Cyber Security
Know your risk. Strengthen your defences.
Affinity MSP is the Australian-owned managed IT and cyber security provider trusted by businesses across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, and Auckland. We combine specialist cyber security expertise, 24/7 monitoring, and proven security technology — built around the way your business actually operates.
From identifying vulnerabilities to monitoring threats and responding to incidents, Affinity MSP helps protect your people, systems, and data while giving you a clear, honest picture of your cyber risk.
- 24/7 SOC monitoring
- Specialist cyber security team
- ISO 27001 & SOC 2 Compliance Support
Security capability across
Endpoints & devices
Email & Microsoft 365
Networks & applications
People, risk & response
Cyber Security Built Around Your Business
Every organisation has a different risk profile.
Affinity MSP looks at your whole technology environment, identifies where your biggest exposures sit, and builds the right combination of people, processes, and security technology around your business.
It means you're not simply adding more security products. You're putting the right protection in the right places — backed by specialists who understand what to look for and what to do next.
24/7 Security Operations Centre
Our 24/7 Security Operations Centre continuously monitors your environment for suspicious activity, helping detect, investigate, and contain threats before they become larger incidents.
Understand Your Risk
Cyber risk assessments and vulnerability reviews uncover security gaps and turn technical findings into clear priorities for your business.
Test Your Defences
Penetration testing identifies weaknesses across networks, infrastructure, and applications before attackers exploit them.
Respond With Confidence
When something goes wrong, our Cyber Security team investigates, contains, and remediates the incident while helping your business recover.
Specialist cyber security capability
Cyber Security Isn't an Add-On for Affinity MSP.
Affinity MSP's specialist cyber security capability now sits under EvolveCyber, an Affinity MSP company — a dedicated practice acquired specifically to deepen our security expertise, rather than a bolt-on service layered over general IT support.
EvolveCyber's focus spans specialist cyber risk assessments, penetration testing, and formal cyber compliance support — including guidance toward frameworks like ISO 27001, SOC 2, and SOCI — complementing Affinity MSP's managed security services, 24/7 SOC, endpoint protection, and email security.
For clients, this means specialist-grade cyber security without it being disconnected from the wider technology environment it exists to protect. One team, one point of accountability, full context — and for Affinity MSP managed IT clients, this capability comes built into your ProCare tier, not bolted on as a separate contract.
- Dedicated cyber security specialists, focused solely on risk and threat reduction
- Cyber risk assessments, including supply chain risk assessments
- Penetration testing across network, infrastructure, web, mobile, and desktop applications
- Compliance support for ISO 27001, SOC 2, SOCI, and other formal frameworks
- Incident response and post-incident remediation
- Ongoing vulnerability identification and prioritisation
Dedicated Cyber Security Leadership
Liam Benson
Head of Cyber Security at Affinity MSP
Cyber security at Affinity MSP is led by dedicated specialist leadership, not managed as a side responsibility within general IT support. Liam Benson heads the Affinity MSP Cyber Security practice, bringing specialist expertise across cyber risk, penetration testing, security assessments, compliance, and incident response.
Affinity MSP 24x7 SOC
Threats Don't Keep Business Hours. Neither Do We.
Modern cyber security requires more than installing security software and hoping it does its job. It requires continuous visibility, context, and people who know what to do when something looks wrong.
The Affinity MSP 24/7 SOC continuously monitors your environment to identify suspicious activity, investigate potential threats, and respond when action is required.
- 24/7 threat monitoring
- Endpoint Detection and Response
- Threat investigation
- Active threat containment
- Security event escalation
- Ongoing security visibility and reporting
With people and technology working together around the clock, your business has another layer of defence when threats emerge.
Cyber Security Services
Protection Across the Full Attack Surface
Start with the area you already know needs attention — or let the Affinity MSP Cyber Security team assess your environment and help identify what should come first.
Endpoint Protection & EDR
Strengthen your endpoint security
Protect endpoints against modern threats with advanced Endpoint Detection and Response. Affinity MSP uses enterprise-grade security technologies, including SentinelOne, to monitor endpoint activity, detect suspicious behaviour, isolate threats, and prevent attacks from spreading across your environment.
Email & Identity Security
Protect your users and inboxes
Email and compromised user identities remain common entry points for cyber attacks. Affinity MSP protects Microsoft 365 environments from phishing, impersonation, credential theft, malicious attachments, and other email-based threats using advanced technologies including Barracuda and Microsoft security controls.
Cyber Risk Assessments
Understand your cyber risk
You can't manage a risk you can't see. Our Cyber Security team assesses your environment to uncover vulnerabilities, security gaps, and areas of unnecessary exposure — including supply chain risk where relevant. Instead of a technical report you have to decode, we translate findings into clear priorities and practical recommendations.
Penetration Testing
Put your defences to the test
Find weaknesses before someone else does. Our specialist team conducts penetration testing across networks, infrastructure, web applications, mobile applications, and desktop applications to identify vulnerabilities and understand how they could be exploited. You receive clear findings, risk prioritisation, and practical remediation recommendations.
Cyber Compliance
Get compliance-ready
Formal certification proves your security posture, rather than just claiming it. Affinity MSP, through EvolveCyber, supports businesses working toward ISO 27001, SOC 2, SOCI, and other compliance frameworks — helping translate audit requirements into achievable, ongoing practice rather than a one-off scramble.
Incident Response
Be prepared to respond
When a cyber incident occurs, the quality and speed of the response matters. Affinity MSP investigates, contains, and remediates cyber incidents while supporting your organisation through recovery — including threat investigation, compromised endpoint isolation, remediation, recovery, and post-incident recommendations.
The Right Tools, in the Right Places
Strong cyber security requires the right combination of people, processes, and technology. Affinity MSP works with leading security platforms across endpoint protection, monitoring, email security, backup, and threat detection.
But technology is only part of the equation. Our Cyber Security team determines where these controls belong, how they should be configured, and how they fit into your wider security strategy.
Framework Alignment & Risk Visibility
Not every organisation needs the same starting point. Use a recognised framework to mature your controls, or start with an outside-in view of your current exposure.
Essential Eight Framework
Aligning your environment to the ACSC's Essential Eight gives you a benchmarked, government-recognised standard to work toward — not just a checklist, but a maturity model for reducing your most common attack vectors.
AffinityScan Cyber Risk Assessment
See what a potential attacker can already see from outside your organisation. AffinityScan gives you an outside-in view of your exposure as a starting point, before you commit to a deeper engagement.
From "Are We Secure?" to Knowing What Comes Next.
You don't need to implement everything at once. A strong cyber security program starts with understanding your current position, prioritising the risks that matter most, and continuously improving your defences.
01 / ASSESS
See what's exposed.
Start with AffinityScan, a cyber risk assessment, or a targeted security review to understand your current position.
02 / PRIORITISE
Focus on what matters.
Turn technical findings into a practical roadmap based on risk, likelihood, and potential business impact.
03 / PROTECT
Strengthen your defences.
Implement appropriate controls across endpoints, email, identity, networks, applications, and data.
04 / MONITOR
Keep improving.
Use 24/7 monitoring, vulnerability management, and regular security reviews to stay ahead as threats and your technology environment change.
Frequently Asked Questions
EvolveCyber, an Affinity MSP company, is Affinity MSP’s dedicated specialist cyber security practice, focused solely on cyber risk assessment, penetration testing, compliance support, and incident response.
Liam Benson is Head of Cyber Security at Affinity MSP, leading the specialist practice across risk assessment, penetration testing, compliance, and incident response.
Yes. Affinity MSP’s cyber security capability is bundled into the ProCare managed IT tier, so clients across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, and Auckland get security and IT support as one connected service rather than a separate add-on.
A Security Operations Centre is a team and set of tools that continuously monitor an organisation’s systems for suspicious activity, investigate potential threats, and respond when something needs action. Affinity MSP runs a 24/7 SOC so threats are caught and contained outside business hours too, not just during the working day.
Traditional antivirus mainly blocks known malware using a database of signatures. Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) goes further, watching behaviour across a device in real time, flagging suspicious activity antivirus would miss, and allowing a security team to isolate and contain a threat before it spreads. Affinity MSP uses SentinelOne for EDR across client environments.
Cost depends on scope: the number of systems tested, whether it covers network, web application, mobile, or desktop environments, and how deep the testing goes. A focused test on a single application looks very different in price to a full network and infrastructure assessment. Affinity MSP’s Cyber Security team scopes this with you directly so you’re quoted for what your environment actually needs, not a generic package.
ISO 27001 is the international standard for information security management, covering how an organisation identifies risk, controls access to data, and manages security on an ongoing basis. It’s increasingly requested by enterprise clients, government tenders, and insurers as proof of a credible security posture. Through EvolveCyber, Affinity MSP supports businesses working toward ISO 27001 and related frameworks like SOC 2 and SOCI.
A cyber risk assessment reviews your systems, processes, and data handling to identify where you’re exposed, then prioritises those gaps by likelihood and potential impact. Most businesses benefit from running one at least annually, or sooner after a significant change like a new system rollout, an acquisition, or a notable increase in headcount. Affinity MSP’s Cyber Security team turns the findings into a practical roadmap rather than leaving you with a dense technical report.
Not Sure Where Your Biggest Cyber Risk Is?
That's a good place to start. Talk to the Affinity MSP Cyber Security team and we'll help you understand where you currently stand, what needs attention, and what can wait.
