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Cyber Security Assessments

Assess your vulnerability to attack and protect your data, your business, and your reputation.

Cyber attacks are on the rise – in sheer volume and in their level of sophistication.

There’s no room for complacency around cyber security. With so many potential entry points to your business – from compromised cloud and file-sharing applications to everyday texts and emails – the scope for a potential attack is ubiquitous.

The good news, however, is that we have you covered. Through our thorough cyber security assessments of threat landscapes, we can accurately assess your exposure to attack (this includes business continuity plan and disaster recovery plan risk assessments). Not to mention, with better employee awareness and the right support, we can dramatically reduce your IT risk and its potential impact on your data, your business, and your reputation.

personalised CYBER Security Assessments give you visibility of IT risk within your business.

Working to an IT risk assessment matrix, we clearly identify where businesses are most susceptible to breach or attack through ITSM reviews.

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Your #1 Mid-Market MSP for Cyber Security Assessments

As Australia’s #1 mid-market-focused Managed Services Provider (MSP), we partner with organisations across industries throughout Australia.

Coming from a consulting and advisory heritage, we have a tried and tested approach to delivering IT solutions that ensure your technology environment is continually optimised and aligned with your business objectives.

Our fully integrated suite of managed services includes cloud, voice and data interconnectivity, intelligent automation, and business continuity. These services are delivered by our local teams of senior consultants, architects, and engineers, who are supported 24/7 by our Australian-based SOC team of support staff.

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Tecala Cyber Security

Tecala delivers a cyber security services portfolio that is designed to hunt, investigate, and stop cyber threats before they become business disrupting events. Built on a combination of cutting-edge machine learning XDR technology and leading-edge threat intelligence, we optimise your security approach, to stop breaches and minimise business IT risk.

No-one wants to be tomorrow’s headline for a targeted intrusion or opportunistic attack. We’ll ensure around-the-clock threat protection that’s proactive and tailored to your business in your unique threat landscape.

Assess your vulnerability to cyber attack. Protect your reputation.

Working to an IT risk assessment matrix, we’ll clearly identify where your business is most susceptible to breach or attack.

Our assessment follows 3 steps:

  1. Determine where and how your business IT operations create your potential for risk, including business continuity plan and disaster recovery plan risk assessments
  2. Explain the two primary security frameworks and how to apply them to your organisation 
  3. Define next steps; achieve peace of mind with a tailored strategic security roadmap for your business 
  4. Deliver the right cyber insurance recommendations for your organisation in your industry

Don’t be tomorrow’s headline. Book your ITSM review today.  

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I prepare for a Cyber Security Assessment and what outcomes should I expect?

  1. Cyber Security Assessments are delivered using one of the local/global frameworks for ensuring best practice. There are quite a few of these IT risk assessments, but Tecala uses the CIS 18 for our Cyber Security Assessments.
  2. During the assessment you and your team will be asked important questions about your environment. To respond to these accurately, it’s important you fully understand your operational environment, business-critical applications and systems, and policies and procedures.
  3. Part of the assessment process can also be the identification areas of critical ‘unalignment’ to CIS 18 benchmarks, which could include:
    • Missing MFA
    • Untested Backups
    • Missing BCP Plans
    • Missing definition and control of corporate assets, or BYOD devices
    • Irregular or missing Pen Tests and Vulnerability Assessments
  4. The report you get at the conclusion of the assessment will not only identify the risks as per points 2 & 3 above, but also provide you with meaningful ways to reduce business continuity and disaster recovery plan risk and increase your overall alignment to CIS 18.
  5. Depending on your unique situation, you can add other services (such as Pen Testing) to the assessment, which will demonstrate any potential weakness in your current defences (essentially telling you what you don’t know).
  6. Once the assessment is complete, some organisations just focus on the ‘score’. But what’s important is to develop an understanding of your current IT risk so you can focus on how to increase your security posture and decrease your overall risk. This longer-term plan is delivered via a Cyber Security Roadmap (which Tecala can also assist you in creating).

What's the difference between a vulnerability scan and a penetration test?

  1. A Vulnerability Scan delivers visibility across the modern attack surface. This allows you to focus your efforts on preventing likely attacks and then confidently communicating your cyber risk to your management teams, which will allow you to develop a holistic approach to cyber security thanks to an organisation-wide understanding of the threat surface.
  2. When a new vulnerability is found, one of the most immediate and important tasks is to identify if/what systems are impacted, as well as what effort is required to remediate and secure your environment. Given the critical nature of most vulnerabilities, these tasks must be done, typically, within 24hrs.
  3. Penetration Testing (or pen testing) is a sanctioned, or ethical, hacking of your business systems to help you understand where your cyber security risk is. The most thorough Penetration Tests include a Vulnerability Scan in the ‘Fingerprinting and Scanning Phase’ and attempt to compromise the systems using the identified vulnerabilities. Tecala’s Automated Pen Test (powered by Evolve PT) does exactly this.
  4. Executed effectively, the Pen Test will accurately predict how people may penetrate your organisation to compromise your data, your business operations, or your reputation. You should expect to get a detailed report on how to resolve any specific threats that are uncovered and, ideally, recommendations on how to remediate these threats. Make sure you then re-test these specific threats to ensure your systems are secure.

How do I ensure an effective approach to cyber security?

  1. If, like most organisations, you don’t have a specialised cyber security team inhouse, look for a cyber security specialist that can deliver a holistic view across your environment and delivers clear understanding of your cyber risk.
  2. You can then determine the level of cyber security maturity that your organisation is targeting and create a security strategic roadmap to take you from where you are now to where you need to be. If you want to go even further, the roadmap can be extended with medium-to-long term actions matched to the level of investment you are comfortable making.
  3. The mitigation strategy put in place will need to be guided by one of the internationally accredited cyber security frameworks, such as the 'Essential Eight' created by the Australian government or the CIS 18, which originated from the Centre for Internet Security in the US.
  4. Because cyber attacks have a strong focus on exploiting the vulnerabilities of people, ensure you prioritise cyber security awareness training for your teams. This should include ongoing assessment and education to reinforce awareness and build confidence.
  5. And because Cyber Insurance mitigates risk by helping to pay the cost for your business to recover from an attack, ensure you get the right cover (for your organisation in your industry). Premiums and levels of cover vary greatly, so be sure to shop around!

Our Cyber Security Services in Australia

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Incident Response, Data Loss and Incursion Forensics 

If breaches or incursions do occur, we ensure your business is ready to react, respond and manage the situation effectively.

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Protect your business against pervasive cyber threats with Tecala’s cloud and network security management services. Book a vulnerability assessment today.

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