Network Security
Secure Your Network Infrastructure and Data
Taking steps to protect your businesses’ network today can prevent serious problems tomorrow – from cyber attacks to data breaches, downtime, non-compliance and a loss of client trust. When a proactive approach counts, we make layered, robust network security for small businesses simple.
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Without the right network security in place, you create opportunities for the wrong people to access your systems and data. Suspicious activity goes unnoticed for longer, and hackers have more time to do damage. The result is higher costs, longer downtime and a bigger hit to your business’ reputation. We help your SMB get network security right, so you can minimise risk while supporting improved access, performance and more resilient daily operations.
Secure Your SMB Protected Against Changing Threats
Today’s threat landscape moves fast. Cyber attacks including phishing, malware and ransomware have become more complex, sophisticated and agile as hackers leverage AI.
How people do their job has also changed. Teams work remotely, often with their own devices. You increasingly rely on cloud environments. Your people are using AI tools – including some you’re not even aware of. With each of these scenarios comes new risks, especially when security hasn’t kept up. And this leads to more vulnerabilities hackers can exploit. Network security plays a key role in closing these gaps, so you can safeguard sensitive data, prevent attacks and keep your business running.
Our Approach Network Security
We protect your network infrastructure with next-generation firewalls (NGFW) and intrusion detection and prevention to identify and stop threats, and VPNs that allow teams to securely access the network when they’re working remotely.
This approach secures your systems and data against unauthorised access, and delivers continuous monitoring to rapidly identify suspicious activity and support fast response. We also deliver monthly ICT health checks and easy to understand reporting, ensuring we can close gaps and align your security with emerging threats and changing standards. This means your business’ cyber security is continuously improved – because we know set and forget isn’t an option for SMBs who want to grow and thrive.
Benefits of Protecting Your Data and Operations
- Your business is protected with a layered, advanced network security approach. With NGFW and intrusion detection and prevention, you get peace of mind suspicious activity is proactively identified and shut down.
- Secure VPNs ensure your team can work remotely without creating unnecessary gaps in your cyber security. As a result, your systems and data remain protected, and your team can stay productive.
- Sensitive data and files are better protected, preventing unauthorised access and supporting compliance obligations.
- You can strengthen your business’ cyber security posture and maturity, while supporting business continuity.
SMBs we’ve supported
Client Success Stories
We help businesses in Melbourne, Sydney and across Australia be confident in their cyber security – so they can focus on what matters.
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Orthosport Victoria
IT That Keeps Pace with a Busy Surgical Practice, Across Two Sites Overview Orthosport Victoria (OSV) has worked with BusinessWorks
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Pancare Foundation
Helping Pancare stay connected and deliver care When the pandemic hit, Pancare faced a major challenge: half its revenue gone
Our SMB Cyber Security Process
Secure Onboarding
This includes a security uplift process that identifies risks, strengthens protections, and ensures your IT environment aligns with our support and security standards.
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Ongoing Support
You gain proactive maintenance and monitoring, responsive in-person and over the phone support, and security that is continuously improved.
This prevents cyber incidents and downtime, secures data, supports business continuity, safeguards trusted customer relationships and helps you meet compliance.
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RegularSecurity Reviews
Monthly ICT health checks and reporting identify risks before they impact your business.
We go through our findings and recommendations in person, so you gain clear picture of current risks, and understand how proactive improvements strengthen your security posture. There’s no tech jargon, just straightforward conversations that leave you sure of where your business’ security stands and where to go next.
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Network Security, Designed for SMBs
We’ve been handling IT for small to mid-sized businesses since 1987. Today, we’re specialists in all things SMB technology, and robust cyber security sits at the heart of what we do. We walk the walk as well, securing more than 150 businesses across Melbourne, Sydney and Australia through our managed services. We’re proud to offer:
- Cyber security that is layered, proactive and continuously improved through regular ICT health checks.
- A customer satisfaction rating of 99.99%.
- IT support that doesn’t leave your people waiting around – we answer your call in around 26 seconds.
One of the biggest threats SMBs owners and leaders face is you don’t know what you don’t know. We keep you informed, protected and secure against a rapidly changing threat environment. Ready to make security simple?
Other Services
We’re a one stop shop for your SMB’s technology needs. One dedicated team, keeping IT easy, secure, and ready to take on what’s next.
Managed IT
Keep technology running smoothly and ready to keep pace with where your business is heading. Our proactive managed IT services ensure your technology environment is monitored, maintained, secured and continuously improved.
AI Solutions
Save time, improve decision making, and transform your business with AI solutions. We help with secure adoption, and deliver training to ensure your team has the skills and confidence to make the most of AI tools including Microsoft Copilot.
FAQs
What is network security?
Network security is essential to stop unauthorised users (including cyber criminals) from accessing your business’ systems and data. It uses layered, proactive tools to prevent cyber attacks and data breaches, and supports stronger business continuity. With strong network security in place, costly downtime, non-compliance and reputational damage can be prevented. If you run or manage a business in Melbourne or Sydney and want to implement strong network security, get in touch today.
Which threats does network security protect against?
Network security prevents many common cyber attacks, including ransomware, malware, phishing attacks and data breaches. This is important when cyber criminals target SMBs, because these businesses typically have weaker cyber security defences. This is usually the result of lower IT budgets, less in-house expertise and the belief that they won’t be targeted.
What is a next-generation firewall?
A next-generation firewall (NGFW) delivers advanced network security. They expand on the capabilities of traditional firewalls that couldn’t keep up with evolving threats. While traditional firewalls relied on basic perimeter security, NGFWs deliver deep inspection and more visibility. In simple terms, they provide more context to detect sophisticated threats. With a NGFW in place, you can rely on more control and stronger protection.
Why do SMBs need a secure VPN?
A VPN helps hybrid teams work safely, wherever they’re getting work done. Data is encrypted to safeguard it against unauthorised access, which protects credentials and sensitive information, and your team can securely access your business’ network.
What is the benefit of monthly ICT health checks?
An ICT health check every 30 days ensures you are aware of any emerging security gaps. We deliver easy to understand reporting and go through it with you in person, going over vulnerabilities, opportunities, and next steps – so you can continuously improve your cyber security posture.