Cyber Security Explained

The 5 Essential Eight Controls Every Small Business Should Do First

Most breaches at small businesses don’t involve a nation-state attacker or a never-before-seen exploit. They exploit the basics: a...

What Actually Happens in a Penetration Test?

A penetration test is a planned, authorised attack with rules, a stop button and a report at the end....

Nov 1 · 8 min read >

Vulnerability Scan or Penetration Test? Which You Need and When

A vulnerability scan tells you which known weaknesses might be present. A penetration test tells you which ones an...

Oct 31 · 7 min read >

Is this data breach notifiable? How the NDB scheme works

Not every data breach has to be reported, but the ones that do have firm rules. This guide explains...

Oct 30 · 23 min read >

ASD Cyber Threat Report 2025-26: What It Means for Your Business

ASD's seventh Annual Cyber Threat Report puts the average self-reported cybercrime cost for a medium business at $141,300, up...

Oct 28 · 20 min read >

Switching IT providers? What a good first 30 days covers

Changing IT providers is mostly about access, documentation and a security baseline. Here is the typical order of work...

Oct 25 · 8 min read >

How Should a Small Business Use VLANs? A 25-Person Office Example

A worked example of VLANs for a 25-person Sydney office: the VLAN and subnet plan, which zones may talk...

Oct 22 · 11 min read >

How Does ISO 27001 Certification Work? Stages, Documents, Audits

ISO/IEC 27001 certification follows a fixed path: build an information security management system, run it, audit it yourself, then...

Oct 21 · 8 min read >

SMB1001 vs ASD Essentials vs ISO 27001: Which Do You Need?

Three frameworks keep turning up in tenders, client questionnaires and insurance forms. They do different jobs: one is a...

Oct 20 · 8 min read >