Cybersecurity Services
Cybersecurity services built around
what you actually need.
Cliffside is an Australian cybersecurity service provider that starts every engagement with an honest assessment. We cover strategy, compliance, cloud security, managed SOC, penetration testing, and secure AI. We tell you what you need, what you do not need, and what to fix first. ISO 27001 certified, practitioner-led, no vendor agendas.
Most cybersecurity service providers sell a product catalogue disguised as advisory. The assessment conveniently identifies problems that match their pre-built solutions. The roadmap conveniently leads to their highest-margin services.
Cliffside works differently. We are a consultancy with deep technical capability, not a product vendor with a consulting arm. Every engagement begins with the security assessment: a vendor-neutral evaluation of your security posture that produces findings you can take to any provider. If you choose to work with us beyond the assessment, it is because the recommendations make sense, not because you are locked in.
We cover the full spectrum of cybersecurity services so that the recommendation is always based on what your organisation needs, not on which service line happens to have capacity. When the right answer is a managed SOC, we say so. When it is a governance review and a better security awareness programme, we say that instead.
Our cybersecurity services
Six practice areas. One assessment-first approach.
Every practice area is staffed by specialist practitioners with direct experience in their domain. We do not rotate generalists across service lines.
Security programmes fail when they start with tools instead of strategy. We design security architectures aligned to your business risk, provide virtual CISO leadership, build governance frameworks, and run tabletop exercises that test whether your incident response plan survives contact with reality.
ISO 27001, APRA CPS 234, Essential Eight, NIST CSF. We navigate these frameworks because we live inside them. Cliffside holds its own ISO 27001 certification and has since 2008. We know the difference between passing an audit and being genuinely secure.
AWS, Azure, and Microsoft 365 specialists. We design cloud security from day one, not bolt it on after migration. Microsoft Partner for Defender, Intune, and Entra ID. Cloud security audits, architecture reviews, and hardening engagements.
Continuous security without the continuous overhead. 24/7 managed SOC with experienced analysts, ongoing security awareness programmes, and third-party risk management for organisations that need capabilities working between assessments.
OSCP, OSWE, OSCE, and CREST-certified testers finding real weaknesses before attackers do. Penetration testing, web application testing, wireless assessments, breach simulation, and social engineering calibrated to your actual risk profile.
Automate business processes that handle sensitive data with security built in. Human approval gates, data classification, and an AI-first approach to operational efficiency. If your organisation is adopting AI, do it with controls that stand up to scrutiny.
Industries we work with
Our clients operate in sectors where security failures have regulatory, financial, or operational consequences. We understand the compliance frameworks, threat profiles, and business constraints specific to each industry.
APRA-regulated entities needing CPS 234 compliance, board-ready reporting, and security programmes that satisfy both the regulator and the business.
Commonwealth, state, and local government agencies navigating Essential Eight maturity requirements, ISM obligations, and complex legacy environments.
Organisations where security failures have real-world consequences. Security architectures designed for operational technology environments, not just corporate IT.
Universities and educational institutions managing research data, student information, and distributed IT environments under increasing regulatory scrutiny.
Insurers and brokers facing their own CPS 234 obligations while also assessing the security posture of the organisations they underwrite.
Customer-facing organisations managing high-volume data, payment systems, and the operational complexity of distributed physical and digital environments.
Why organisations choose Cliffside
Assessment first, every time
Every engagement starts with an honest assessment of where you stand. Our security assessment is vendor-neutral, transferable, and designed to give you clarity. You can take the findings to any provider. There is no lock-in.
We tell you what you do not need
If a service does not solve your actual problem, we say so. If the issue is awareness training rather than a penetration test, that is what we recommend, even when the pen test is the higher-margin engagement.
Senior practitioners, not presenters
The people in the room are the people doing the work. CISSP, SABSA, CISA-qualified consultants with decades of experience across energy, financial services, government, and critical infrastructure.
ISO 27001 certified ourselves
We hold our own ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification. We practise what we recommend and understand the practical realities of maintaining security programmes, not just the theory of building them.
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Start with an honest assessment.
Book a Consultation. We will evaluate your security posture, identify what genuinely needs attention, and give you a prioritised roadmap you can act on with any provider.