Adam’s perspective
Big Budgets, F-Grade Basics: What Our 450-Domain Scan Found
We scanned 450 domains Australians rely on. Enterprise and government medianed an F on web security — same grade as small business. Budget didn’t buy basics.
2026-06-25 · 6 min readPerspectiveThe real reason your pen-tester didn’t find anything wrong
A clean penetration test report often proves the scope was wrong, not the business safe. With AU tests running $5k-$40k and the average breach now AUD $4.26M, here’s what to ask before you trust the result.
2026-06-18 · 6 min readPerspectiveThe Security Advice You’re Sold Is Sized for Someone Else
Most small business security advice is a shrunk-down enterprise plan built for staff you don’t employ. The ASD puts small-business cybercrime at $56,571 a year. Here’s the index-card version that actually fits.
2026-06-17 · 5 min readLatest Articles
13 articles · View allWhat is the Essential Eight, and does a small business need it?
The ACSC’s 8 mitigation strategies, explained for a 1–30 staff business — which to actually do, and when formal compliance is overkill.
How to set up a Google Business Profile in Australia
A Google Business Profile is the free listing that puts you on Google Maps and in local results. Set one up in 20 minutes — and learn which fields actually rank you.
Why your website is slow — and the fixes that actually work
The common reasons small-business sites load slowly — images, render-blocking code, hosting, caching, third-party scripts — each with a free way to confirm it and a plain fix.
Core Web Vitals explained in plain English for small business owners
A plain-English walk-through of the three Core Web Vitals — LCP, CLS and INP — what each means for a real visitor, what counts as good, and the handful of fixes that move them.
DISP membership for small business: what the Defence Industry Security Program actually requires
Defence's security membership program explained for small suppliers: the 4 domains, the 4 levels, the Essential Eight Maturity Level 2 cyber bar, what it honestly costs, and what to check before you commit.
SMB1001 certification in Australia: the tiers, the costs, and what the certificate actually proves
Australia's small-business cybersecurity certification, tier by tier: what Bronze through Diamond require, what each costs, the self-attested vs audited split, and what to check before a director signs.