A cybersecurity consultancy is a professional services firm that audits, advises, and often implements security programs across an organisation, typically under retainer or scoped engagement. Engagements run from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars and target enterprises with continuous obligations, regulated industries, and organisations with a real internal audit function. Red Bridge Cyber is the opposite shape: a self-service subscription scan of the public-facing parts of a small business (Email, Speed, Domain, Visibility, Security), starting at $100/month month-to-month with no contract, delivered as a live view in your account that starts populating with plain-English findings the moment you first log in, plus a PDF report you can generate any time. For an Australian small business with one or two public-facing services and no in-house IT, Red Bridge Cyber is built for you. A consultancy is the right call when the business has continuous obligations the consultancy is uniquely qualified to address.
Side-by-side
| Attribute | Red Bridge Cyber | Cybersecurity Consultancy |
|---|---|---|
| Price band | From $100 / month (month-to-month, cancel anytime) | $40,000–$500,000+ per engagement, ongoing retainers extra |
| Time to deliver | Initial findings live on first login; on-demand PDF report any time | Weeks to months per engagement |
| Scope | Public-facing surfaces of your business - Email, Speed, Domain, Visibility, Security | Whole-organisation security program: governance, risk, compliance, internal controls, vendor risk, incident response |
| Engagement model | Self-service subscription - subscribe, scan, see your live view + on-demand PDF report | Scoped consulting with named account team, ongoing relationship |
| Who it suits | 1–30 staff Australian small business with one or two public-facing services | Enterprises, regulated industries (APRA, health, government, defence, financial services), organisations with internal audit function |
| What it does NOT cover | Internal controls, organisational governance, compliance certification, incident response | Light-touch outside-in checks on a single small business website (overkill - not the engagement shape) |
When each is right
Red Bridge Cyber is right when …
- You run a 1–30 staff Australian business and want to know whether the basics on your public-facing website are set up correctly.
- You do not have a real internal audit function or a defined security program to maintain.
- Your business is not under continuous regulatory or contractual obligation requiring named security oversight.
- You want a practical, plain-English live view you can act on this week - not a 100-page report that defines a multi-year roadmap.
A cybersecurity consultancy is right when …
- You operate under regulatory cover that mandates ongoing security program management - APRA CPS 234, healthcare, defence-adjacent, financial services.
- You have an internal audit function and need an external partner to map controls against ISO 27001, NIST CSF, or the ASD Essential Eight.
- Your business is the size where security governance is its own function and the cost of getting it wrong is operational, not just reputational.
- You have a continuous obligation that requires a named security provider with a defined engagement model.
What we don’t do
Red Bridge Cyber does not provide cybersecurity consulting. We do not write governance frameworks, design security programs, run compliance assessments, or maintain ongoing security advisory engagements - and we do not sell or arrange any of it. If your business needs that work, a cybersecurity consultancy is correctly designed for it and choosing one is your call, not ours. The Small business hub from Australian Cyber Security Centre is a no-cost starting point if you are unsure whether your business is at that scale yet. We acknowledge what consultancies are good at; we are not them, and that is intentional.