Brisbane IT & cyber security consultancy

Secure IT.
Automate IT.

Practical cyber security uplift, Microsoft automation and independent IT advice, helping organisations move from reactive and manual to secure, automated and insight-led.

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  • 25+years in IT & cyber security
  • E8Essential Eight, NIST & ISO 27001 aligned
  • M365Microsoft 365, Azure & Power Platform

What we do

Our services

Hands-on consulting that gets things done, built on the Microsoft tools you already own wherever possible.

IT & Cyber Security Audits

An independent review of how your whole business runs on technology, covering infrastructure, Microsoft 365, identity, backup, network, governance, suppliers, and automation & AI. You get clear risk ratings and a costed, prioritised roadmap.

Cyber Security Uplift

Practical, risk-based improvements aligned to the Essential Eight, NIST CSF, ISO 27001 and Queensland Government IS18, covering Conditional Access, MFA, Defender, Sentinel, Intune and secure baselines.

Power Platform Automation

Power Apps, Power Automate and SharePoint solutions that replace manual processes and third-party subscriptions with secure workflows inside your own Microsoft environment.

Reporting & Analytics

Power BI and Power Platform reporting that turns IT, security and operational data into clear, actionable insight for leadership.

AI-Enabled Solutions

Applying AI where it genuinely delivers value, such as automating checks, capturing expertise and giving staff hours back, with the governance and policy to use it safely.

IT Operations & Migrations

MSP transitions, ITSM and RMM tooling, Intune Autopilot, monitoring and service maturity, plus file server to SharePoint migrations verified file by file.

How we work

Our approach

  1. Step 1

    Discover

    Stakeholder interviews and a read-only review of your environment.

  2. Step 2

    Assess

    Evaluate controls against the Essential Eight and industry best practice.

  3. Step 3

    Report

    Risk-rated findings in plain English, with prioritised recommendations.

  4. Step 4

    Remediate

    Hands-on uplift and automation to close the gaps, documented so your team can sustain it.

Recent work

Outcomes we've delivered

Cyber security uplift

Energy and Water Ombudsman Queensland

After Essential Eight, ISMS and IS18 assessments, we led a targeted program to address audit findings and progress EWOQ towards Essential Eight Maturity Level 2.

  • Conditional Access, organisation-wide MFA, phishing-resistant authentication and privileged access controls
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Identity, email hardening, DKIM and anti-spoofing
  • Microsoft Sentinel with custom detections, alerting, dashboards and threat hunting
  • Intune, Windows Hello for Business, Microsoft LAPS, WAF/CDN and Veeam cloud backup

Power Platform automation

End-to-end leave management

A manual leave process replaced with an automated workflow, from submission through to payroll, built on Power Apps, Power Automate and SharePoint.

  • Approve or reject directly from email, with stage-based dynamic permissions
  • Mandatory supporting documents for longer leave requests
  • Payroll views, automatic PDF records and secure attachment storage
  • Recurring subscription fees replaced by a one-time build

IT & cyber security audit

Multi-site aviation organisation

A Stage 1 audit spanning head office, regional stations and the incumbent MSP, giving leadership a clear, independent picture.

26areas assessed
14rated High or Very High
0/8Essential Eight at ML1

Followed by immediate action on backups, admin access and MFA, and a costed Stage 2 roadmap.

Migration & AI

Verified SharePoint migration

Migrated isn't the same as verified. We inventory the file server and SharePoint by content hash, then use an AI-assisted audit to check every file, not a sample.

  • Every file compared by path, size, date and hash
  • Expected differences explained, not flagged as false alarms
  • A client-ready report with a clear verdict and exceptions to action

Security is not a product, but a process. Our goal is to make that process simple, automated and sustainable for your business.

Michael Aisthorpe, Managing Consultant

About

Michael Aisthorpe

Founder & Managing Consultant

With more than 25 years in IT, I've led change across IT operations, cyber security, identity, cloud, automation, reporting, networking and infrastructure, from hands-on engineering through to leading teams and reporting to executives and boards.

I started Cyber Automate IT because the real gains come from combining strong security foundations, intelligent automation and data-driven insight, delivered pragmatically, so your team can operate and sustain it long after the project ends.

Before founding Cyber Automate IT I was Manager ICT Operations & Cybersecurity at PeopleIN, where I developed and delivered a three-year IT and cyber security roadmap.

Get in touch

Let's build smarter, safer systems together.

Whether it's a security uplift, an independent audit, automating a manual process or just a sounding board, I'm happy to chat.

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