THE CYBERSEC360 CONCEPT
The Protection Layer — Eight Integrated Controls
The inner ring is the technology that surrounds your business day-to-day. Each control covers a different attack path, and they reinforce each other: identity protects email, monitoring watches endpoints, backups underwrite everything. Aligned control-for-control with the ACSC Essential Eight.
Click the rings — or the buttons — to explore each layer. The full breakdown of every component is below.
THE PROTECTION LAYER
Eight integrated controls, mapped to the ACSC Essential Eight, each closing a different door an attacker would try.
Identity & Access
Multi-factor authentication, least-privilege access and conditional sign-in rules — so a stolen password alone gets an attacker nothing.
Endpoint Security
Enterprise EDR on every laptop and server, detecting and containing malicious behaviour rather than just known viruses.
Email & Collaboration
Hardened Microsoft 365: phishing and impersonation filtering, anomalous sign-in detection and inbox-rule monitoring.
Network & Perimeter
Secure remote access, segmented networks and a monitored perimeter — no exposed RDP, no forgotten firewall holes.
Data Protection & Backup
Encrypted, immutable, restore-tested backups that ransomware cannot reach — your guaranteed way back.
Patch & Hardening
Automated patching of applications and operating systems, hardened configurations and blocked macros.
Continuous Monitoring
Telemetry from endpoints, identities and cloud collected and correlated 24/7 — the breach you detect in minutes stays an incident, not a disaster.
Automated Response
Pre-approved containment actions fire the moment a real threat is confirmed: isolate the device, kill the session, revoke the token.
THE ASSURANCE LAYER
Six disciplines, performed continuously, that keep the protection layer sharp — because security is a practice, not a purchase.
Assess
Security audits and Essential Eight maturity assessments that establish where you stand — with evidence, not opinion.
Test
Penetration testing that safely simulates real attacks, proving which defences hold and which need work.
Manage
Our analysts operate the protection layer for you around the clock — detection, triage and response as a service.
Respond
When incidents happen, a rehearsed response: containment, forensics, recovery and Privacy Act notification handled properly.
Educate
Phishing simulation and micro-training that turn your people from the most-targeted asset into an active sensor network.
Govern
Compliance mapping, cyber-insurance readiness and executive reporting — the paperwork layer that wins tenders and renewals.
WHY A CIRCLE, NOT A CHECKLIST?
Most breaches don't defeat a control — they walk around one that was missing, misconfigured or unwatched. A checklist tells you what you bought; the circle shows you what's covered and what isn't. When every segment is in place and every segment is being assessed, tested, managed and taught, there is no easy way in.
Every CyberSec360 package is built from this model — start with the segments that close your biggest risks, and grow the circle as your business grows.