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Essential 8 Compliance Automation Platform

DingoSec’s Essential 8 Compliance Platform is a lightweight dashboard and agent framework for automatically checking and enforcing Essential 8 controls across Windows and Linux hosts.

Detect — fleet-wide Essential 8 checks Enforce — push config where safe Report — evidence for auditors

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Essential 8 Compliance Platform - Hosts overview

Hosts overview · dark mode

Capabilities

Designed for real-world Essential 8 programs

Host inventory & status

Track servers and workstations across environments with quick visibility of OS, last seen time, and production vs development status.

Control-centric view

Essential 8 controls are the organising unit, not just hosts. Quickly see which controls are failing and where.

Drift & change tracking

Drift view surfaces when compliant hosts fall out of line after patches, policy changes, or manual tweaks.

Enforcement hooks

Where appropriate, the platform can trigger enforcement to bring non-compliant hosts back to baseline.

Reporting

Generate fleet summary reports for leadership or auditors, including current compliance rate and recent activity.

Agentless

Simple host managment for Windows and Linux collect only what is needed for Essential 8 controls without the need to install agents on each machine.

How it fits into your program

The platform is designed to sit alongside your existing tools, not replace them. It focuses purely on Essential 8 maturity and evidence.

You can deploy it as part of an Essential 8 uplift engagement, or as a follow-on once foundational work is complete.

Under the hood it uses standard, auditable scripts and configuration changes so you can always see what is happening on your hosts.

Example workflow

Deploy agents to a pilot group of servers and workstations.
Run an initial fleet audit to capture current state.
Review failed controls and decide which can be enforced.
Trigger enforcement and validate results in the drift view.
Generate a summary report for leadership or auditors.

Interface

Night and day modes · key views

Essential 8 Compliance dashboard in light mode — **Overview** — light mode view showing overall fleet compliance and recent activity.

Essential 8 Compliance dashboard in dark mode — **Overview** — dark mode variant for low-light environments.

Hosts list view — **Hosts list** — tabular view of all registered hosts with OS, domain, last seen, and quick actions.

Add new host dialogue — **Add host** — simple registration form for adding new hosts into monitoring.

Essential 8 controls configuration page — **Controls** — configure detection logic and enforcement parameters per Essential 8 control.

Drift and changes view — **Drift & changes** — view changes and enforcement activity over time.

Reporting view for compliance reports — **Reports** — build and download fleet summary and findings reports.

Settings view — **Settings** — system configuration for keys, roles, and scheduling (coming soon).

Where this is used

The platform is built from real-world experience running Essential 8 programs in manufacturing and services environments. It is particularly useful where you have a mix of Windows servers, Linux workloads, and remote users.

Talk about your environment

If you’d like to see whether this fits your Essential 8 plans, we can walk through your environment, current tooling, and appetite for automation.

Contact DingoSec to arrange a demo →