Most cyber incidents affecting small businesses don't come from sophisticated attacks - they come from common, preventable gaps. The Australian Government's Essential Eight closes them, and our managed service applies all eight strategies as standard practice.
The Essential Eight isn't something you "pass" once. It's a set of eight controls your business improves over time - and it's fast becoming the baseline that insurers, government contracts and larger customers expect you to meet.
Plain English first, jargon in brackets. Tap any control to see exactly what we do.
We maintain an approved list of software for your business. Anything not on it - malware, dodgy downloads, "free" toolbars - simply can't start. We handle the approvals so your team never feels the friction.
Attackers exploit known weaknesses within days of them becoming public. We patch your everyday software automatically and on schedule, and verify it actually happened - across every device.
The classic fake-invoice scam hides code inside Word and Excel attachments. We configure Microsoft Office so that trick doesn't work - while keeping the legitimate macros your accountant actually uses.
Web browsers ship with legacy features attackers love. We switch off what you don't need - Flash-era leftovers, risky plugins, ad-delivered scripts - for every user, automatically.
Admin access is the master key to your business, and most offices hand it out like lollies. We make sure no one has more access than their job needs, with privileged access managed and logged.
Operating system updates - tested, scheduled and confirmed, not left for staff to postpone forever. Out-of-date machines get flagged and fixed before they become the weak link.
MFA rolled out across email, files and business apps. A stolen password on its own gets an attacker nowhere - and we set it up so it's a two-second tap, not a daily annoyance.
Your devices and Microsoft 365 backed up nightly - then test-restored regularly, because an untested backup is a hope, not a plan. If the worst happens, we measure recovery in hours, not weeks.
We want to be straight with you, because security claims matter.
A managed IT service whose day-to-day security practices are aligned with the Essential Eight - we apply the eight mitigation strategies as standard, monitor them, and keep you informed in plain English. It's about genuinely reducing your risk, every day.
If a contract, tender or insurer needs an independent Essential Eight audit or formal certification, that's a separate, specialist piece of work - and we arrange it for you through trusted external audit partners. You get the right evidence, from an independent assessor, when it's genuinely required.
Book a free Essential Eight review. You'll get a plain-English scorecard of where you stand - yours to keep, whoever you choose.
Or just call - a real engineer answers: (03) 6351 5797