Compliance frameworks, risk registers and audit trails can feel like a full-time job. We build GRC programmes that are proportionate, practical and actually embedded in how your business operates, not paper exercises that sit in a drawer.
We've seen GRC programmes that exist only to pass a single audit. They don't protect anything. We build programmes designed to work in practice, because security controls that aren't embedded in daily operations don't protect you when it counts. Every programme we build is customised from day one, designed around your specific risk appetite, compliance obligations and operating environment, not adapted from a generic template. We've built GRC programmes for Australian businesses across regulated sectors including finance, healthcare and government.
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Whether you're building a GRC programme from scratch, preparing for your first audit, or trying to consolidate a patchwork of compliance obligations, we help you get to a position where security governance is clear, documented, and verifiable.
Maintaining separate compliance programmes for ISO 27001, Essential Eight and client security questionnaires is expensive and creates contradictions. We build a unified control library that satisfies all your frameworks simultaneously, one source of truth, maintained once.
GRC works best with active security leadership. Our Virtual CISO service provides the ongoing oversight to keep your programme current and board-facing.
We have deep expertise in the frameworks most commonly required by Australian clients, regulators and insurers.
The Australian baseline. We assess maturity, remediate gaps and maintain your evidence library across all eight controls. Learn more on our Essential Eight page.
The international standard for information security management. We hold BSI certification ourselves and guide clients through every stage: from gap analysis to the BSI audit and ongoing surveillance. Learn more on our ISO 27001 page.
NIST Cybersecurity Framework for broader risk-based approaches, plus sector-specific requirements for healthcare (My Health Records Act), finance (APRA CPS 234) and defence supply chain (DISP).
Most compliance frameworks share a significant common base, the same controls, documented differently for different audiences. We map your environment once against all relevant frameworks, then maintain a single control library that satisfies multiple requirements. That means one audit evidence set, one risk register, one policy library, rather than three separate compliance programmes running in parallel and creating contradictions.
Policies are documents. GRC is a live programme. It's the ongoing process of identifying risks, deciding which ones to accept or treat, implementing controls, and verifying they're working. Most businesses have policies; far fewer have the governance structures and risk processes that make those policies meaningful. GRC is what turns 'we have a policy about that' into 'we can demonstrate our controls are working.'
More than you might think, with the right design. We build GRC programmes that your team can run day-to-day: clear processes, simple templates, practical tools. We handle the complex uplift work, the framework mapping and the audit preparation. Your team handles the ongoing evidence collection and control monitoring. We review and course-correct quarterly.
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