Cybersecurity
Practical security for businesses that cannot afford a bad week.
Most small and medium businesses are not breached by anything sophisticated. They are breached through an unpatched machine, a reused password, a mailbox rule nobody noticed, or a backup that had quietly stopped running months earlier.
We find those gaps before someone else does, close them in priority order, and put monitoring in place so the next one gets caught early rather than discovered by a customer.
- Aligned to the Australian standard
- Essential 8Aligned to the Australian standard
- Monitoring on critical systems
- 24/7Monitoring on critical systems
- Backups verified, not assumed
- TestedBackups verified, not assumed
Know where you actually stand
A plain-English assessment of your real exposure, ranked by risk and cost to fix, rather than a generic checklist that scares you into a retainer.
Close the common doors first
Multi-factor authentication, patching, admin access, email protection and backups. The unglamorous controls that stop the overwhelming majority of real incidents.
Recover when something happens
Tested backups and a documented recovery plan, so an incident becomes an inconvenience instead of an existential event.
The Essential Eight, without the jargon
The Australian Cyber Security Centre publishes a set of eight mitigation strategies that stop most of what actually happens to businesses. Application control, patching, macro settings, hardening, admin privileges, operating system patching, multi-factor authentication and backups.
We assess where you sit against each one, tell you honestly which gaps matter for your business, and work through them in the order that reduces the most risk for the least disruption. No business needs perfect. Every business needs better than it is now.
Email is still where it starts
The overwhelming majority of incidents we see start in a mailbox. An invoice that looks right, a login page that looks right, a forwarding rule quietly added to an account nobody checks.
We harden email properly: authentication records so nobody can spoof your domain, filtering that catches the obvious, multi-factor authentication so a stolen password is not enough, and alerting on the mailbox changes that usually signal compromise.
Backups you have actually tested
Almost every business believes it has backups. Far fewer have restored from one recently. The gap between those two positions is where businesses lose weeks.
We design backups with proper separation, encryption and retention, then test restores on a schedule so you know how long recovery genuinely takes before you ever need it.
Security that fits how you work
Controls that make daily work miserable get worked around, which leaves you less secure than before. We aim for security your team can live with: strong where it counts, invisible where it can be.
What's included
Everything below comes as standard. We scope the specifics to your project and quote a fixed price up front.
- Security assessment and risk register
- Essential Eight gap analysis and roadmap
- Multi-factor authentication rollout
- Email security, filtering and anti-phishing
- Patch management across servers and endpoints
- Backup design, encryption and restore testing
- Access control and admin privilege review
- Security awareness guidance for staff
Technology we use
Proven, well-supported tools chosen for longevity and for how easily another team could pick the project up.
- Microsoft 365
- Entra ID
- Essential Eight
- Endpoint protection
- Encrypted backup
- MFA
Industries we work with
- Trades & construction
- Healthcare & allied health
- Professional services
- eCommerce & retail
- Real estate & property
- Hospitality & events
- Manufacturing & logistics
- Education & training
- Government & not-for-profit
Where we work
- Melbourne
- Sydney
- Brisbane
- Perth
- Adelaide
- Canberra
- Geelong
- Gold Coast
- Hobart
- Regional Australia
Based in Melbourne, VIC, working with clients Australia-wide over video and shared staging environments.
Cybersecurity FAQs
We are small. Are we really a target?
Small businesses are targeted precisely because they are assumed to be easier. Most attacks are opportunistic and automated rather than aimed at anyone specific. Being small does not keep you off the list, it usually just means less is in the way.
What does a security assessment involve?
We review your systems, accounts, email configuration, devices, backups and access controls, then give you a written report: what we found, what it means in plain English, and a ranked list of what to fix first with realistic costs. You own the report whether or not you continue with us.
Do you do penetration testing?
Formal penetration testing is a specialist engagement and we will refer you to a dedicated testing firm when that is genuinely what you need. Most businesses that ask for one are better served first by closing the basic gaps a test would simply confirm.
Can you work with our existing IT provider?
Yes. We often come in alongside an existing provider to assess and lift the security posture, then hand the ongoing operational work back to them with clear documentation.
Let's talk about your project
Tell us what you need. You'll get a straight answer and a fixed proposal, with no obligation.