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License and Terms of Use

Essential 8 Cyber Security Health Check

1. Grant of License

CyberAssure grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use this Essential 8 Cyber Security Health Check Tool for your business's internal assessment purposes only.

2. Permitted Use

You may use this Tool to:

  • Assess your business's cyber security practices against established good practice
  • Generate internal assessment reports for your business
  • Identify gaps and improvement priorities across security levels
  • Support your security improvement planning
  • Demonstrate your commitment to good cyber security practice

3. Restrictions

You may NOT:

  • Share, distribute, or provide third parties with access to this Tool (reports generated by it may be shared internally or with advisors)
  • Use this Tool to provide commercial consulting services to other organisations
  • Modify, adapt, or create derivative works of this Tool
  • Remove or alter any proprietary notices contained in this Tool
  • Represent assessment results as formal certification, attestation, or professional audit findings

4. Important Notices

Not Professional Advice: This Tool does not constitute professional cybersecurity advice, consulting, auditing, certification, or attestation services. It is a self-assessment guidance tool and is not a substitute for a qualified security assessment conducted by a licensed professional. No client-advisor relationship is created by your use of this Tool.

Your Responsibility: You bear sole responsibility for the accuracy of your responses, interpretation of results, implementation of any recommendations, and all security decisions made in reliance on this Tool. CyberAssure accepts no responsibility for decisions made or actions taken (or not taken) based on the assessment output.

No Guarantee of Security: Completing this assessment, achieving any score or rating, or implementing any recommendations does not guarantee protection against cyber incidents, data breaches, unauthorised access, or any other security event. No assessment tool can eliminate cyber risk entirely.

Accuracy and Completeness: CyberAssure makes no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, currency, reliability, or suitability of the assessment content, questions, scoring methodology, recommendations, or results for any particular purpose. The cybersecurity landscape evolves rapidly and the Tool reflects a point-in-time view that may not account for emerging threats, new vulnerabilities, or changes in regulatory requirements.

Based On: Aligned to the ACSC Essential Eight Maturity Model, published by the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and updated regularly at cyber.gov.au.

5. Data Privacy

All assessment data is stored locally in your browser. No personal information is transmitted to external servers.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties

This Tool and any reports generated by it are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, CyberAssure disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, or statutory, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and any warranties arising from course of dealing or usage of trade.

Certain consumer guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)) cannot be excluded. Where such non-excludable guarantees apply, CyberAssure's liability for breach of any such guarantee is limited, at CyberAssure's election, to re-supplying the Tool or refunding the purchase price paid by you for the Tool.

7. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, CyberAssure, its directors, officers, employees, contractors, and agents shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from or related to your use of (or inability to use) this Tool, or reliance on any content, results, scores, ratings, or recommendations generated by it, including but not limited to loss of profits, revenue, data, business opportunities, goodwill, or anticipated savings, whether arising from contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, or otherwise, even if CyberAssure has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

CyberAssure's total aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with this Tool, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, shall not exceed the amount paid by you for the Tool in the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim.

You acknowledge that these limitations reflect a reasonable allocation of risk between the parties and form an essential basis of the agreement between you and CyberAssure.

8. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless CyberAssure, its directors, officers, employees, contractors, and agents from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or relating to: (a) your use of the Tool; (b) your reliance on assessment results or recommendations; (c) any inaccuracy or incompleteness in your responses; (d) any breach of this License and Terms of Use by you; or (e) any third-party claims arising from your use of, or reliance on, the Tool or any reports generated by it.

9. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Victoria, Australia. Both parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria and any courts entitled to hear appeals from those courts.

10. General Provisions

Severability: If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

Entire Agreement: This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and CyberAssure in relation to the Tool and supersedes all prior representations, agreements, and understandings.

Version Currency: These terms apply to the version of the Tool as distributed. Updated versions of the Tool may include revised terms, which will be presented for acceptance at first use of the updated version.

Version: 1.0 Essential 8 Edition

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