Know where you're exposed, what matters most — and what it will take to fix it.
Independent ASD Essentials and Essential Eight assessments, senior security engineering and ongoing advisory for Australian organisations of about 15 to 200 staff. We find what's exposed, engineer the fix, and help sustain the result.
Credibility without bravado
- 10+ years across IT, cloud & cyber
- Enterprise & government experience
- Principal consultant-led delivery
- Independent & Australian-owned
- Melbourne-based · Australia-wide
ASD Essentials
8 domains · 3 priority phases
Across every phase
- Governance and culture
- Visibility and response
Priority phase 1
- Boundary services
- Identity services
Priority phase 2
- Critical processes and services
- Privileged environments
Priority phase 3
- Business systems
- User devices
Frameworks, obligations and security practices relevant to your environment
The CyberByte Security model
Assess. Engineer. Advise.
We find what's exposed, engineer the fix, and stay engaged to help it hold — one senior expert, end to end.
The work does not have to end at the report. We can help see it through.
The problem
The risk is rising and the rules are stacking — it can be hard to see where you stand.
One cybercrime reported to ASD roughly every 6 minutes — 84,700+ reports in 2024–25.
Average self-reported cost of cybercrime per report for a small business in 2024–25 (up 14%).
Cyber security incidents ASD responded to in 2024–25 — up 11% on the year before.
Services
Find it, fix it, and sustain the result
One senior expert across the full lifecycle, with particular depth in Microsoft 365, identity, cloud security and practical remediation.
Outcomes
We sell business outcomes — here's what you actually get
We focus on the four results that matter to a board.
Reduce real business risk
Not a wall of findings — a prioritised plan that addresses the risks that matter most, with indicative effort and cost ranges where supportable.
Prepare for security reviews
Prepare credible evidence to support insurer questionnaires, client due diligence and tender responses.
Get ready for ASD Essentials
Know where you stand against ASD's new framework, keep meeting any Essential Eight obligations, and follow a sequenced roadmap your board and IT provider can act on.
Harden Microsoft & govern AI
Lock down Entra ID, Defender and Intune, and roll out Copilot and AI with stronger controls over access and data exposure — securing the environment you actually run.
Founder
Muhammad Gulzar
Founder & Principal Security Consultant
Work directly with a senior expert
Work directly with the principal consultant responsible for the engagement.
CyberByte Security is founder-led by design. You work directly with Muhammad Gulzar — a senior consultant with 10+ years across IT, cloud & cyber — security uplift, vulnerability assessment and remediation, applied straight to your environment. Founder-level accountability and attention.
Enterprise & government experience
Regulated Australian environments
Security uplift & remediation
Hands-on fixing, not just finding
10+ years across IT, cloud & cyber
Enterprise & government experience
Microsoft & cloud
Entra, Defender, Intune, Azure
Why CyberByte Security
Senior, independent security advice — delivered directly
Three principles shape how we work: senior delivery, independence and practical accountability.
“The security partner a board can trust — senior, independent and hands-on.”
The CyberByte Security standard
Hands-on, with enterprise & government experience
Deep, hands-on capability across security uplift, vulnerability remediation and the Microsoft and cloud platforms you run, informed by complex, regulated Australian environments. Credibility without the bravado.
Independent and Australian-owned
Founder-led and Australian-owned, we give you a senior practitioner directly — one who assesses the problem, explains the business risk and helps implement the agreed remediation. You work with one senior practitioner throughout.
Outcomes, fixed price, no open-ended billing
Productised, fixed-scope engagements in business language. You know the scope and the price before you start. Buy the fix elsewhere if you want; our independence is the point.
Industries
Built for the verticals under the most pressure
We speak your sector's triggers — client questionnaires, PI renewals, tenders and confidential data.
Melbourne law firm, 80 staff
Target outcome
In a scenario like this, the firm could move from hoping it's secure to answering a client's security questions with evidence — turning a blocker into a competitive advantage.
An illustrative engagement scenario — a representative example of how we work, not an actual client result.
See the full scenarioTarget outcomes · indicative
ML1 → ML2
Target outcome: lift Essential Eight maturity from ML1 towards ML2
Secure Score uplift
Target outcome: materially lift the Microsoft 365 Secure Score
Evidence prepared
Target outcome: a security-review response supported by evidence
Free resource
Where do you actually stand?
Get a plain-English checklist to see where you stand and what to fix first. Free, by email, no obligation.
ASD Essentials Phase 1 Checklist for Microsoft 365
We'll email it straight away. Unsubscribe from marketing at any time.
Request a scoping call
Talk to a senior advisor.
A 20-minute scoping call: tell us what's prompting this, and we'll tell you the smallest credible engagement that solves it. Fixed price for the agreed scope, no obligation.