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ACSC Essential EightFedRAMP Moderate

ACSC Essential Eight covers 9.6% of FedRAMP Moderate

31 of the 323 controls in FedRAMP Moderate are already satisfied by evidence you collected for ACSC Essential Eight. 292 are genuine gaps. Every claim below was judged against both control sets and then argued against; the ones that did not survive are published further down with the reason each failed.

9.6%
of the target already covered
31
controls evidenced
292
genuine gaps
0
claims rejected in review

This number is directional. It says how much of FedRAMP Moderate your ACSC Essential Eight evidence satisfies. The reverse pair is a different number, often very different, because a security standard has enormous depth for access control and almost none for lawful basis or data subject rights.

60 candidate mappings were examined and 0 were removed. Signed off 2026-08-19, review level machine verified. Mappings were judged by Claude Code rather than read line by line by a practitioner. Every claim shows its reasoning so you can check it. Ask and a practitioner will review this pair.

Where the gaps are

Coverage is never evenly spread. A source standard usually satisfies one part of a target almost completely and barely touches another, and which part is which is the thing worth knowing before you plan the work.

SI - System and Information Integrity5 of 24 evidenced, 19 to do
AU - Audit and Accountability3 of 16 evidenced, 13 to do
CM - Configuration Management5 of 27 evidenced, 22 to do
IA - Identification and Authentication5 of 27 evidenced, 22 to do
RA - Risk Assessment2 of 11 evidenced, 9 to do
AC - Access Control6 of 43 evidenced, 37 to do
CP - Contingency Planning3 of 23 evidenced, 20 to do
IR - Incident Response1 of 17 evidenced, 16 to do
SA - System and Services Acquisition1 of 21 evidenced, 20 to do
AT - Awareness and Training0 of 6 evidenced, 6 to do
CA - Assessment, Authorization, and Monitoring0 of 14 evidenced, 14 to do
MA - Maintenance0 of 10 evidenced, 10 to do
MP - Media Protection0 of 7 evidenced, 7 to do
PE - Physical and Environmental Protection0 of 19 evidenced, 19 to do
PL - Planning0 of 7 evidenced, 7 to do
PS - Personnel Security0 of 10 evidenced, 10 to do
SC - System and Communications Protection0 of 29 evidenced, 29 to do
SR - Supply Chain Risk Management0 of 12 evidenced, 12 to do

Theme level, not control level, deliberately. The per-control list of what is evidenced and what is a gap is the report itself, so publishing it here would be publishing the thing being sold.

Claims that held

A sample. Each one names the control whose evidence does the work, the control it satisfies, and why.

E8-ADMIN-ML3AC-2(7)argued against and upheld
Privileged User Accounts

Privileged access is limited to duties required and revalidated, with unused access disabled.

E8-ADMIN-ML3AC-6argued against and upheld
Least Privilege

Privileged access for users and services is limited to only what their duties require.

E8-ADMIN-ML1AC-6(10)argued against and upheld
Prohibit Non-Privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions

Unprivileged user accounts cannot log on to privileged operating environments.

E8-ADMIN-ML1AC-6(2)argued against and upheld
Non-Privileged Access for Nonsecurity Functions

Privileged accounts are used solely for privileged duties and are barred from internet and email.

E8-ADMIN-ML1AC-6(5)argued against and upheld
Privileged Accounts

Privileged accounts are assigned only to users whose duties require privileged access.

E8-ADMIN-ML2AC-6(9)argued against and upheld
Log Use of Privileged Functions

Privileged access events are centrally logged.

E8-ADMIN-ML2AU-12argued against and upheld
Audit Record Generation

Privileged access and account management events are generated and centrally logged.

E8-UAH-ML3AU-12argued against and upheld
Audit Record Generation

PowerShell module, script block and transcription logging is generated and centrally collected.

Claims that did not hold

Nothing proposed for this pair was rejected in review. That is unusual and worth knowing rather than hiding: it means the candidate set was small and every candidate held.

The full report

Everything above is a sample. The report is every evidenced control and every gap, with the reasoning and the source document behind each one, in a form you can hand to an assessor. $299, emailed immediately.

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