Black Shard

Defensive & advisory

A security seat at your table.

Ongoing security leadership and review, without hiring a full-time CISO.

Most businesses do not need a full-time security chief; they need someone accountable who knows the terrain. We provide that: strategy, review, and a steady hand on your security posture.

Security posture assessment

A structured gap analysis against the Essential Eight and CIS Controls.

What you get

  • Where you stand today, mapped to recognised controls
  • What is exposed, and what to fix first
  • A prioritised roadmap, costed by effort

vCISO: fractional security leadership

Strategy, policy, board reporting, and incident readiness, sized to you.

What you get

  • A named security lead on a regular cadence
  • Security strategy, policies, and a risk register kept current
  • Plain-English reporting your board can act on

Azure cloud security review

We run on Azure and secure it daily. We review yours the same way.

What you get

  • Identity, network, secrets, and logging review of your tenant
  • Misconfiguration and over-privilege findings
  • A remediation plan tied to Azure-native controls

Detection & response advisory

Make sure you would actually see an attack, and know what to do.

What you get

  • A review of your logging and alerting coverage
  • An incident response playbook your team can run
  • A tabletop exercise to pressure-test it

How it is shaped

Usually an ongoing monthly retainer, or a one-off assessment to start.

Ready when you are.

info@blackshard.com.au

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