Compliance & GRC · ISO 27001 certified

Governance, risk and compliance, without the overwhelm.

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.

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ISO 27001 certified ourselves DISP member Essential Eight ML2, third-party audited

Unified control library

One source of truth, maintained once

ISO 27001
Essential Eight
NIST CSF
Client security questionnaires

One of each, not three

Risk register
Policy library
Evidence set
Every framework

Not a filing cabinet. A living programme.

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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Cameron Weymouth, Solutions Architect · what an assessment covers, and when you need one

IT risk assessments, in under a minute.

Cameron Weymouth, Solutions Architect, on what a risk assessment covers and when your business needs one.

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Risk identificationMapping the threats that actually apply to your environment, using structured risk methods rather than a generic checklist.
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Risk assessmentEvaluating likelihood and impact for each one, and populating a risk register you can put in front of a board or an auditor.
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Risk mitigationDesigning targeted controls to bring each risk down to a level you have consciously decided is acceptable.

Risk, policy and audit readiness, end to end

A GRC programme that holds up under pressure, not just on paper.

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.

Risk

Risk identification: mapping threats to your environment using structured risk methods
Risk assessment: evaluating likelihood and impact, populating the risk register
Risk mitigation: designing targeted controls to reduce risk to acceptable levels

Policy & frameworks

Policy library: information security policies proportionate to your size and sector
Framework mapping: ISO 27001, Essential Eight, NIST and PCI-DSS alignment
Vendor risk: third-party and supply chain risk management programme

Resilience & people

Incident response: documented, tested plan ready to activate immediately
Business continuity: disaster recovery and continuity planning
Security awareness: programme design and staff training delivery

Evidence & reporting

Compliance calendar: evidence collection workflows and deadline management
Board reporting: plain language risk and compliance updates for executives
Audit readiness: assessment and preparation support across frameworks

GRC works best with active security leadership. Our Virtual CISO service provides the ongoing oversight to keep your programme current and board-facing.

One control library, mapped to every framework you answer to.

Most organisations rebuild their evidence for each standard. Mapping once and reusing it is the difference between a programme and a scramble.

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.

What the work covers

Risk register that gets usedRisks rated, owned and reviewed on a cadence, not a spreadsheet someone built for an audit two years ago.
Policies sized to youProportionate documentation that your team can actually follow, built to pass an audit rather than to fill a binder.
Framework mappingEssential Eight, ISO 27001, NIST CSF and sector obligations answered from one library instead of four parallel efforts.
Board-ready reportingPosture reported in terms a board can act on, which is usually what is missing rather than the controls themselves.

The frameworks that matter most for Australian businesses.

We have deep expertise in the frameworks most commonly required by Australian clients, regulators and insurers.

Essential Eight

ACSC Essential Eight

The Australian baseline. We assess maturity, remediate gaps and maintain your evidence library across all eight controls. Learn more on our Essential Eight page.

ISO 27001

ISO/IEC 27001

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 & others

NIST CSF & sector-specific

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).

How a programme is built

Governance you can run without a compliance team.

One control library mapped to multiple frameworks, so you answer each obligation once rather than rebuilding for every standard.

Step 01
Governance review
What obligations actually apply to you, what already exists, and what is being carried informally by one or two people.
Step 02
Risk register
Risks identified, rated and owned, in a register that gets reviewed rather than written once and filed.
Step 03
Policy framework
Policies sized to your organisation. Enough to pass an audit and be followed, not a wall of paperwork nobody reads.
Step 04
Control rollout
Controls deployed and evidenced against the frameworks you are aligning to, reusing the same library across all of them.
Step 05
Audit & review
Internal audits, nonconformities managed, and evidence prepared before an assessor asks for it.

What people ask before they start.

Something else? Call 1300 080 000 and you'll get a straight answer.

We have multiple compliance frameworks to satisfy: ISO 27001, Essential Eight, and a client's security questionnaire. How do you handle that?

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.

What's the difference between GRC and just having security policies?

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.'

How much of this can we handle in-house?

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.