ADMIN-ISM-1898 Secure Admin Workstations are used in the performance of administrative activities
Secure Admin Workstations are used in the performance of administrative activities. Required at Maturity Level Three of the Restrict administrative privileges mitigation strategy (Appendix C); ISM control ISM-1898 in ASD's Essential Eight to ISM mapping (December 2023).
Source: ACSC Essential Eight Maturity Model (November 2023), ADMIN-ISM-1898. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open ACSC Essential Eight Maturity Model (November 2023) in the compliance library.
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These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Secure Admin Workstation build standard and inventory · Endpoint management (MDM / EDR)
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Evidence administrative activities occur only from those workstations · Endpoint management (MDM / EDR)
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
none for this control
First move
Common gaps auditors find
- Secure Admin Workstations issued but not enforced as the only path
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Build my evidence sheetADMIN-ISM-1897 Remote Credential Guard functionality is enabled · ADMIN-ISM-1906 Event logs from internet-facing servers are analysed in a timely manner to detect cyber security events