Cybersecurity Audit for Australian Businesses

An assessment can map findings to frameworks agreed in the engagement, such as Essential Eight or applicable privacy requirements. Confirm the scope, evidence and data handling before testing. Providers and processing locations must be reviewed against any Australian-only requirement; neither a framework mapping nor local consultancy establishes legal compliance.

Our services start at $300 AUD for an Email Security Audit, $400 for a Network Perimeter Scan and $500 for a Website Security Audit. The Full Business Assessment covers every area plus a policy review, and costs $1,200. The Essential Eight maturity assessment is included in the Full Business Assessment, or you can take it on its own for $800. All prices are in AUD and include reporting, a walkthrough, and re-testing of critical findings.

The Essential Eight is mandatory for Australian Government entities. The ACSC urges every other Australian organisation to follow it too. Private businesses are not required to by law. In practice, though, many industries insist on it. Government contractors often have to show their Essential Eight maturity to win work. APRA-regulated entities are expected to run controls in line with it. Cyber insurers now name it in their policy terms. Being able to show you meet it is turning into a real advantage.

Yes. All our security testing is done remotely, which is the standard way external penetration testing works worldwide. We serve businesses in every Australian state and territory, from Sydney and Brisbane to regional centres and remote sites. Scoping, findings walkthroughs and day-to-day contact all happen by video call. Melbourne and Victorian clients can meet us in person.

CPS 234 is a rule set by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. It asks APRA-regulated entities to keep security in step with the threats they face. It applies directly to banks, insurers, superannuation funds and other APRA-regulated financial institutions. It also reaches their material service providers. So if you supply tech services, data hosting or outsourced processing to an APRA entity, the CPS 234 duties flow through to you.

The Privacy Act 1988 requires organisations covered by the Australian Privacy Principles to take reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure. The Notifiable Data Breaches scheme goes further. If a breach is likely to cause serious harm, you must report it. Our audit tests whether your technical controls meet that "reasonable steps" threshold. It also gives you evidence that you manage security actively, which strengthens your compliance position.

Yes. Australian cyber insurance premiums turn on the controls you can prove you have. Our assessment gives you three things: evidence of testing, a record of what you fixed, and proof you meet the rules. Brokers use exactly that to argue for better terms. Insurers ask most often about MFA enforcement, email security settings, backup testing, vulnerability management and incident response readiness. Our audit covers all five. Many clients report premium reductions of 15-30% after completing remediation of our findings.

We have completed security assessments across most of the Australian economy. In financial services, that means APRA-regulated firms. In healthcare, My Health Record and medical devices. In legal, client confidentiality and trust account protection. In government, Essential Eight and PSPF. In education, student data protection. In professional services, BEC prevention. In manufacturing, OT/IT convergence. In retail, PCI DSS and customer data. In technology, SaaS and cloud platforms. Every assessment is shaped around the threats and rules of that industry.

Agree the testing scope and data-handling terms before providing access. Record where scanning services, evidence storage, backups and any analysis providers operate, who can access findings, and the retention and deletion process. If all processing must remain in Australia, verify that requirement across every selected service before the engagement. Do not provide classified or restricted information without the required authorisation.

First we deliver the report and walk you through the findings. Then, as soon as your team applies the fixes, we re-test every critical and high finding free of charge. For ongoing cover, our quarterly monitoring service ($200/quarter) runs constant scanning, CVE alerting for newly published flaws, and certificate monitoring. We also reassess each year at a returning-client rate. That lets you track how far your security has come, and keeps evidence on hand for regulators and insurers.