Risk Advisory

Understand and manage your cyber risk

Security risk assessments, governance frameworks, and board-level reporting aligned to ISM, PSPF, and industry best practice.

AGSVA Cleared Team Canberra-Based ISM-Aligned

Cyber Risk Dashboard

Risk Matrix

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System A – Cloud Platform HIGH RISK
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System B – Corporate Network MEDIUM RISK
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System C – End User Computing LOW RISK

SRAs Completed

3 ASSESSMENTS

Board Report

Q2

Ready for presentation

Sound familiar?

The challenges you're facing

Risk assessments piling up

You have multiple systems requiring SRAs but lack a consistent, repeatable process.

Board wants answers

Executive leadership needs clear cyber risk reporting but your current data doesn't translate to business language.

Framework overload

ISM, PSPF, Essential Eight, NIST — you're unsure which framework to prioritise and how they interact.

What you get

What's included in Cyber Risk Advisory

Security Risk Assessments

SRAs aligned to your organisation's risk management processes and applicable frameworks.

ISM control assessment

Gap analysis against Information Security Manual controls relevant to your environment.

Board-ready risk reporting

Cyber risk committee papers that translate technical findings into business-relevant language.

Risk treatment plans

Prioritised recommendations with clear actions, owners, and timelines.

Governance framework development

Policy review and governance structure development to support ongoing risk management.

Is this right for you?

Who this service is for

DISP-Registered

DISP-registered organisations

You need ongoing risk management and governance that meets defence industry expectations and supports your security posture.

Agencies & CEs

Federal agencies and CEs

Your organisation requires ISM and PSPF-aligned risk assessments with governance reporting for executive committees.

Scaling Security

Organisations scaling security

You've outgrown ad-hoc security and need a structured approach to risk management, governance, and board reporting.

Proof

Real engagements, real outcomes

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Federal agency

3 Security Risk Assessments cleared in one review window.

Scoped, assessed, and reported on three high-priority SRAs in a single calendar year — an enterprise integration platform, a supplier-security uplift, and a public-facing online services portal with paired penetration testing — all delivered inside the agency's assessment window.

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Federal agency

Board-ready cyber governance, stood up from scratch.

Delivered executive and board-ready cyber governance papers, stood up a Foreign Ownership Control and Influence process, and supported system accreditation activities across a shared-services environment — so the agency walked into its next review with defensible answers.

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Federal department

ML2 across a complex, multi-system estate.

Led the department's Essential Eight maturity review using ACSC verification methodology, then ran continuous-assurance activities through annual PSPF reporting and ASD cyber survey submissions — keeping E8 posture live between formal reviews.

Common questions

Frequently asked questions

What frameworks do you assess against?

We align to ISM, PSPF, and client-specific risk management processes. We also map to Essential Eight and ISO 31000 where relevant.

Can you present to our board?

Yes. We prepare board papers and can attend committee meetings to present findings and recommendations directly to your executive team.

How is this different from a penetration test?

Penetration testing finds technical vulnerabilities in specific systems. Risk advisory assesses your overall security posture, governance, and compliance — the strategic layer above technical testing.

How long does a typical risk assessment take?

Most security risk assessments run 4-8 weeks from kick-off to final report. Timelines scale with the number of systems in scope and whether we also need to build risk register tooling or governance documentation alongside.

How do we budget for this?

Engagements are scoped and priced per project after initial conversation. We'll give you a firm range before you commit so there's no pricing surprise mid-engagement.

How is this different from our MSP or a Big 4 consultancy?

MSPs report tool output; we report risk to decision-makers. We're also defence-industry-embedded — the risk language, evidence standards, and reporting formats we produce are the ones Defence and federal reviewers expect.

Get started

Ready to take control of your cyber risk?

Talk to our team about your risk management needs.

Canberra-based • AGSVA cleared • Government-experienced