Mercury IT can assist you with your current and future cybersecurity projects. Our approach is a nine step roadmap that clearly lays out where your focus and budget is best invested. There are a multitude of attack vectors to consider:
- Multiple technology devices
- Home networks
- Applications
- Different cloud deployments
- Shadow IT
- Insider Threat
- Human Error
- Ransomware/malware
We understand the pressures on IT departments, finding the right resources, what tools to use and budget constraints. Our proven cyber resilience roadmap that provides a simple step by step approach to improved cyber resilience, confidence and visibility without the complexity, confusion or loss of control.
So whether you need to understand if you have everything covered or if you are trying to implement a cybersecurity awareness program we are here to help.
We can help with these and many other solutions.- Audit and gap analysis
- Basic cybersecurity hygiene
- Defense in depth analysis
- Cybersecurity awareness programs
- Simulated phishing training
- Measure staff cybersecurity proficiency and culture
- Alignment with standards such as NIST, ASD, ISO27001
- Cybersecurity policies and documentation
- Security Operations Centre implementation (SIEM/SOAR)
- Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing (Red Team)
- Compliance management (Cyber Insurance, NIST, ISO27001)
FAQs
Mercury IT provides a defence-in-depth stack of security solutions aligned to the Essential Eight framework. This includes next-generation firewalls (NGFW) for network perimeter protection, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) for laptops and servers, secure email filtering to block phishing and malware, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for identity protection, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) for 24/7 threat monitoring, and backup solutions with ransomware protection. All solutions are managed by our certified security team.
Modern security solutions are designed to work together as an integrated ecosystem. For example, your Microsoft 365 security policies integrate with your endpoint protection (EDR), which feeds alerts into a central SIEM for correlation and analysis. This integration allows systems to share threat intelligence—a threat detected on one device can instantly trigger protective actions across your entire network. Mercury IT designs and manages these integrations to ensure your security tools work as a unified defence rather than isolated point solutions.
There is no single best solution—effective security requires a layered approach. For mid-sized Australian businesses, we recommend building on the Essential Eight framework: application control, regular patching, macro restrictions, user application hardening, administrative privilege restriction, multi-factor authentication, and tested backups. The ACSC designed these eight controls specifically because they mitigate the majority of real-world attacks targeting Australian organisations. Mercury IT helps mid-sized businesses implement these controls in a practical, budget-conscious manner.
No, they serve different purposes. Cybersecurity solutions are the specific tools—antivirus, firewalls, SIEM platforms, backup systems. Managed IT services provide the 24/7 human expertise that configures, monitors, and maintains those tools. A sophisticated firewall is ineffective if it is not properly configured, regularly patched, and actively monitored. Mercury IT provides both the solutions and the managed services to operate them, ensuring your security investment delivers actual protection rather than a false sense of security.
Cybersecurity solutions provide the technical controls required to meet compliance obligations. When a regulation requires you to protect customer data, solutions like encryption, MFA, and access controls are how you implement that requirement. Critically, these solutions also generate the audit logs and reports that prove your compliance to regulators and auditors. Mercury IT selects and configures solutions that meet specific compliance requirements including Privacy Act obligations, Essential Eight controls, and industry-specific standards.
SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) is technology that collects and analyses security data from across your IT environment. A SOC (Security Operations Centre) is the team that monitors SIEM alerts and responds to threats 24/7. Together, they provide continuous visibility into your security posture and rapid detection of attacks. Mercury IT provides SIEM/SOC services as part of our managed security offerings, giving businesses enterprise-grade threat detection and response without building an internal security operations team. This capability can be added to your existing IT arrangements or delivered as part of a comprehensive managed security service.
