Checklist
8 min readACSC Essential Eight Readiness Checklist
A practical, control-by-control self-assessment mapped to ACSC Essential Eight Maturity Level 1 and 2 — built for Australian SMBs without a dedicated security team.
Security Resources
Checklists and guidance built for Australian businesses
Everything here is written against the frameworks that actually apply to you — the ACSC Essential Eight, the Privacy Act Notifiable Data Breaches scheme and the SOCI Act. Free to download. No form, no gate.
Library
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Six field-tested resources drawn from real Australian incident response and compliance engagements.
Guide
10 min readNotifiable Data Breach Response Playbook
Your first 72 hours after a suspected breach, aligned to the Privacy Act 1988 Notifiable Data Breaches scheme and OAIC expectations — with a ready-to-use action checklist.
Checklist
7 min readMicrosoft 365 Hardening Checklist
The 30 tenant settings we change first on every Australian Microsoft 365 environment we take over — business email compromise is still the number one reported loss vector.
Template
6 min readThird-Party Vendor Risk Assessment Template
A tiered supplier due-diligence questionnaire you can send tomorrow, with data-sovereignty questions specific to Australian privacy obligations.
Guide
9 min readRansomware Tabletop Exercise Guide
Run a 90-minute ransomware simulation with your leadership team — scenario injects, decision points and a scoring sheet included.
Framework
5 min readSecurity Onboarding Checklist for New Staff
Everything to provision, restrict and teach in a new starter's first week — plus the offboarding mirror that stops orphaned access.
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