi-factor authentication event logs should be captured and stored centrally."
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            "prose" : "When break glass accounts, local administrator accounts and service accounts use common usernames or weak credentials, it may allow malicious actors that compromises credentials on one workstation or server to easily compromise other workstations and servers. As such, it is critical that credentials for break glass accounts, local administrator accounts and service accounts are long, unique, unpredictable and managed.\n\nTo provide additional security and credential management functionality for service accounts, Microsoft introduced group Managed Service Accounts to Microsoft Windows Server. In doing so, service accounts that are created as group Managed Service Accounts do not require manual credential management by system administrators, as the operating system automatically ensures that they are long, unique, unpredictable and managed. This ensures that service account credentials are secure, not misplaced or forgotten, and that they are automatically changed on a regular basis. However, in cases where the use of group Managed Service Accounts is not possible, credentials for service accounts should still be unique and unpredictable with a minimum length of 30 characters."
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          "prose" : "# System administration of cloud services\n\nSystem administration of cloud services brings unique challenges when compared to system administration of on-premises assets. Notably, responsibility for system administration of cloud services is often shared between service providers and their customers. As the system administration processes and procedures implemented by service providers are often opaque to their customers, customers should consider a service provider’s control plane to operate within a different security domain.\n\n# Further information\n\nFurther information on system administration can be found in the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD)’s [Secure Administration](#131048c7-a2e7-4da3-9257-7a058b06c1f8) publication.\n\nFurther information on the use of privileged accounts for system administration activities can be found in the access to systems and their resources section of the [Guidelines for Personnel Security](#7d16ae67-87a7-4861-b939-e13ec279b5a2).\n\nFurther information on multi-factor authentication can be found in the authentication hardening section of the [Guidelines for System Hardening](#de7525f3-a466-40a5-abdd-3ae24a6d1b44).\n\nFurther information on event logging can be found in the event logging and monitoring section of the [Guidelines for System Monitoring](#edc24216-f52b-4513-bcda-5fa564661999).\n\nFurther information on network segmentation and segregation can be found in the network design and configuration section of the [Guidelines for Networking](#f145ff5b-d396-4248-8f48-621349d6f0ed)."
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          "prose" : "# Further information\n\nFurther information on system patching can be found in ASD’s [Assessing Vulnerabilities and Applying Patches](#02fb4cb5-e4c4-4097-97a2-f1b6aa04131a) publication.\n\nFurther information on patching evaluated products can be found in the evaluated product usage section of the [Guidelines for Evaluated Products](#a699a3aa-828d-479b-b50b-98127bb19437).\n\nFurther information on cessation of support for Microsoft Windows operating systems, including potential compensating controls for use beyond their cessation date for support, can be found in ASD’s [End of Support for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Windows Server](#d36ce452-ec21-4b05-89c1-f29a444a3dca) publication.\n\nFurther information on hardening user applications can be found in the user application hardening section of the [Guidelines for System Hardening](#de7525f3-a466-40a5-abdd-3ae24a6d1b44).\n\nFurther information on hardening server applications can be found in the server application hardening section of the [Guidelines for System Hardening](#de7525f3-a466-40a5-abdd-3ae24a6d1b44)."
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              "name" : "updated",
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              "name" : "applicability",
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "id" : "ism-1876_smt",
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            "id" : "ism-1690",
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              "name" : "sort-id",
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              "name" : "revision",
              "ns" : "https://cyber.gov.au/ns/ism/oscal/2.0",
              "value" : "1"
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              "name" : "updated",
              "ns" : "https://cyber.gov.au/ns/ism/oscal/2.0",
              "value" : "Sep-23"
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              "name" : "applicability",
              "ns" : "https://cyber.gov.au/ns/ism/oscal/2.0",
              "value" : "ALL"
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
              "ns" : "https://cyber.gov.au/ns/ism/oscal/2.0",
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "name" : "sort-id",
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              "name" : "updated",
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              "name" : "applicability",
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "name" : "sort-id",
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              "name" : "revision",
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              "value" : "2"
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              "name" : "updated",
              "ns" : "https://cyber.gov.au/ns/ism/oscal/2.0",
              "value" : "Sep-23"
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              "name" : "applicability",
              "ns" : "https://cyber.gov.au/ns/ism/oscal/2.0",
              "value" : "ALL"
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "value" : "ML2"
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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            "parts" : [ {
              "id" : "ism-1693_smt",
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              "name" : "sort-id",
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              "name" : "revision",
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              "name" : "updated",
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              "name" : "applicability",
              "ns" : "https://cyber.gov.au/ns/ism/oscal/2.0",
              "value" : "ALL"
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "value" : "ML2"
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "value" : "ML3"
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            "parts" : [ {
              "id" : "ism-1877_smt",
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            "id" : "ism-1694",
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              "name" : "sort-id",
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              "name" : "revision",
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              "name" : "updated",
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              "name" : "applicability",
              "ns" : "https://cyber.gov.au/ns/ism/oscal/2.0",
              "value" : "ALL"
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
              "ns" : "https://cyber.gov.au/ns/ism/oscal/2.0",
              "value" : "ML2"
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "value" : "ML3"
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            "parts" : [ {
              "id" : "ism-1694_smt",
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            "id" : "ism-1695",
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            "title" : "Control: ism-1695",
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              "name" : "sort-id",
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              "name" : "revision",
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              "name" : "updated",
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              "value" : "Sep-23"
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              "name" : "applicability",
              "ns" : "https://cyber.gov.au/ns/ism/oscal/2.0",
              "value" : "ALL"
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "value" : "ML2"
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "value" : "ML3"
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            "name" : "sort-id",
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              "name" : "sort-id",
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              "value" : "ML2"
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "value" : "ML3"
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            "id" : "ism-1501",
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              "name" : "sort-id",
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              "name" : "revision",
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              "value" : "1"
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              "name" : "updated",
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              "value" : "Sep-21"
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              "name" : "applicability",
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              "value" : "ALL"
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
              "ns" : "https://cyber.gov.au/ns/ism/oscal/2.0",
              "value" : "ML2"
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "value" : "ML3"
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            "parts" : [ {
              "id" : "ism-1501_smt",
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          "name" : "overview",
          "prose" : "# Further information\n\nFurther information on [digital preservation planning](#53da8dba-961e-4222-94e0-68cb9510384d) and [data retention](#348be728-4459-4447-990e-1dfb3049c71f) is available from the National Archives of Australia.\n\nFurther information on the collection and retention of personal information can be found in the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s [Australian Privacy Principles](#bac2c6f2-9356-46d2-b7c4-9af7393008df) and the associated [Australian Privacy Principles guidelines](#1e4a57a2-2832-441d-8ea4-12a98d2be417).\n\nFurther information on business continuity and disaster recovery planning can be found in the Chief Information Security Officer section of the [Guidelines for Cyber Security Roles](#626dab35-81ab-45fe-8c12-0faff1c23c07)."
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            "name" : "overview",
            "prose" : "To mitigate the security risk of losing system availability or important data as part of a ransomware attack, or other form of destructive attack, backups of important data, software and configuration settings should be performed and retained with a frequency and retention timeframe in accordance with an organisation’s business continuity requirements. In doing so, backups of all important data, software and configuration settings should be synchronised to enable restoration to a common point in time. Furthermore, it is essential that all backups are retained in a secure and resilient manner. This will ensure that should a system fall victim to a ransomware attack, or other form of destructive attack, important data will not be lost and, if necessary, systems can be quickly restored."
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              "name" : "sort-id",
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              "name" : "updated",
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              "name" : "applicability",
              "ns" : "https://cyber.gov.au/ns/ism/oscal/2.0",
              "value" : "ALL"
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
              "ns" : "https://cyber.gov.au/ns/ism/oscal/2.0",
              "value" : "ML3"
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              "id" : "ism-1511_smt",
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            "id" : "ism-1810",
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            "title" : "Control: ism-1810",
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              "name" : "sort-id",
              "value" : "catalog[1].group[16].group[3].group[3].control[2]"
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              "name" : "revision",
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              "value" : "0"
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              "name" : "updated",
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              "value" : "Dec-22"
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              "name" : "applicability",
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
              "ns" : "https://cyber.gov.au/ns/ism/oscal/2.0",
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "value" : "ML3"
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              "name" : "sort-id",
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              "name" : "revision",
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              "name" : "updated",
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              "value" : "Dec-22"
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              "name" : "applicability",
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "value" : "ML3"
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              "name" : "sort-id",
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "value" : "ML3"
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              "name" : "sort-id",
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              "name" : "applicability",
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
              "ns" : "https://cyber.gov.au/ns/ism/oscal/2.0",
              "value" : "ML3"
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            "parts" : [ {
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          } ]
        }, {
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            "name" : "overview",
            "prose" : "To mitigate the security risk of backups being accidentally or maliciously modified or deleted, an organisation should ensure that backups are sufficiently protected from unauthorised modification and deletion through the use of appropriate access controls during their retention period."
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              "name" : "sort-id",
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              "name" : "applicability",
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
              "ns" : "https://cyber.gov.au/ns/ism/oscal/2.0",
              "value" : "ML2"
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              "name" : "essential-eight-applicability",
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              "value" : "ML3"
            } ],
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              "id" : "ism-1814_smt",
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          }, {
            "id" : "ism-1707",
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              "name" : "sort-id",
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              "name" : "revision",
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              "name" : "updated",
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