In short
Curity provides cybersecurity for professional practices of about 10 to 35 staff in Townsville. We put in place a documented security baseline covering identity and multi-factor authentication, email security, device protection, patching, backups and staff awareness, help with incidents, and assess practices against the ACSC Essential Eight.
What a 10 to 35 person practice realistically needs
Most attacks on small professional offices are not sophisticated. They start with a stolen password, a convincing email or an unpatched computer. The basics, done consistently and checked, stop most of them.
Identity
Multi-factor authentication for everyone, tighter administrator access and sign-in rules that block risky logins.
Filtering, impersonation protection and checks that make payment redirection and invoice fraud harder.
Devices
Endpoint protection, patching, encryption and management so lost or out-of-date devices are not an open door.
Backups
Separate, monitored backups you have tested, so ransomware is a bad day rather than the end of the practice.
People
Short, practical awareness training and a clear way for staff to report something suspicious.
24/7 response
A security operations centre watches for threats around the clock. When something goes wrong we contain it, investigate, communicate and help you meet your reporting obligations.
Our security baseline, explained plainly
Every Curity managed client starts from a documented baseline that we adjust to your practice. Every managed plan includes DNS filtering, endpoint detection and response, enterprise spam filtering, Microsoft 365 suspicious activity alerts, dark web monitoring, simulated phishing and weekly staff training.
- Multi-factor authentication on Microsoft 365 and remote access
- Administrator rights removed from day-to-day accounts
- Endpoint protection and monitoring on every managed device
- Operating system and application patching
- Email security and impersonation protection
- Monitored backups with recovery testing
- Documented exceptions and accepted risks, so nothing is quietly ignored
Essential Eight, without the hype
The Essential Eight is the Australian Cyber Security Centre’s set of baseline mitigation strategies. We assess where you are, agree a realistic target maturity level and plan the work to get there.
We don’t promise that you are ‘Essential Eight compliant’ after a product install. Maturity depends on how the controls are configured, maintained and evidenced over time.
If something goes wrong: incident support
- Contain. Lock accounts, isolate devices and stop the problem spreading.
- Investigate. Work out what happened, what was accessed and when.
- Communicate. Keep your IT Champion and principals updated on what we know and don’t know.
- Recover. Restore systems and data from known-good backups.
- Report. Help you assess whether it is a notifiable data breach and prepare the information needed.
If you are dealing with an incident now, call us immediately on (07) 4401 5141, day or night. Our after-hours service and 24/7 security operations centre mean incidents are picked up outside business hours too.
Cyber insurance questionnaires
Insurers increasingly ask detailed questions about MFA, backups, patching and administrator access. We help you answer them accurately and close the gaps that affect cover or premiums.
What stays your responsibility
Good security is shared. Your practice still decides who has access, approves risk decisions, makes sure staff follow policies and meets its own legal and professional obligations. We make that division clear in writing.
Questions about cybersecurity
Who provides cyber security for small businesses in Townsville?
Curity IT Solutions provides cybersecurity for Townsville professional practices of about 10 to 35 staff, including law firms, medical practices and accounting practices, as part of managed IT or as a standalone security review.
What is the most important security control for a small practice?
Multi-factor authentication on email and remote access is usually the single biggest improvement, followed by removing everyday administrator rights, patching and tested backups.
Are we required to report a data breach?
Many practices are covered by the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme under the Privacy Act 1988. If a breach is likely to result in serious harm, you generally need to notify the OAIC and affected individuals. We help you assess the situation, but the decision and obligation sit with your practice, so get legal advice where needed.
Do you offer penetration testing?
Yes. A penetration test is a controlled, simulated attack on your systems, network or applications to find weaknesses before an attacker does, followed by practical recommendations to fix them. For most small practices the security baseline and an Essential Eight assessment come first; we’ll tell you honestly whether a penetration test is worth it for you, for example when a client, insurer or contract asks for one.
Can you guarantee we won’t be hacked?
No provider can honestly guarantee that. We can significantly reduce the likelihood and impact of an attack and respond properly if one happens.
Find out where your practice stands
A free security review with a trained security professional, onsite or remote, in two 30-minute sessions: first we collect information about your Microsoft 365, devices, backups and access, then we come back and present what we found. Free for every prospective client.