For Australian business owners

1 in 5 businesses don't survive a major cyber attack.

And a cybercrime is reported in Australia every six minutes. The question isn't whether you'll be targeted. It's whether you'd survive it.

Most owners assume that if they are ever hit, they pay the ransom, lodge the claim, and the insurer settles the bill. It rarely works that way. This free guide shows you what insurers now actually require, and whether your business could satisfy them today.

1 in 5
Australian businesses wouldn't survive a major cyber attack
Every 6 min
a cybercrime is reported in Australia
~40%
of cyber claims refused, for controls they couldn't prove

Sources: ASD / ACSC Annual Cyber Threat Report 2024-25; industry data.

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What's inside

Walk into your next renewal actually ready

Not a sales brochure. A genuine guide on a problem catching Australian businesses off guard right now, written by security architects.

01

What insurers really want

What 'prove you're compliant' actually means, why chasing your suppliers is the wrong move, and the four questions that settle it with your insurer in one email.

02

The framework decoder

SOC 2, Essential Eight and ISO 27001 without the acronym soup, and the one that most likely fits an Australian business, so you stop paying for the wrong thing.

03

A readiness self-check

A quick tick-box test of whether you could satisfy an underwriter today, and where the gaps between 'we think so' and 'we can prove it' are hiding.

A true story, lightly disguised

The renewal that quietly turned into a compliance audit.

An Australian retailer with a store in almost every Westfield in the country goes to renew cover they've carried for years. This time the insurer wants proof of compliance they've never been asked for. Confused, they start asking their own suppliers, even their accountant, to prove compliance nobody in the chain actually holds. The deadline closes in. And the easy way out on offer, a cheaper policy with fewer questions, would quietly leave them more exposed than before. Every move in that story is the wrong one. The guide shows you the right ones.

Ten minutes now. One less crisis later.

Open the guide, take the self-check, and find out whether your business could stand behind its own insurance policy.

Vintaris provides cybersecurity assessment and advisory (Virtual CISO) services. This guide is general information and is not legal, financial or insurance advice. Framework requirements and insurer practices vary and change over time. Confirm your specific position with your insurer, broker and, where relevant, a qualified legal adviser.