14 Vital Metrics™
AApplication Control
BConfigure MS Office Macros
CUser Application Hardening
DPatch Operating SystemsEPatch ApplicationsFDaily Backups
GRestrict Admin Privileges
HMulti-Factor Authentication
IUser Management
JSecurity Clearance Mgmt
KPassword Management
LInventory Optimisation
MCloud Monitoring
NConnection Robustness
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C.A.R.L.®

Is your IT provider protecting you, or just ticking the Essential Eight box?

The ACSC Essential Eight is a bare minimum, and it won't protect your business on its own. C.A.R.L.® measures your real resilience across 14 Vital Metrics™ and shows you exactly where you stand.

14 controls · about 5 minutes · instant maturity score
●Built on the Essential 8, CIS Benchmarks & NIST●Written for owners & CFOs, not IT teams●Your report is yours to keep

Four core diagnostics. Fourteen vital metrics. One clear health score.

Most IT ecosystems have unseen weaknesses. C.A.R.L.® — Monocera's Cybersecurity And Resilience Lifecycle® — measures maturity across 14 metrics and rolls them into the C.A.R.L.® Health Bar™: a plain-English summary across the four things that actually keep you safe.

#1
Configuration Control
The configuration of your systems and protective security apps.
#2
Continuous Optimisation
Ongoing monitoring and updating of systems, apps and backups.
#3
Access & Identity
How identity, access, administration and privileges are managed.
#4
Connected Tech
Your hardware, cloud and connectivity resilience.

Each metric is scored from Level 0 (not aligned) to Level 3 (fully aligned), the same maturity model behind the ACSC Essential Eight. Controls A–H are the Essential Eight; I–N are Monocera's extended resilience controls.