IT-security executives are warming to the clarity of the ASD Essential 8 and security audits that are helping them educate boards and pinpoint key areas for remediation in the last months before Australias Notifiable Data Breach (NDB) scheme comes into effect. The extent of the problem was highlighted in a recent One Identity global survey of 913 IT security professionals. 80 percent of Australian respondents said they were having challenges managing privileged passwords and 17 percent said they still write down the details of privileged accounts in a paper logbook.”]