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ACSC Essential Eight Maturity Model (November 2023) · Restrict Microsoft Office macros

MACRO-ISM-1671 Microsoft Office macros are disabled for users that do not have a demonstrated business requirement

Microsoft Office macros are disabled for users that do not have a demonstrated business requirement. Required at Maturity Levels One, Two and Three of the Restrict Microsoft Office macros mitigation strategy (Appendices A, B and C); ISM control ISM-1671 in ASD's Essential Eight to ISM mapping (December 2023).

Source: ACSC Essential Eight Maturity Model (November 2023), MACRO-ISM-1671. 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.

Each row is an ISM control the maturity model requires, with the maturity levels named in its text. Pick your target maturity level and use the rows for it.

2
artefacts
2
held by a system
0
at each review
easy
to go live
Policy repository / GRC workspace
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review. To go live: easy when half or more of the artefacts are already held by a system, moderate from a quarter to a half, hard below a quarter.

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

  • Group policy disabling macros for users without a demonstrated business requirement · Policy repository / GRC workspace
  • Register of users approved for macros with justification · Policy repository / GRC workspace

periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review

none for this control

governing documentDocuments that govern the control

none for this control

First move

Automate the pull from your Policy repository / GRC workspace. Version-controlled policy set with approval metadata; review dates tracked as records, not a calendar note.

Common gaps auditors find

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MACRO-ISM-1489 Microsoft Office macro security settings cannot be changed by users · MACRO-ISM-1672 Microsoft Office macro antivirus scanning is enabled