Measurable outcomes for Australian businesses
Every Fast Emu engagement is judged on one thing: did we make the organisation measurably more secure and more resilient? Here is the evidence.
Case study gallery
Results across every industry we serve
Filter by industry to see the challenge, the work we delivered, and the metrics that changed.
Australian bank hardens multi-cloud posture in under 90 days
Challenge: Rapid cloud migration left the bank with hundreds of unmonitored workloads, inconsistent identity controls, and no single view of risk across AWS and Azure.
What we did: Fast Emu deployed a unified CSPM and SIEM stack, remediated critical misconfigurations within 72 hours, and stood up continuous compliance monitoring mapped to APRA CPS 234.
Fast Emu gave our board the first honest picture of cloud risk we've ever had — and then fixed it.
State hospital network shuts down targeted email attacks
Challenge: Clinicians were the target of credential-harvesting campaigns impersonating pathology providers, putting patient records and Notifiable Data Breach exposure at risk.
What we did: We layered advanced email security, phishing-resistant MFA, and a role-specific awareness program with simulated campaigns for clinical staff.
Security finally fits the way our clinicians actually work.
Industrial manufacturer builds 24/7 OT and IT detection
Challenge: Plant control networks were flat, unmonitored, and a single ransomware event would have halted production across every site.
What we did: Fast Emu deployed a managed SOC covering OT and IT, segmented plant networks, and built playbooks with plant engineers for containment without stopping the line.
We went from blind to knowing about issues before the plant does.
National law firm achieves SOC 2 Type II with zero exceptions
Challenge: Enterprise clients demanded independent assurance the firm could not evidence, stalling several major panel appointments.
What we did: We designed the control framework, implemented tooling, ran readiness testing, and produced audit-ready evidence packs for the external assessor.
The certification opened doors we had been locked out of for two years.
Retailer neutralises a large-scale e-commerce fraud campaign
Challenge: Automated card-testing and account-takeover traffic was overwhelming checkout and threatening chargeback penalties in peak trading season.
What we did: Fast Emu combined bot management, identity verification, and real-time transaction monitoring, tuned live through the Black Friday peak.
They protected our biggest trading week without adding a single second of friction.
University reaches ACSC Essential Eight Maturity Level 2
Challenge: A federated IT environment with faculty-run systems made it impossible to evidence baseline controls to government funders.
What we did: We assessed all eight strategies, prioritised gaps by risk, and delivered patching, application control, and backup improvements faculty by faculty.
For the first time we can prove our security posture, not just describe it.
Independent school pairs managed security with a STEM cyber program
Challenge: The school had ageing web filtering, no incident process for student device compromise, and wanted digital-safety learning that went beyond an annual assembly.
What we did: Fast Emu took over monitoring of the school's Microsoft 365 and device fleet, then ran a term-long STEM program for Years 5 to 9 covering passphrases, passkeys, scams, and a capture-the-flag finale.
Our students now explain multi-factor authentication to their parents. That's the win.
Logistics operator turns an untested backup plan into a rehearsed playbook
Challenge: Warehouse management ran on legacy systems with backups nobody had ever restored, and a ransomware incident at a supplier made the board nervous.
What we did: We ran a tabletop exercise with the executive team, rebuilt the backup and isolation design, and validated a full restore of the warehouse platform twice in one quarter.
We went from hoping our backups worked to knowing exactly how long recovery takes.
Not-for-profit builds a privacy program it can actually run
Challenge: A small team held sensitive client records with no documented process for assessing a suspected data breach under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme.
What we did: Fast Emu mapped personal information flows, wrote a plain-language breach response playbook, and trained managers with two simulated notification scenarios.
The playbook is four pages and everyone understands it. That's why it works.
Case studies are illustrative examples based on typical Fast Emu engagements. Client names are withheld for confidentiality.
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