Email and payment-fraud defence
Email authentication, impersonation protection, MFA and mailbox monitoring, plus documented verification controls for any change to payment details.
Industry Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity for Melbourne financial services — APRA-aware, compliance-first
Cybersecurity for Melbourne financial advisers, brokers, and accountants. APRA CPS 234, ASIC RG 271, Essential 8 alignment, audited controls.
Last reviewed June 2026
Cybersecurity for Melbourne financial services
The email looked exactly like your client's. The bank details had changed. By the time anyone noticed, the money was gone — and so was the client. Business email compromise and payment fraud are the most common ways Melbourne financial firms lose money and clients in a single afternoon. Key IT builds the defences and documented compliance that stop it — for advisers, brokers, accountants and insurance firms.
The threats specific to finance
Payment-redirection fraud
a single BEC can move a client's funds, and you wear the loss and the scrutiny.
Regulatory exposure
APRA CPS 234 and ASIC RG 271 expect documented controls you must be able to show.
High-value data
client financial records are prime dark-web targets.
How we secure financial firms
Identity and privileged access
Strong identity controls, conditional access and least-privilege administration so a stolen password does not open the vault.
Adviser-software hardening
Secure configuration of Xplan, Iress, Class Super, Practifi and the accounting platforms your firm runs.
Data loss prevention and backup
Controls that stop sensitive data leaving where it should not, and immutable, tested backups of client and advice records.
Essential 8 and audit-ready evidence
Alignment to the Essential Eight with documentation suitable for APRA, ASIC, licensees and insurers.
Compliance
We align your environment to APRA CPS 234, ASIC RG 271, the Privacy Act and the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme, and maintain the evidence to prove it. For broader finance IT, see IT support for financial services.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How do you prevent payment-redirection fraud?
With layered email and identity controls plus out-of-band verification of any change to payment details — technology and process together, because either alone leaves a gap.
Do you understand APRA CPS 234 and ASIC RG 271?
Yes. We align information-security controls with CPS 234 and the cyber-resilience expectations behind RG 271, and document them for regulators and licensees.
Which financial software do you secure?
Xplan, Iress, Class Super, Practifi, BGL and the major accounting platforms, among others.
Can you provide evidence for an audit or licensee review?
Yes. We produce Essential Eight maturity reporting and control documentation suitable for audits, AFSL obligations and insurer questionnaires.
We are a small firm — do we really need this?
Yes. Smaller firms are targeted precisely because attackers expect weaker defences, and a single fraud or breach is proportionally devastating.
What happens if we are breached?
Our SOC contains the threat, incident response manages the event and reporting, and immutable backups let us recover client data without paying a ransom.
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