AI Strategy & Value Roadmap
A board-ready portfolio of use cases ranked by value and feasibility, with a business case and a 90-day delivery plan.
- Use-case portfolio
- ROI model
- Board paper
AI & Cyber Security · Sydney
Put AI to work. Keep it secure.
Sydney AI Solutions is an AI consulting and cyber security firm. We help Australia’s mid-market organisations deploy AI that delivers measurable value, and defend it, and the rest of the business, against AI-era threats. Tier 1 capability, without the Tier 1 overhead.
- Senior-led, Sydney-based
- Vendor-neutral
- Onshore by default
Aligned to
- ◆ASD Essential Eight
- ◆ISO/IEC 27001
- ◆ISO/IEC 42001
- ◆NIST CSF 2.0
- ◆NIST AI RMF
- ◆OWASP Top 10 for LLMs
- ◆MITRE ATLAS
- ◆APRA CPS 234
- ◆APRA CPS 230
- ◆SOCI Act
- ◆Privacy Act 1988
The mid-market squeeze
Tier 1 threats. Tier 2 budgets.
Mid-market organisations face the same AI disruption, attackers and regulators as the ASX 50, with a fraction of the team. That gap is where we work.
01 — Opportunity
The board wants AI results, not pilots.
Competitors are moving AI from experiments into core workflows. Mid-market teams need production outcomes without a Tier 1 budget or an 18-month program.
02 — Threat
Attackers have AI too.
AI-crafted phishing, deepfake voice fraud and automated exploitation have raised the threat to Tier 1 levels, while most Tier 2 security teams have stayed the same size.
03 — Obligation
The regulatory bar keeps rising.
Ransomware payment reporting under the Cyber Security Act 2024, Privacy Act reforms, APRA CPS 230 and SOCI obligations put cyber and AI governance on the board agenda.
Capabilities
Three disciplines. One accountable team.
Most firms do AI or security. The real risk, and the biggest opportunity, sits where they overlap. We cover the whole picture.
Put AI to work
We take AI from slide deck to production: use cases chosen for measurable value, built on your data and integrated into the systems your people already use.
Agentic Automation
AI agents that run multi-step work across your ERP, CRM and Microsoft 365, with human approval at the points that matter.
- Agents
- Workflow
- Human-in-the-loop
Private Knowledge Assistants
Retrieval-augmented assistants over policies, contracts and records. Permission-aware, source-cited, and hosted in Australian regions.
- RAG
- Onshore
- Permission-aware
Data & Platform Foundations
Data pipelines, governance and a secure model platform on Azure, AWS or Google Cloud, sized for the mid-market.
- Data platform
- MLOps
- Cost control
Where AI meets security
Every AI deployment adds new attack surface. We govern, test and harden your AI so you can scale it with confidence and prove it to your board, auditors and regulators.
AI Governance & Assurance
An AI policy, risk register and control set aligned to ISO/IEC 42001 and the NIST AI RMF, with reporting your board can act on.
- ISO/IEC 42001
- AI register
- Board reporting
AI Red Teaming
Adversarial testing of LLM apps and agents for prompt injection, data leakage, jailbreaks and tool misuse, mapped to OWASP and MITRE ATLAS.
- Prompt injection
- OWASP LLM
- MITRE ATLAS
Secure Copilot Rollout
Microsoft 365 Copilot readiness: oversharing clean-up, sensitivity labels, DLP and access reviews completed before the licences go live.
- Microsoft 365
- Purview
- Access hygiene
Shadow AI Discovery
Find which AI tools staff are actually using and what data is going into them, then replace risky habits with approved, secure alternatives.
- Discovery
- DLP
- Acceptable use
Keep attackers out
Practical, prioritised cyber security for organisations that need Tier 1 protection without a Tier 1 security headcount. We measure it, uplift it and defend it.
Essential Eight Uplift
An independent maturity assessment, a prioritised roadmap to your target maturity level, and hands-on remediation.
- ASD Essential Eight
- Maturity uplift
- Remediation
Managed Detection & Response
Always-on, AI-assisted threat detection, triage and response across endpoint, identity and cloud, with a named Sydney lead.
- MDR
- Identity
- Cloud
vCISO & Cyber Governance
Fractional CISO leadership covering strategy, board reporting and obligations under APRA CPS 234, the SOCI Act and the Privacy Act.
- vCISO
- CPS 234
- Board reporting
Incident Response Readiness
IR plans, ransomware playbooks and executive tabletop exercises that cover your reporting obligations under the Cyber Security Act 2024.
- IR plan
- Tabletop
- Ransomware
Accelerators
Productised. Fixed‑scope. Board-ready.
Pre-packaged engagements with clear deliverables and a fixed fee, so you can start with confidence and show value within weeks.
AI + SecurityRecommended start
Secure AI Readiness Sprint
4 weeks · Fixed fee
The fastest way to move from AI curiosity to a funded, secure plan that the board and CISO both sign off.
- Prioritised use-case shortlist
- Data & security readiness score
- Governance starter pack
- 90-day delivery roadmap
Secure AI
AI Red Team Assessment
2–3 weeks · Fixed fee
Test your chatbot, copilot or agent the way an attacker would, before it goes live or before an auditor asks.
- Adversarial test campaign
- OWASP LLM Top 10 coverage
- Exploit evidence & fixes
- Executive summary
Cyber
Essential Eight Accelerator
3 weeks · Fixed fee
An independent maturity baseline and a costed, sequenced plan to reach your target maturity level.
- Maturity assessment
- Gap analysis by control
- Costed uplift roadmap
- Board briefing
Secure AI
Copilot Launchpad
6 weeks · Fixed fee
Roll out Microsoft 365 Copilot to a pilot group securely, with adoption and value tracking from day one.
- Oversharing remediation
- Labels & DLP policies
- Pilot enablement
- Value dashboard
Managed
AI Guardian
Monthly · Managed service
Continuous oversight of the AI your people and systems use: usage, data exposure, model behaviour and AI-enabled threats.
- AI usage monitoring
- Agent & model guardrails
- Monthly risk report
- Quarterly re-testing
Managed
vCISO+
Monthly · Retainer
Senior security leadership and an AI governance lead on call, for a fraction of two executive salaries.
- Security & AI strategy
- Board & audit reporting
- Regulatory obligations
- Vendor risk reviews
Approach
Value and risk, weighed together.
Every engagement follows the same disciplined path. Security is built in from the first workshop, not bolted on at go-live.
- 01
Weeks 1–4
Assess
Baseline your AI opportunity and cyber posture together, so value and risk are weighed in the same conversation.
- 02
Weeks 3–6
Architect
Design target-state solutions and controls, with a costed roadmap your CFO and CISO can both sign.
- 03
Weeks 6–16
Deliver
Ship in short, fixed-scope increments. Every release is security-tested before it reaches production.
- 04
Ongoing
Defend & Evolve
Monitor, re-test and improve as models, threats and regulations change. We stay on as your partner, not just a vendor.
Why Sydney AI Solutions
Tier 1 capability. Mid-market pace.
You shouldn't have to choose between a consultancy that's too big to care and a provider that's too thin to cover AI and security. We sit in the gap: senior, specialist and accountable.
| Criteria | Tier 1 consultancy | Generalist MSP | Sydney AI Solutions |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI and cyber security in one team | Partly | No | Yes |
| Senior practitioners doing the work | Partly | Partly | Yes |
| Fixed-fee, outcome-scoped engagements | No | Partly | Yes |
| Weeks to first value, not quarters | No | Yes | Yes |
| Vendor-neutral recommendations | Partly | No | Yes |
| Sydney-based, onshore by default | Partly | Partly | Yes |
Industries
Built for regulated, data-rich sectors.
We know the obligations that shape your AI and security decisions, and we design for them from day one.
Financial Services
Lenders, wealth managers, insurers and super funds scaling AI under APRA scrutiny.
- CPS 234
- CPS 230
Healthcare & Aged Care
Clinical documentation, triage and admin automation for highly sensitive health data.
- Privacy Act
- Health records
Professional Services
Law, accounting and advisory firms protecting client confidentiality while automating knowledge work.
- Confidentiality
- Privilege
Manufacturing & Logistics
Forecasting, quality and supply-chain agents, with IT/OT security to match.
- OT security
- SOCI Act
Energy & Critical Infrastructure
Operators with critical infrastructure obligations modernising safely.
- SOCI Act
- Essential Eight
Education
Universities, schools and RTOs using AI responsibly with student data.
- Privacy Act
- Essential Eight
Retail & E-commerce
Personalisation, service agents and fraud defence at scale.
- PCI DSS
- Privacy Act
Government & Not-for-profit
Agencies and NFPs delivering more with less, securely.
- Essential Eight
- ISM
Ways to engage
Start small. Scale with confidence.
Accelerators
Fixed scope. Fixed fee.
Two to six week engagements with defined deliverables. The low-risk way to start.
- Clear deliverables
- No scope creep
- Board-ready outputs
Programs
Outcome-based delivery.
Multi-phase delivery of AI solutions or security uplift, scoped against the outcomes you need.
- Staged investment
- Security-tested releases
- Executive reporting
Managed Services
Always on.
Ongoing AI Guardian, MDR and vCISO+ services that keep you protected and improving.
- Monthly subscription
- Named Sydney lead
- Quarterly reviews
Who do you work with?
Mainly Tier 2 and mid-market organisations of roughly 100 to 2,000 people across Australia, typically where AI and security decisions sit with a lean executive team. We also support Tier 1 programs that need specialist AI security capability.
Does our data stay in Australia?
By default, yes. We design for Australian cloud regions and document data-residency, retention and model-provider terms at scoping, so your privacy and compliance teams can sign off early.
Which AI platforms and models do you use?
We are vendor-neutral. Depending on your environment and risk profile, that might be Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, Anthropic Claude or open-weight models on private infrastructure.
We already have an MSP or internal IT team. Where do you fit?
Alongside them. We bring specialist AI and security capability and leave your team stronger, with documentation, runbooks and knowledge transfer built into every engagement.
How do you price?
Accelerators are fixed-fee. Programs are scoped against outcomes with staged investment gates. Managed services are a predictable monthly fee. You get a firm proposal after a single discovery call.
How quickly can we start?
An executive briefing can usually happen within a week, and accelerators typically start within two to three weeks of sign-off.
Executive briefing
45 minutes. Real clarity.
A no-obligation session with a senior practitioner. You'll leave with a clear view of your top AI opportunities, your most material cyber and AI risks, and practical next steps.
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- Sydney, NSW, serving clients Australia-wide