# Appendix: Essential Eight controls matrices
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The following tables link the Essential Eight strategies to AWS implementation guidance and relevant best practices in the AWS Well-Architected Framework. For Essential Eight controls that are not applicable in the AWS Cloud, the table includes a link to additional guidance from the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC).

**Topics**
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# Application control
](application-control.md)
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# Patch applications
](patch-applications.md)
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# Configure Microsoft Office macro settings
](microsoft-office-macro-settings.md)
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# User application hardening
](user-application-hardening.md)
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# Restrict administrative privileges
](restrict-administrative-privileges.md)
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# Patch operating systems
](patch-operating-systems.md)
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# Multi-factor authentication
](multi-factor-authentication.md)
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# Regular backups
](regular-backups.md)

# Application control
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[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/essential-eight-maturity/application-control.html)

# Patch applications
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[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/essential-eight-maturity/patch-applications.html)

# Configure Microsoft Office macro settings
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[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/essential-eight-maturity/microsoft-office-macro-settings.html)

# User application hardening
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[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/essential-eight-maturity/user-application-hardening.html)

# Restrict administrative privileges
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[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/essential-eight-maturity/restrict-administrative-privileges.html)

# Patch operating systems
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[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/essential-eight-maturity/patch-operating-systems.html)

# Multi-factor authentication
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[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/essential-eight-maturity/multi-factor-authentication.html)

# Regular backups
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[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/essential-eight-maturity/regular-backups.html)