Essential Eight, ASD Essentials & cybersecurity compliance
Security
you can prove.
Small and mid-sized businesses are now prime targets. You hold valuable data, often run thinner defences, and can be the way into a bigger client's supply chain. We assess your environment against recognised frameworks, close the gaps that matter most, and give you evidence that stands up to clients, insurers and auditors.
The problem
& our fix.
Most environments we assess have Microsoft 365 Business Premium licences, and most still have serious gaps. A licence doesn't configure itself.
We benchmark you against the Essential Eight, the new ASD Essentials or your chosen framework, then our engineers implement the fixes themselves. You get a prioritised plan, the work done, and the documentation to prove it.
We work on-site with businesses in Melbourne, and remotely with clients across Australia and overseas.
Everything you need.
Microsoft 365 security hardening
Conditional Access, Intune compliance, Defender for Business and DLP configured from the Business Premium features you already pay for.
Endpoint protection & device management
Defender EDR, firewall management and centralised alerting, with devices checked for compliance before they touch company data.
Identity & access management
MFA, Conditional Access and privileged access controls built on zero-trust principles.
Data loss prevention
Policies across email, SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams, mapped to the Privacy Act and your own data types.
Backup & recovery
Backups for Microsoft 365, on-premises and cloud systems, with recovery procedures that are actually tested.
Security documentation & policy
Acceptable use policy, incident response plan, risk register and information asset register.
The standards we work to.
Essential Eight
Eight mitigation strategies rated across four maturity levels. We run gap assessments against your target, implement controls in Microsoft 365, Intune and Defender, collect evidence and review maturity over time. Its successor, ASD Essentials (published October 2026), runs alongside it for now, and we assess against both.
SMB1001
A tiered certification built for small businesses. We handle readiness, remediation, evidence and certification guidance for you.
ISO 27001 readiness
Gap analysis, Annex A controls, policies, risk registers and asset management, so you walk into your external audit prepared.
Which level do you need?
The ASD rates each of the eight strategies from Maturity Level Zero to Three. Most small businesses we work with target Level One or Two first, then build up.
Not aligned
Weaknesses in the overall posture. Common in environments that have grown without a security baseline.
Opportunistic attackers
Protects against attackers using widely available tools and basic phishing. The usual starting target for SMBs.
Targeted attackers
Protects against attackers willing to invest more time and effort. Often expected by larger clients and insurers.
Adaptive attackers
Protects against skilled, persistent attackers. Suited to businesses holding highly sensitive data.
Your Essential Eight posture.
Multi-factor authentication · ML3 of ML2 target
Phishing-resistant MFA with passkeys and FIDO2 keys, enforced through Conditional Access for every user and admin.
Illustrative client, 90 days after onboarding.
Not just a report.
Our engineers fix the gaps themselves instead of handing you a list.
Security, cloud and software from the same company, with no hand-offs.
Entra ID, Intune, Defender and Purview are our daily work.
Security explained clearly and scoped to what your business needs.
Four steps to done.
Book an assessment
A short call to understand your business, clients and obligations.
Benchmark
We review your environment against Essential Eight, ASD Essentials or your chosen framework.
Prioritised plan
A clear action plan ranked by risk, cost and effort.
Implement & evidence
Our engineers fix the gaps and assemble your evidence pack.
Is the Essential Eight being replaced?
Do we need full Essential Eight compliance?
How are CyberCert and the Essential Eight different?
Isn't having Microsoft 365 enough?
Do you issue ISO 27001 certification?
Can you work with our existing IT team?
Ready when
you are.
Tell us where you are today. We'll come back with a plain-English plan, the same business day.