Cyber leadership your board can stand behind.
Executive-grade security leadership and independent assurance for boards, executives and regulated entities — without the cost or wait of a full-time CISO.
Assessed and advised against the standards your regulators actually hold you to — not around them.
Cyber risk now lands on the board table
Directors and executives are personally accountable for cyber resilience — and "we trusted IT" is no longer a defence regulators or shareholders accept.
Cyber Risk
Threats and operational risk are rising. Without senior oversight, exposure goes unmanaged and unreported to the board.
Compliance Pressure
Essential Eight, ISO 27001, APRA CPS 234, the SOCI Act and the Privacy Act demand structured governance and evidence.
Resource Constraints
Most organisations lack senior cyber leadership — and can't justify a full-time CISO salary.
Independent counsel. No products. No conflicts.
Virtual CISO, governance, risk and compliance advisory built for boards and executives — every recommendation made solely in your interest, because we have nothing to sell you.
Cyber Leadership
Compliance & Assurance
Boards choose CISO Advisory because we sell no products, send no juniors, and answer only to you.
Leadership and outcomes, not shelf-ware
We don't hand you a report and leave — we take ownership of the security agenda and drive it through to a position you can defend.
Assess. Plan. Implement. Govern. Optimise.
A disciplined, staged path from your current posture to demonstrable, board-ready cyber maturity — measured at every step.
A defensible security position, in plain English
Clear risk visibility, a prioritised roadmap, regulator-ready evidence and an executive who answers the hard questions — yours to point to when it matters.
Essential Eight uplift
Board-ready governance
Compliance alignment
Fluent in every framework that governs you
From Essential Eight and CPS 234 to ISO 27001 and the SOCI Act — we work inside the standards your regulators measure you against, not around them.
NIST CSF 2.0
Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover.
ISO 27001
ISMS design, readiness and certification.
Essential Eight
Maturity Levels 1–3 assessment and uplift.
ISM
ACSC Information Security Manual controls.
IRAP
Assessment readiness for government systems.
SOC 2
Trust Services Criteria advisory.
PCI DSS
Payment security for regulated businesses.
APRA CPS 234 / 230
Information security & operational resilience.
The principal does the work. Every engagement.
Founded and led by Ken Armitt — 27 years hands-on experience across cyber security, SaaS, fintech, payments and government systems — with no juniors learning on your time.
Every engagement is delivered with executive-level judgement: translating technical risk into business decisions, communicating with boards, and building governance that endures.
Ken Armitt
27 years hands-on experience across cyber security, SaaS, fintech, payments and government-facing systems — translating technical risk into decisions boards can act on.
Know where you stand. Before someone else decides for you.
One conversation with a senior advisor will tell you more than your last three reports. Confidential, and no obligation.
Start with a confidential cyber posture call.
We respond the same business day — on-site same day / next business day, or remote, Australia-wide. Prefer to talk now? Call 24/7 on 07 2112 8502.