ACSC Essential Eight
Application control – ACSC Essential Eight

ACSC Essential Eight E8-APP-ISM-1870: Application control (ISM-1870): Application control is applied to user profiles and temporary folders used by operating systems, web browsers and email clients

Application control is applied to user profiles and temporary folders used by operating systems, web browsers and email clients. Required at Maturity Levels One, Two and Three of the Application control mitigation strategy (Appendices A, B and C); ISM control ISM-1870 in ASD's Essential Eight to ISM mapping (December 2023).

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 2 controls across 2 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

  • ISM-1870 Application control in user profiles and temporary folders

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.7 Protection against malware

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

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