Cybersecurity That Makes Sense for SMBs - Practical protection for your business without the fear jargon or enterprise-level overhead

Aegis Cybersecurity, alltasksIT & Huntress presents...

Cybersecurity That Makes Sense for SMBs

Practical protection for your business without the fear, jargon, or enterprise-level overhead.

PRESENTER

Luke Irwin

(Aegis Cybersecurity)

ISSMP, CISSP, CISM, GC Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics

GUEST SPEAKER

Jasa Rakus

(Huntress)

Senior Sales Engineer, Solution Architect, Trusted Security Advisor

The purpose of the series is to introduce SMB1001 as a practical framework for improving how a business manages technology and cybersecurity rather than approaching cybersecurity primarily through regulatory compliance or fear of cyber incidents.

Cybersecurity doesn’t need to be complicated, expensive, or designed like a large enterprise.

Join alltasksIT and cybersecurity specialist Luke Irwin for a practical webinar introducing SMB1001, Australia’s cybersecurity framework designed specifically for small and medium businesses.

This session is focused on helping business leaders understand what good cybersecurity looks like, how to assess their current position, and how to improve over time using a structured and practical approach.

Whether you’re responsible for technology, risk, business operations, or strategic planning, this webinar will provide clear guidance on making cybersecurity manageable for your organisation.

What Leaders Will Leave With

Cybersecurity has traditionally been difficult for SMBs —
- Most recognised cybersecurity standards were not designed around small-business resources.
- Businesses are frequently given disconnected recommendations rather than a coherent plan.
- Cybersecurity therefore becomes a collection of products rather than a managed capability.
- SMB1001 provides a structured pathway rather than expecting businesses to solve everything at once.

What is SMB1001? —
- What the standard is.
- Who it was designed for.
- The concept of a cybersecurity standard specifically designed around SMB capability.
- Practical rather than theoretical security.
- Certification versus simply adopting good practices.
- How the standard is updated as cybersecurity expectations change.

The five-level model —
- Bronze — Level 1
- Silver — Level 2
- Gold — Level 3
- Platinum — Level 4
- Diamond — Level 5
- You do not need to start at the top.
- Each level builds upon the previous level.
- Different organisations legitimately need different levels of security.
- The appropriate destination depends upon the organisation, information, customers, risk and operating environment.
- Bronze through Gold use director attestation.
- Platinum and Diamond introduce external verification.

What does SMB1001 actually look at? — Major control areas:
Technology Management
- Devices
- software
- patching
- malware protection
- email
- detection and monitoring
Access Management
- Passwords
- MFA
- accounts
- privileged access
Backup and Recovery
- Backups
- verification
- resilience
- recovery
Policies and Plans
- How the business expects technology and information to be managed
- preparation for incidents
- organisational responsibilities
Education and Training
- Helping staff make better decisions
- recognising attacks
- preparing the organisation to respond

Why would a business bother? —
Focus on positive business outcomes:
Fewer technology surprises.
Reduced likelihood of avoidable incidents.
Better ability to recover when something goes wrong.
Better understanding of what technology the business actually relies upon.
More confidence in suppliers and IT providers.
Easier conversations with customers, insurers and business partners.
A roadmap for deciding where cybersecurity money should be spent.
Demonstrating cybersecurity maturity where required.

Session Agenda

A Practical Cybersecurity Briefing for Small and Medium Businesses

10:30	Why Cybersecurity Remains Challenging for SMBs: Understanding common security challenges, emerging threats, and why many organisations struggle to know where to start.
10:40	Introduction to SMB1001: What SMB1001 is, who it was designed for, and how it provides a practical roadmap to improving cybersecurity maturity.
10:50	Understanding the SMB1001 Maturity Journey: The five levels of SMB1001 and how organisations determine the right target based on their business needs, risk profile, and industry requirements.
11:00	The Security Controls That Matter Most: Key areas including technology management, access management, backup and recovery, security awareness training, and governance.
11:10	Huntress Threat Briefing: What We Are Seeing in the SMB Market: Real-world attack trends, the importance of SIEM and EDR, identity threats, privilege abuse, MFA controls, invoice fraud, and practical lessons learned from responding to incidents.
11:25	Questions, Discussion & Next Steps – Practical guidance for organisations looking to strengthen cybersecurity and begin their SMB1001 journey.

Event Details

Date: 09/10/2026
Time: 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM AEST
Format: Online Webinar
Duration: 60 minutes
Cost: Free to attend
Host: alltasksIT
Content partner: AEGIS CYBERSECURITY and HUNTRESS

About the Speaker:

alltasksIT Team

alltasksIT · Guiding Australian businesses through the SMB1001:2026 journey. From initial assessments and remediation planning to certification readiness, we help organisations improve cybersecurity resilience and governance.

AEGIS CYBERSECURITY

Luke Irwin
ISSMP, CISSP, CISM, GC Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics
CEO & Principal Consultant, Aegis Cybersecurity

Huntress

Jasa Rakus (Guest Speaker)
Over 2 decades of experience in IT with focus on complex Cybersecurity and Network environments.
Huntress will discuss how their platform helps businesses address a range of SMB1001 cybersecurity controls

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