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ASD

Australian Signals Directorate. Foreign signals intelligence and, through the ACSC, national cyber security.

ASDForeign signalsintelligenceCyber securityACSCThe ISM and Essential Eight come from here. Not a vendor.

ASD is an Australian Government statutory agency for foreign signals intelligence, cyber warfare, and information security. The ISM and Essential Eight are theirs. The ACSC is how most organisations meet them.

They are not your MSSP. They publish, they warn, they can assist. Your patching is still your patching.

Fact source: ASD's ACSC glossary. Wording is Cyberstack's.