{"id":86,"date":"2026-01-09T02:34:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T02:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2026-01-12T07:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:45:11","slug":"why-ism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/index.php\/why-ism\/","title":{"rendered":"Why ISM"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"86\" class=\"elementor elementor-86\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e0d7be e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6e0d7be\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-011e4d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"011e4d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Information Security Manual (ISM) is the Australian Government&#8217;s authoritative cybersecurity guidance. Maintained by the Australian Cyber Security Centre, it provides detailed controls for protecting systems and information \u2014 and it&#8217;s mandatory for government agencies and increasingly expected of their suppliers.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>If you&#8217;re working with government, tendering for contracts, or operating in a regulated industry, ISM alignment demonstrates that you meet Australia&#8217;s highest cybersecurity standards. But the manual is comprehensive \u2014 hundreds of controls across dozens of topics \u2014 and knowing where to start can be daunting.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>CyberNow helps you navigate the ISM by assessing your current controls, identifying gaps, and building a practical path to alignment. Whether you need full compliance or just want to benchmark against government expectations, we&#8217;ll help you get there without drowning in documentation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edd1a64 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"edd1a64\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1728bf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1728bf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-12-173559-1-1024x504.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-127\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-12-173559-1-1024x504.png 1024w, https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-12-173559-1-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-12-173559-1-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-12-173559-1-1536x756.png 1536w, https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-12-173559-1.png 1917w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Information Security Manual (ISM) is the Australian Government&#8217;s authoritative cybersecurity guidance. Maintained by the Australian Cyber Security Centre, it provides detailed controls for protecting systems and information \u2014 and it&#8217;s mandatory for government agencies and increasingly expected of their suppliers. \u00a0 If you&#8217;re working with government, tendering for contracts, or operating in a regulated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-86","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130,"href":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86\/revisions\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cybernow.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}