About
Senior, independent security advice — delivered directly.
CyberByte Security gives Australian organisations direct access to an experienced security practitioner who can assess the problem, explain the business risk and help implement the remediation. You work with one senior practitioner throughout.
- 10+ years across IT, cloud & cyber
- Enterprise & government experience
- Principal consultant-led delivery
- Independent & Australian-owned
- Melbourne-based · Australia-wide
The founder
He finds the problem, explains the risk and helps drive the fix.
CyberByte Security is founded and led by Muhammad Gulzar. Muhammad brings 10+ years across IT, cloud & cyber, with enterprise & government experience. His background spans cloud engineering, vulnerability remediation, security uplift and complex technical delivery.
Assessment is only part of the job. Muhammad's background includes implementing security improvements across complex environments, not only identifying gaps. He also holds the OffSec Certified Professional (OSCP) certification, supporting our hands-on capability in vulnerability analysis, exploitation and technical validation. You receive validated findings, clear priorities and remediation guidance grounded in how the environment actually operates.
Behind that sits substantial Microsoft, cloud and infrastructure experience across Active Directory, SCCM, Entra ID, Defender, Intune, Microsoft 365 and Azure, together with enterprise platforms including ServiceNow. The advice is grounded in how your environment really works.
This experience informs our approach to complex environments, regulated operations, stakeholder communication, evidence-based reporting and practical remediation. You work directly with the senior practitioner responsible for the engagement.
Muhammad Gulzar
Founder & Principal Security Consultant
Independence
Independent advice without a reseller agenda.
CyberByte Security is founder-led and Australian-owned. We do not resell a predetermined vendor stack or earn commissions from the recommendations we make. Our advice is based on the client's environment, risk and operating requirements.
That independence is the whole point. You get advice you can trust precisely because there's nothing else we're trying to sell you on the back of it.
How we work
Four commitments we work to
The way we operate is as deliberate as the advice. These guide how we engage.
Outcomes, not hours
We sell a result, not a timesheet. You're paying for the answer and the path forward — not for time on a clock.
Fixed price for the agreed scope
The number is agreed before we start. If the agreed scope changes, any variation is documented and approved before additional work begins.
Plain English
Reports are structured for both decision-makers and technical stakeholders: a plain-English executive summary, evidence-based findings and actionable remediation guidance.
Recommend on merit
We'll tell you the smallest credible engagement — even when that means pointing you elsewhere or telling you to do nothing.
Credentials & company
Credentials and operating foundations
CyberByte Security combines an Australian-incorporated business, senior practitioner-led delivery, enterprise and government experience, and hands-on offensive-security capability. Specific procurement, insurance and panel requirements are confirmed for each opportunity.
Enterprise & government experience
Experience across private enterprise and Australian government environments, including cloud engineering, security uplift, vulnerability remediation and technical delivery in environments informed by the ISM and PSPF where applicable.
OSCP-certified
OffSec Certified Professional (OSCP), verified on credential.net (September 2022) — genuine, hands-on penetration-testing depth.
Verify the OSCP credentialMicrosoft & cloud security
Years of hands-on Entra ID, Defender, Intune, Microsoft 365 and Azure security engineering.
Australian Pty Ltd since 2019
CyberByte Pty Ltd (ABN 57 637 580 646) was incorporated in Melbourne in 2019, delivering IT, cloud and security engineering. The CyberByte Security cyber practice launched in 2026. Australian-owned and founder-led.
Australia-wide
Melbourne-based and available Australia-wide, for organisations of about 15 to 200 staff and their supply chains.
FAQ
Questions buyers ask
We sell advice, assessments and testing at published, fixed prices. We don't resell hardware, software or licences, we don't take vendor commissions or incentives, and we don't run anyone's IT under a managed-services contract, so our findings aren't shaped by what we could sell you next. When fixes are needed, you choose who does them: your own IT provider, or us through an optional, fixed-scope remediation sprint.
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.