Cyber Security Advisory Services | Audits, Procedures and Risk

Cyber security specialists to ensure your organisation is fully defended.

Australian organisations continue to experience an unacceptably high number of data breaches each year – 900 were reported in 2021, with just over half of these related to malicious or criminal attacks*.

But to focus purely on the increased number of breaches is to misunderstand the true nature of the problem. The real issue is the speed of adoption of digitalisation and agile IT infrastructure, which is dramatically increasing the risk profiles of all organisations. And this is compounded by the rising sophistication and efficacy of the attacks themselves.

Paradoxically, the organisations that are successfully delivering dynamic and distributed modern workplaces to empower their teams with flexible, hybrid working environments, are also the ones creating ubiquitous security risks.

What’s required, is a multi-layered approach to cyber security that empowers people, while defending against attackers and delivering business value.

Tecala’s Audits, Procedures and Risks are delivered as part of our Governance Services. This is a comprehensive cyber security advisory service that ensures you’re applying the right security policy and protocol to each layer of software and hardware used throughout your business.

Partnering with Tecala to develop your IT Security Governance policy and procedure is the most effective way to ensure your cyber security strategy continues to meet the challenges of the modern, digitalised workplace.

**Make security a strategic enabler with Tecala’s managed IT security services *FOR YOUR AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS***

Putting you in control of your compliance obligations

Tecala’s Audit, Procedure and Risk Services are delivered by our Audit and Compliance teams. This team is part of our Consultancy and Advisory Service, whose main objective is to ensure you have robust protection measures in place, that meet the demands of your organisation in your industry.

We put you in control of your compliance obligations, so you’re always ready for new regulations. In a rapidly changing digital economy, authorities in Australia and abroad are increasing regulatory and compliance requirements. Data security and management now directly relate to privacy and government regulation.

At Tecala we have broad experience in dealing with information classification, retention, and access because we know that the constant change of data regulation and compliance is causing big challenges for all our clients.

In recent years we have seen the introduction General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe which places tighter controls on how citizen data can be used.

Closer to home, organisations governed by the Privacy Act now have Notifiable Data Breach (NDB) Scheme obligations. As we saw with the financial services royal commission there can be serious penalties for the misuse of private information.

The reassuring news is that Tecala’s Audit and Compliance Teams have you covered with a comprehensive range of Audit, Procedure and Risk Services. We’ll keep you on top of this evolving landscape and help keep your organisation secure.

Policies and Procedures

Tecala specialises in delivering workable security policies and protocols, which adhere to your industry’s regulatory and compliance guidelines, and support and guide your everyday behaviour. This means the active participation and education of your employees.

With a powerful preventative approach in place, your business can scale rapidly and sustainably, with reliable infrastructure in place to support your objectives. And as you grow you can rest assured that your business is adhering to industry regulation and compliance, with a security strategy that’s specifically formulated to your needs.

Enterprise Risk Management

Working with our global security partners we measure your current security posture through a framework of industry best practices and regulatory compliance requirements (CIS Top 10, Essential 8 etc.)

Our Enterprise Risk Management team helps you identify your blind spots, build a strategy for mitigating risks, and operationalise capabilities to predict and prevent unknown threats.

Our managed risk program works hand in hand with our multi-signal XDR service to deliver high-fidelity detection and complete response.

By ensuring your security program can adapt to the business performance drivers and the evolving threat landscape, we ensure your defences are continually optimised so your enterprise risk management is in lockstep with the changing regulatory requirements that are relevant to your organisation and your industry.

Audit and Compliance

Tecala’s Audit and Compliance Team works with you to ensure your general and industry-specific requirements are met within the framework of your existing information systems. This puts you in control of your compliance obligations, so you’re always ready for new regulations.

In a rapidly changing digital economy, authorities in Australia and overseas are increasing regulatory and compliance requirements. Data security and management now directly relate to privacy and government regulation.

At Tecala we have broad experience in dealing with information classification, retention, and access because we know that the constant change of data regulation and compliance can cause big challenges for all our clients.

BUSINESS OUTCOMES

We deliver the right approach, so meeting and exceeding your regulatory compliance is simple and straight-forward

Tecala’ Audit and Compliance Team works with you to ensure your general and industry-specific requirements are met within the framework of your existing information systems.
This includes developing a comprehensive plan to meet any or all your regulatory requirements while working with your existing systems to ensure you become compliant. Once the plan is agreed upon, we implement new systems to address any shortcomings and ensure complete efficacy in your security approach.

A leading-edge approach to Cyber Security

As your business embraces cloud-first, modern technologies your security approach needs to stay in lockstep. By understanding the threat landscape and your obligations within it, you ensure the efficacy of your cyber security approach.

Scale with confidence

Tecala’s Audit and Compliance Teams ensure you have the policies and procedures in place to ensure your business-critical data is secure within the organisation, your data centre and around your network, so you can scale with confidence. This delivers agility with certainty and confidence.

Improve your overall data security and management capability

With Tecala, your regulatory and compliance requirements will improve your overall data security and management capability.

Complete confidence in your defences

The security outcomes we deliver are carefully developed to defend your business from the ubiquitous nature of security threats, business risk and natural disaster.

Stay on the front foot

Tecala is Australia’s #1 mid-market-focused Managed Service Provider (MSP), and we partner with the leading cyber security vendors in our region. Working in partnership throughout APAC, we ensure our Audit, Procedure and Risk services culminate in leading-edge security outcomes.

Simplify regulation and compliance

Because we give you complete control of, and confidence in, the integrity of your data and the efficacy of your security systems, procedures, and protocols, staying compliant and up to date is much easier to manage.

Reduce costs

By allowing us to deliver your Governance services through our local Audit and Compliance Teams, you’ll enjoy a cost-effective approach that’s completely aligned with your organisation and your industry. We also ensure a highly qualified team of cyber security experts on hand when you need them.

Assess your vulnerability to attack. Protect your reputation.

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

As cyber security providers, our assessment follows 3 Steps:

Where and how your business operations create your potential for risk.
We’ll explain the two primary security frameworks and how to apply them to your organisation
Define next steps: Achieve peace of mind with a tailored Strategic Security Roadmap for your business

Don’t be tomorrow’s headline. Book your session today.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why is audit and risk assessment important?

Even with the alarming regularity of cyber-attacks, many mid-size organisations don’t have an adequate or active cyber security strategy in place – and many have no strategy at all.
Effective cyber security policies and procedures need to address the range of vulnerabilities in your ICT environment – from external vulnerabilities to your network, to internal operating systems, to your team’s actions and behaviours, and your day-to-processes around routine tasks like passwords and identification processes.
Our IT audits and risk assessments show you how well-prepared your business is to continue operating in the event of a disruption, disaster, or security breach.
To develop an effective cyber security policy or strategy for your business, we first need to understand your organisation, its environment, operations, systems, and procedures to assess vulnerabilities and potential points for penetration. You can read more about these on our Vulnerability and Penetration Testing services.
The main difference between the audit and the testing is that the audit ensures you have the right computers and IT systems, cyber security, and appropriate data security approaches to ensure the safety and resilience of your organisation and its ability to continue operating in the event of breach, disruption, or disaster.

Why is staying on top of regulation and compliance so important?

In a rapidly changing digital economy, authorities in Australia and overseas are increasing regulatory and compliance requirements. Data security and management now directly relate to privacy and government regulation.
It’s important to keep on top of the evolving cyber security landscape, and with the right approach, meeting and exceeding your regulatory compliance requirements doesn’t need to be onerous.
The main things you need to be on top of are: developing a comprehensive plan to meet all regulatory requirements; working with existing systems to become compliant; and implementing new systems to address any shortcomings.
When you partner with Tecala we look after these activities for you, thus ensuring your regulatory and compliance requirements are met and your overall data security and management capability are continually improved and optimised.

What is risk management in IT?

Because IT is ubiquitous in the organisation, the failure of any part of your ICT infrastructure will have an impact on the business.
Effective risk management delivers certainty around the vulnerability to the risk posed by an IT asset, system or process failing or being attacked, the threat this would have on the organisation, and the effectiveness of the business continuity plan to ensure operations can continue in the event of breach or attack.
Having completed an audit and assessment, an organisation may realise it doesn’t have the capabilities, capacity, and knowledge to manage this risk, so they choose to partner with an organisation like Tecala to manage it for them.

What regulation and compliance issues do I need to be aware of?

There are many areas of operations around which compliance is important. These include employee behaviour around things like sharing files, password management and email behaviour. Data Management is a key challenge, especially in the Financial and Professional Services sectors. Internal Processes, for example, identification and logins, are always top of mind.
Key legislation includes things like the introduction General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe, which places tighter controls on how citizen data can be used. Closer to home, the Privacy Act now has Notifiable Data Breach (NDB) Scheme obligations. And as we saw with the financial services royal commission there can be serious penalties for the misuse of private information.

Tecala’s Security Advisory Services – Audits, Procedures and Risk