Cyber security audit services, from auditors with nothing to sell
An independent cyber security audit from Beyond Technology tells you where your security posture actually stands, against the Essential Eight and against your peers, and what to fix first. No products, no reseller margins, no remediation contract waiting at the end.
- Essential Eight posture, Microsoft 365 configuration, identity and access, AI controls, staff awareness and response readiness
- Findings ranked by risk and effort, in language a board can act on
- Recommendations sized to your budget, not to a vendor’s product list
Independent and vendor neutral. The advice is the product; nothing else is for sale.
Book a free scoping call
Tell us what prompted the audit. A senior consultant will come back to you to scope it. No obligation.
Not ready to talk? The scoping checklist below is a good place to start.
Most cyber security advice comes from someone selling the fix
The people who tell you about your security risk are usually the people paid to remediate it: your managed service provider, a security vendor, a reseller with a licence to renew. An independent audit removes that filter.
The board asks “are we secure?” and gets a product list
Every answer arrives attached to a quote. Nobody in the room can say whether the spend already made is working, let alone whether the next one is needed.
We assess your posture against a stated benchmark and tell you what the evidence shows, with no product to steer you toward.
Your security assurance comes from the people being assured
The provider that configures your Microsoft 365 tenancy is the one reporting on whether it is configured well. That is marking your own homework.
We audit the controls and the provider as a third party, and we say plainly where the gap is a configuration, a process, or a person.
A regulator, insurer or client is asking questions you cannot answer
Privacy Act obligations, APRA expectations, a client security questionnaire, a cyber insurance renewal. The questions are specific; the internal answers are not.
The audit gives you a defensible, evidenced position you can put in front of whoever is asking, and a prioritised plan for what to close first.
Not ready to talk? Start with the scoping checklist
Our IT audit scoping checklist covers twenty questions across cost, risk, alignment, people and governance. Security is one of the five areas, and any question you cannot answer with confidence belongs in your audit scope. Use it internally, or bring it to a consultation.
Prefer it walked through? Book a call with a consultant.
The IT Audit Scoping Checklist
- Who audits your external IT provider?
- Has data recovery actually been tested?
- Do staff know what to do when something looks wrong?
- Can you evidence your controls to a regulator or insurer?
- Plus 16 more, across five areas
Seven areas, scoped to the questions you need answered
Every audit is scoped to your concerns. These are the areas our cyber security and information security reviews assess.
Essential Eight posture
Where you genuinely sit against the ASD Essential Eight maturity levels, with the evidence behind each rating rather than a self-assessment.
Microsoft 365 configuration
Tenancy set-up and configuration checked against recommended practice, which is where most of the avoidable exposure in Australian organisations sits.
Identity, credentials and access rights
How identities are managed, how credentials are protected, and who holds rights they no longer need.
AI controls and readiness
Whether staff use of generative AI tools is governed, and what data is leaving the organisation through them.
Network and device access
Access control and countermeasures across the network and the devices connected to it, including the ones nobody remembers connecting.
People and response readiness
End-user awareness of security and privacy, the response plan, and whether roles and responsibilities are clear before an incident rather than during one.
Need a specific standard? We also run bespoke information security reviews shaped to ISO 27001 or SOC 2 compliance planning, and a dedicated Essential Eight audit.
Scoped with you, reported plainly
Scope
We agree the questions the audit must answer and the benchmark it is measured against, from a focused Essential Eight check to a full information security and privacy review.
Assess
We gather evidence, not assertions: configuration, access, policy, awareness and response readiness, tested against the benchmark and against what your organisation actually needs.
Report and act
Findings ranked by risk and effort, in plain language, walked through with your executive or board. Actionable advice, sized to your budget, that becomes a plan rather than a shelf document.
The outcomes our clients engage us for
A defensible position
An evidenced view of your security posture you can put in front of a board, a regulator, an insurer or a client, instead of an assurance from the people being assessed.
Spend that follows risk
Knowing which gaps matter and which are noise means the next dollar goes to the control that reduces the most risk, not the one with the best sales pitch.
Readiness before the incident
Clear roles, a tested response plan and staff who know what suspicious looks like. The audit finds the gaps while they are still cheap to close.
What executives say after working with us
Reading your report produced without conflict-of-interest, I clearly understand how biased previous technology advice had been
CEO, not-for-profit organisation
After you identified the root cause of our difficulties we have never looked back
CFO, financial services industry
I was astounded to see how reprioritising our IT could deliver such a material improvement in business outcomes
MD, large field services organisation
An auditor who sells the remediation is not an auditor
Cyber security is the most conflicted corner of technology advice. The firm that finds the gap is usually the firm that quotes to close it, so the gap has a way of being exactly the size of their product. Beyond Technology maintains absolute independence from every vendor and technology. We do not sell, resell or implement anything. What you get is Actionable Advice: accurate, accessible findings that fit your organisation, do not need a technical qualification to understand, and do not assume a bigger budget than you have.
Frequently asked questions
What does a cyber security audit cover?
Your security posture against a stated benchmark, usually the Essential Eight, plus the configuration of your core platforms, how identity and access are managed, whether staff know what suspicious looks like, and whether a response plan exists and has been tested. The scope is agreed with you before we start.
Is this a penetration test?
No. A penetration test tries to break in through a specific set of systems on a specific day. An audit assesses whether your controls, practices and readiness are fit for the risk you carry. Many organisations need both; the audit tells you whether a penetration test is the right next spend.
How long does it take?
Scope drives duration. A focused Essential Eight or Microsoft 365 review moves quickly; a full information security and privacy health check takes longer. The scope, and what it will take, is agreed before we commence.
What does it cost?
It depends on the scope, which is agreed up front. You receive a clear proposal before anything starts, sized to the questions you need answered, and nothing in it depends on you buying anything afterwards.
Will you try to sell us the fix afterwards?
No. We have no products, no reseller margins and no implementation arm to feed. The findings are the product, which is exactly why they can be trusted.
We have an MSP who handles security. Why audit?
Because their reporting is produced by the people being measured. An independent audit gives the board assurance those reports cannot, and more often than not it also gives the MSP a clearer brief.
See the work behind the promise
Independent IT assessment for a fast-growing professional services firm
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InsightThe Essential Eight is being retired: your Maturity Level 2 benchmark is about to move
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InsightCyber security audit: what it covers, how it runs, and what the report should tell you
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Tell us what prompted the audit
A board question, an insurance renewal, a client questionnaire, a provider you want assurance over, or a feeling that nobody has looked properly for a while. We will come back with a scope and a clear proposal. A short conversation with a consultant, not a sales call.
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