Enter the assessment
From the Self-Assessment Hub homepage, there are two ways to navigate to ‘Assessments’.
1. From the HOME tab, go to ‘ACTIVE ASSESSMENTS’.
2. Click on the Assessment tile and the campaign page will appear.
1. From the tabs bar at the top of the window, click on the ‘ASSESSMENTS’ tab.
2. Click on the assessment name and the campaign page will appear.
3. Click on ‘Enter Assessment’ button
Completing the assessment
To answer each of the eight self-assessment questions, select the appropriate level of maturity from the options provided. To help you select the right maturity level, there is a detailed description of the control at the top of the screen, and a description of the relevant control maturity for each of the levels under the Essential Eight (maturity levels zero, one, two and three).
- Choose current and desired maturity levels in the self-assessment.
- Select your coverage and assurance ratings.
- To help you assess the effectiveness of the controls in place, there are four additional questions for each of the eight control areas, in the form of drop-down menus. Simply select the option which most accurately represents the arrangements for each type of control.
- Enter any explanatory notes.
- You can add information about why the maturity level was chosen for each of the eight control areas, as well as notes about coverage and assurance.
Definition
Current: Select the maturity level for your agency at this current point in time.
Desired: Select the option that best fits the maturity level your agency is working towards.
Coverage: The amount/percentage of systems in scope which have implemented the security control and the risk impact of systems in scope that are not covered.
Assurance: Who is responsible for maturity assessment of the control (e.g. self-assessed or audited) and how recently.
To: Action: Move to the next question or go back to a question Click
In the left-hand menu dark blue / light blue tick
= answered question (current / future maturity rating)
grey bar
= unanswered question.
Exit the assessment 
Scroll down and click
Once the assessment has been completed, the following message will appear. Click the ‘Okay’ button to proceed to the overview screen, where you can review your assessment and access reporting.
If the ‘Completed Assessment’ message doesn’t display, check the progress indicator – you may have missed a question.
Unanswered questions will have a grey dash next to them in the left-hand question menu.
Each year, we report aggregated results annually to all state government Departments. We have an opt-in option to agencies to share their identified results with their portfolio department. This can be accessed from your Assessment Overview Page under Assessment Profile Questions.
1. From the Assessment Overview page, click on ‘Assessment Profile Questions’.
2. Answer the questions in the pop-up and press ‘Okay’ to save.
The Benchmark self-assessment automatically saves as you work so you won’t see any save buttons. Your answers and comments are saved as you progress through the assessment.
Once the assessment has been completed, the following message will appear. Click the ‘Okay’ button to proceed to the overview screen, where you can review your assessment and access reporting.
If the ‘Completed Assessment’ message doesn’t display, check the progress indicator – you may have missed a question.
Unanswered questions will have a grey dash next to them in the left-hand question menu.
Finalising the assessment
TBC
Generating reports
On any of your assessment overview pages, select “Report List” from the sub-menu to view reports specific to that assessment.
To generate the report, please select all options from the dropdown boxes available. You may also export to any formats supported.
Generating reports
On any of your assessment overview pages, select “Report List” from the sub-menu to view reports specific to that assessment.
To generate the report, please select all options from the dropdown boxes available. You may also export to any formats supported.
Need assistance?
Contact us by email: cyberservice@vmia.vic.gov.au or phone: (03) 9270 6900.