IT audits for Australian organisations: which review you need, and where to start
Beyond Technology runs independent IT audits and reviews for boards and executive teams across Australia. This page sorts our audits by the question each one answers, and collects our guides, checklists and city pages in one place.
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Which review fits your question
An audit is only as useful as the question it answers. Find yours below and you have found the review built for it. Each one is independent: we sell no technology, so no finding is shaped by what might be sold next.
Is our IT working, and are we paying the right amount for it?
The full audit: cost, contracts, providers, risk and governance across the IT function, scoped to what your board is asking.
See the IT audit
Cyber security auditWhere does our security actually stand?
Security controls assessed against the Essential Eight, with Microsoft 365, identity, staff readiness and response planning.
See the cyber security audit
Essential Eight auditWhat is our Essential Eight maturity, with evidence behind it?
A focused maturity assessment against the ASD Essential Eight, including what the coming changes to the benchmark mean for you.
See the Essential Eight audit
IT review and diagnosticIs our IT function, provider and spend set up the way it should be?
An objective review of the function, the providers and the spend, from consultants with no implementation work to win.
See the IT review
IT operations health checkWhy do the same IT problems keep coming back?
The root causes behind recurring failures in operations, service and support, benchmarked rather than patched.
See the health check
Independent IT strategic assessmentIs our technology taking us where the business is going?
An assessment of technology, operations and providers against the strategy, with recommendations that fit real constraints.
See the assessment
Annual cyber security health checkHas anything slipped since we last looked?
A yearly check across security, operations and continuity, so the board sees the trend and not just a snapshot.
See the annual health check
Information security and privacy health checkAre we meeting the privacy and security obligations we carry?
Practice reviewed against the obligations that apply to you, with a plan sized to your organisation.
See the privacy health check
Not sure which one fits? Most organisations start with the IT audit, and the scoping conversation narrows it down.
Read these before you scope an audit
What an IT audit covers, how to prepare for one, and how the current Australian obligations change what it should test.
What is an IT audit?
A plain English guide to what an independent IT audit is and what it is worth.
Read the guide
ChecklistIT audit checklist
Security, operations, contracts, and the gaps internal reviews usually miss.
Use the checklist
ComparisonIT audit vs security assessment
Which to commission first, and what each one will and will not tell you.
Read the comparison
Free PDFIT audit scoping checklist
Twenty questions across cost, risk, alignment, people and governance. Any you cannot answer belongs in scope.
Download the PDF
GuideA complete guide to IT audits
Security, compliance and continuity: the three things an IT audit has to establish.
Read the guide
Privacy ActThe 2026 Privacy Act reforms: an IT audit survival guide
What to check, what to document, and where most Australian organisations are exposed.
Read the article
AML/CTFAML/CTF tranche 2: why accounting and legal firms need an IT audit
What AUSTRAC oversight means for the systems of firms coming under it for the first time.
Read the article
CostCloud cost leakage: using IT audits to fix zombie infrastructure
Unused resources, oversized workloads and forgotten storage in Azure and AWS.
Read the article
Hybrid workBeyond the office: auditing hybrid work security
Why the security set up in a hurry in 2020 is still carrying the load, and what to audit now.
Read the article
IT audits by city
Beyond Technology’s head office is in Sydney, with offices in Brisbane and Perth, and we audit organisations across Australia. Each city page covers what we see locally and where an audit there usually starts.
IT audit in Sydney
From our head office, for organisations whose regulator, clients or insurer want evidence rather than assurances.
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BrisbaneIT audit in Brisbane
Queensland estates built site by site, with an office in the Brisbane CBD.
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MelbourneIT audit in Melbourne
Long-lived core systems, plant technology and Victorian obligations in one view.
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PerthIT audit in Perth
Remote sites, east coast providers and Perth hours, with an office in Perth.
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Need a security-only review? See our cyber security audits in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.
What an IT audit looks like in your sector
The method stays the same. What changes is the obligation behind the audit and where the risk usually sits.
Professional, accounting and legal firms
Client data, client security questionnaires and, for accounting and legal practices, the arrival of AUSTRAC oversight under the AML/CTF tranche 2 reforms. Boards often commission the audit to get an assurance they can rely on about their own providers.
See the independent IT review and vendor assessment for board assurance.
Health and aged care
Several sites, clinical and care systems that cannot stop, and sensitive personal information throughout. An audit here weighs recoverability and privacy as heavily as cost.
See the IT review for a health and aged care organisation and the AI and IT assessment for an aged and community care provider.
Schools and universities
Boards want an independent view before a major technology commitment, and the work has to fit around the academic year. The usual findings sit in provider arrangements, student data and systems that have outgrown the people supporting them.
See the independent IT review for a Queensland independent school and the IT strategy review for a Queensland university.
An auditor with something to sell is not an auditor
Technology advice is full of conflicts of interest: firms that audit what they hope to fix, and advisers who quietly monetise the products they recommend. Beyond Technology maintains absolute independence from every vendor and technology. What you get in return is Actionable Advice: accurate, accessible findings, fit for purpose for your organisation, that do not require a technical qualification to understand and do not assume a bigger budget than you have.
Common questions about IT audits
What is an IT audit?
An independent review of how an organisation runs its technology: what it costs, how its providers perform, where the risk sits and whether governance works in practice. Our guide What is an IT audit? covers it in more depth.
How is an IT audit different from a cyber security audit?
An IT audit covers the whole IT function, with security as one area among several. A cyber security audit goes deep on security controls alone, usually against the Essential Eight. Our comparison IT audit vs security assessment sets out which to commission first.
Can you audit our IT provider?
Yes. A provider audit is one of the most common scopes we run: whether your managed service provider delivers what the contract says, assessed by a party with no interest in taking the contract over.
Is an IT audit the same as a financial audit?
No. It is an independent management review of technology, not a statutory audit, and it does not certify you against a standard. Organisations often use it to get ready for the formal audit or certification that follows.
How do we start?
Tell us the question you need answered. We come back with a scope and a clear proposal before any work begins. The IT audit service page sets out the method, what you receive and how to book a scoping call.
Ready to scope an audit?
Whatever prompted it, a cost question, a provider you want assurance over or a question from the board, the service page sets out the method, what you receive and how to book a scoping call with a consultant.