The inSUPPORT Method

The 6 Step Cyber Strength System

Most IT providers sell you security in pieces. The audit is one bill. The remediation is another, usually triple the first. The ongoing support is a third. And the cyber insurance is left for you to sort out with a broker.

You end up with a folder full of compliance paperwork and no real idea whether you are actually covered.

The 6 Step Cyber Strength System: Consult, Audit, Remediate, Comply, Insure, Support

We built the 6 Step Cyber Strength System to do it differently.

The 6 Step Cyber Strength System is inSUPPORT's method for taking an Australian business from its first audit to compliant and covered, usually within 30 to 90 days depending on how the environment looks when we start. One team runs your managed IT, your compliance-framework-aligned security and remediation, and a cyber insurance pathway, so the pieces actually fit together. Remediation is included in your support fee, not billed back to you as a surprise project. Cyber insurance, backup and security-awareness training are available as clearly-quoted add-ons, arranged and coordinated by the same team, so nothing falls through the gap between your IT provider and your broker.

The difference is what we optimise for. We do not align your environment to a framework just to tick a box. We maintain it against the controls your insurer actually expects, so that if you are ever breached, your policy has the best chance of responding.

How it works: the six Strengths

Each step builds on the one before it. We call them Strengths, because each one is a layer of protection your business keeps for good.

1
Consult

Know Your Risk

We start by understanding your business: your goals, your industry obligations, your risk profile, and where you want to be in twelve months. We listen before we recommend anything. This is the foundation everything else is built on.

2
Audit

See the Gaps

We run a full technical audit of your environment against the compliance frameworks that apply to your industry, and document it as a plain-English report. You get a complete picture of where you stand, with an audit trail you can rely on.

3
Remediate

Fix Everything

Every red and amber item the audit finds gets fixed, included in your support fee, completed within about 30 days depending on complexity. No project invoice. No separate quote. Most environments see their security posture score rise from around 30 to 40 percent to about 70 to 75 percent inside the first week.

4
Comply

Prove It

We align your environment to the compliance frameworks appropriate for your business and to your obligations under Australian privacy law, and we give you documented evidence of it, not just verbal assurance. If you ever want formal ISO 27001 certification, the groundwork is already done.

5
Insure

Stay Covered

Cyber insurance that matches your industry and coverage requirements is arranged through our licensed insurance partners and underwritten by some of the world's most reputable insurers. Cover is subject to the insurer's assessment. If you already hold a policy, we review it against the technical controls it assumes, because a policy you cannot claim on is not protection.

6
Support

Always On

Once your environment is clean and aligned, we keep it that way. Ongoing support on the service level you choose, covering your users and devices, with a named contact and an escalation path that does not end in a ticket queue.

Why we built it around the insurance, not the framework

Here is the insight most providers miss: an environment can pass a framework checklist on paper and still fail the conditions your insurer needs to actually pay a claim.

Cyber insurance claims do not usually get denied because the breach did not happen. They get denied because the controls the insurer assumed were in place were not: a setting that lapsed, a gap that was never closed, an incident that was not reported in time. The framework said aligned. The policy still said no.

This is not theoretical any more. In October 2025 the Federal Court fined Australian Clinical Labs $5.8 million. $4.2 million was for failing to protect the information of more than 223,000 people. The other $1.6 million was for failing to investigate the incident promptly and failing to report it in time.

A third of that penalty was for what happened after the attack. The controls you can evidence, the speed you can investigate, the records you can produce: that is the difference between an incident and a catastrophe.

We are not building you a compliant environment that just looks good on paper. We are building you an insurable one, and maintaining it that way.

So we manage to a different test. When a policy's wording changes, we adjust your environment so there is no avoidable reason a claim would not be paid.

Who this is for

Built for Australian businesses, roughly 30 to 300 users, that have outgrown break-fix IT and cannot carry the risk of getting cyber wrong. You will recognise yourself if:

You have been quoted a five-figure sum for a security audit, then quoted again, more, to fix what it found.
Your cyber insurance is up for renewal and someone has finally asked whether you would actually be covered.
A competitor or someone in your industry just got breached, and the board wants to know you are protected.
You are a CFO or owner carrying IT on top of your real job, with no one in-house who can answer the compliance questions.

We work with businesses that are ready to lock it down. We standardise environments to a known-good state, and we do not negotiate on the controls that keep you covered.

Evidence

What the system delivers.

About 4 hours
Technical onboarding
30 to 90 days
Agreed remediation program complete, by complexity
30-40% to 70-75%
Security posture score, first week
8 frameworks
Essential 8, CIS Controls, Cloud Control Matrix, NIST CSF, SMB1001, IRAP, ISO 27001 / SOC 2-aligned

Instant Windscreens & Tinting

One of inSUPPORT's longest-standing clients, with an environment managed to SMB1001, Essential 8 and the ISO 27001 standard, and frontline workers across the network brought up to standard with managed devices and accounts.

A national franchise network

inSUPPORT standardised IT and telco across the network, taking per-store cost down sharply and freeing budget the franchises redirected into a new ERP system.

About Kane Nawrocki

Kane Nawrocki, Founder & CEO, inSUPPORT. More than 25 years in IT, from building servers as a teenager to running enterprise security and compliance for Australian businesses.

Common questions about the 6 Step Cyber Strength System

What is the 6 Step Cyber Strength System?

It is inSUPPORT's method for taking a business from first audit to compliant and covered, usually within 30 to 90 days. The six steps are Consult, Audit, Remediate, Comply, Insure and Support, run by one team so your IT, compliance and insurance pathway actually join up.

Why is the remediation included instead of quoted separately?

Because charging for the audit and then quoting more to fix what it found is how most of the industry works, and it leaves businesses half-protected. We include the remediation in your support fee so the work actually gets done, every red and amber item, within about 30 days depending on complexity.

Will this make sure my cyber insurance pays out?

We cannot guarantee any insurer's decision. What we can do is maintain your environment against the controls your policy assumes, and review the policy against what is technically in place, so when something goes wrong your claim has the best chance of responding. Cover is always subject to the insurer's assessment.

Ready to see where you stand?

Most businesses do not know whether they are genuinely covered until something goes wrong. A Cyber Strength Audit tells you before that happens, where the gaps are and exactly what it takes to close them.

Book your Cyber Strength Audit