Essential Eight
Where you stand against your target maturity level, with a prioritised roadmap and help with the uplift.
Assessment: fixed price
Independent IT and cyber security consulting
Secure systems, and the tools to run them well.
Cyber security assessments, custom software and automation, and hands-on IT help for small and mid-sized Australian organisations. Defined work is fixed price; everything else is by the hour or day, agreed up front.
What I do
Services
Security work you can show to a board or an insurer, and practical software and IT help to go with it.
ISO 27001
A gap assessment against the 2022 standard, then help building your ISMS to certification readiness, or internal audits for one you have.
Gap assessment: fixed price
Custom tools and business systems
Internal web apps, integrations between HR, finance and identity systems, data migrations, and scripts that remove manual work, built secure and handed over with documentation.
Fixed price per project, or by the day
Ad-hoc consulting and IT help
An experienced pair of hands by the hour or day: troubleshooting, reviews, advice, or a second opinion before you buy. Pre-paid blocks for regular help.
Hourly, daily or pre-paid blocks
Not offered: penetration testing, 24x7 incident response, certification audits (an accredited certification body does those) and legal or HR advice.
Recent work
Projects I build
The same care that goes into security work goes into software: passkey sign-in, encryption, tested code, and things that keep working after handover. Recent work of my own includes:
Business web apps
Local-first apps for time tracking, compliance evidence and household records, with passkey sign-in, encrypted storage, backups and self-updating installs.
AI and automation
Connectors that let AI assistants work safely with real systems, such as network equipment and image tools, plus scrapers and data pipelines.
Desktop and mobile tools
Fast native tools in Rust and Flutter: webcam and microphone clean-up, image metadata removal, and a shift and route planner for the road.
Infrastructure
Server management, self-hosted services and network monitoring, built to be secure by default and easy to hand over.
Have something in mind? Most projects start with a short call and a fixed quote.
About
Experience where it counts
The Centre Hub is one experienced consultant, not a sales team. I have spent more than ten years in IT and cyber security across federal government, defence and national security, private enterprise and managed services: building and running systems, securing them, and explaining both to the people who rely on them.
That mix is the point. Assessments are grounded in how systems are really run, and the software I build is held to the standard I would expect to audit.
10+years in IT and cyber security
4sectors: government, defence, enterprise and managed services
0products to sell you, so the advice stays independent
How I work
Simple, and agreed up front
1
A first call
Thirty minutes to understand your organisation, your systems and what you need.
2
A fixed quote
A defined scope and price for assessments and projects, or an agreed rate for open-ended help.
3
Delivery you own
Reports, code and documentation are yours, with a clean handover and no lock-in.
Let's talk
Tell me a little about your organisation and what you need, and I will reply within two business days.
Based in Canberra, working with organisations across Australia, on site or remotely.