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I’m not sure ongoing cyber security is worth paying for.
I don’t really understand my IT risk.
I need to meet regulator/insurer requirements.
Check whether your organisation meets Essential Eight Maturity Level 2 – the cyber security standard recommended by the Australian government for SMBs.
Certain industries have regulator or peak body data security requirements. Check how well your organisation measures up with a security compliance assessment.
Most insurers have minimum requirements for businesses seeking cyber security insurance. In Australia, those requirements normally align with the Essential Eight, our preferred cyber security framework.
Have your IT environment scanned and checked against a list of current software vulnerabilities. We’ll also manually check security weaknesses across your hardware and network systems.
Here’s what we focus on in a typical audit.
How often do you update applications?
How often do you update your operating system?
Do you use best-practice multi-factor authentication?
Are administration privileges restricted to essential personnel?
Do you have centralised control over the apps your staff use?
Are Microsoft Office macros restricted and/or blocked?
Are vulnerable apps disabled or restricted?
Do you regularly back up your data and test those backups?
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Different types of security audits have different scopes. A general cyber security assessment – the kind we offer – focuses on your general IT environment.
Once we’ve manually assessed your overall security posture, we’ll run a scan that detects any operating system or software vulnerabilities. That includes auto-simulating attacks on your cloud environment.
We’ll then put together a report detailing our findings and present a recommended actions list (prioritised by risk level). You can then take that list to your in-house IT team to action, ask your current MSP for support, or work with us to implement the required changes.
The time required for a security audit really depends on the size of your IT environment, how quickly you give us access to the right systems, and the general complexity of your architecture. We’ll advise an estimated timeframe when you get in touch with us for a quote.
If you hold sensitive data (like customer information or payment details) or rely on IT to run your business, you need a cyber security audit. Without one, you won’t have visibility into your business’s vulnerabilities – the weaknesses that an adversary can exploit.
Because every environment does have vulnerabilities. Perfect security doesn’t exist, and more gaps emerge as your environment ages, grows and changes. IT isn’t a static field, either. Hardware and software are both evolving faster than they ever have before, which means potential attackers have more opportunities to bypass your defences.
Even in-house IT teams with cyber security specialists pay for regular third-party audits. It’s an essential part of maintaining confidential, intact and always-accessible data.
Learn how your business can protect itself against emerging cyber threats by meeting Australian government standards like the Essential Eight
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