Managed Security · Fortify
Continuous cyber security, measured monthly.
Fortify is IronSights' managed cyber security service for Australian SMEs. Continuous monitoring, fast response, and Essential Eight uplift, delivered by an Australian-staffed team.
We secure your users, devices, and Microsoft 365 environment so your business can operate without disruption, and prove it to your board, your insurer, and your clients every month.
Our approach
Fortify protects your environment.
We monitor your systems, respond to threats, and improve your security every month.
Security is not set once. It improves over time.
Monitor
Continuous detection across identities, endpoints, email, and cloud. Threats surface early, not after impact.
Respond
Australian analysts contain compromised accounts and devices in minutes, then explain what happened in plain language.
Educate
Targeted simulations and short-form training that lifts the human layer alongside the technical.
Improve
maturity moves forward every month: measured, reported, and benchmarked against your sector.
Scope
What's included
in every Fortify engagement.
Eight capabilities included as standard. No per-item upsell, no surprise scope. Every Fortify client gets the full programme.
24/7 monitoring
Australian-staffed SOC watching your environment continuously.
Endpoint detection
EDR deployed across all managed devices with behavioural detection.
Identity protection
Real-time alerts on compromised credentials and risky sign-ins.
DNS filtering
Malicious and domains blocked before reaching your users.
Phishing simulations
Regular campaigns with targeted retraining for staff who click.
Awareness training
Short modules covering the threats actively targeting your sector.
M365 security uplift
, Defender, and configured to ASD standards.
Monthly reporting
Plain-English posture report for the board, technical detail for IT.
Built for Microsoft environments
Fortify is engineered around Microsoft 365, the platform most Australian SMEs already run.
We don't layer third-party agents on top of Microsoft's stack. Instead, we configure Entra ID, Defender, Intune, and Purview to ASD standards — lifting your Microsoft Secure Score every month.
- Identity protection via Entra ID
- Conditional Access for every sign-in
- Endpoint security through Defender
- Secure Score lifted month on month
Built for real-world threats
The threats most likely to affect Australian SMEs, not theoretical risk.
- Ransomware
- Phishing attacks
- Business email compromise
- Credential compromise
- Unauthorised access
- Insider threats
- Supply chain attacks
What good looks like
Clear outcomes,
measurable every month.
Security is a posture, not a product.
Below are the four changes Fortify clients consistently see across their first six months: verified through monthly reporting, not promised at signing.
Fewer incidents
Most attacks never reach a user. Hardened identity, blocked domains, and applied controls remove the easy paths attackers rely on. The volume of incidents your team has to respond to drops sharply from month one.
Faster response
When something does get through, containment happens within the first hour, not the next business day. Our Australian-staffed SOC isolates the affected accounts and devices, then explains what happened in plain language.
Stronger controls
Identity, endpoints, and email configured to ASD standards and re-tested every month as the threat landscape moves. , Defender, and hardened deliberately, not left at the convenient defaults Microsoft ships with.
Improved posture
Your maturity tracked, reported, and benchmarked against your sector, so you can show the board where you sit, satisfy a application, or respond to a procurement questionnaire without scrambling.
Partnership
Already have an
IT provider?
Most of our clients do. Fortify is built to work alongside the team you already have, not replace them.
General IT and dedicated cyber security are different disciplines. We close the security gap without overlapping with the team already keeping your environment running.
MSP partner program→Your IT team
Internal or external
IronSights Fortify
Security operations
Hardware, devices, and procurement
Continuous threat monitoring across endpoints, identities, and email
Patching and software updates
Incident containment within the first hour
Helpdesk, onboarding, and user support
Essential Eight maturity uplift and reporting
Network and infrastructure
Phishing simulations and staff awareness training
Email and collaboration setup
Board, insurer, and procurement-ready briefings
Client voice
We weren’t looking for fear or complexity, we just wanted a clear picture of where we stood and what to focus on. IronSights delivered that. The advice was direct, practical, and aligned to how we work. It’s helped us move forward with confidence.
Akram
Managing Director · Student Immigration Agency
Common questions
Asked by buyers like you.
Not in this list? Email hello@ironsights.com.au or book a 30-minute consultation. No obligation.
Who is Fortify built for?
Australian small and mid-sized businesses (typically 20 to 500 staff) running Microsoft 365 as their primary technology environment. We are particularly well-suited to professional services, financial services, healthcare, and any organisation with client data sensitive enough that a breach would damage the business commercially.
Do we need to replace our IT provider?
No. Fortify works alongside your existing internal IT team or managed service provider. We close the security gap that general IT support is not staffed to cover: continuous monitoring, threat hunting, incident response, and Essential Eight uplift. We do not duplicate what your IT team already does well. If you want to understand exactly where that boundary sits, read our guide on IT support vs a dedicated cyber security provider. For organisations weighing managed security against building an in-house function, our overview of cyber security roles and salaries in Australia gives useful context.
How quickly can you onboard us?
Onboarding typically takes two to four weeks depending on the size and complexity of your environment. The first week is assessment, the second is deploying monitoring and hardening high-risk gaps, and ongoing weeks layer in the full Essential Eight programme.
What if we get hit by an incident?
Active incidents are covered by the service. Our team contains the affected systems, investigates what was accessed, and walks you through any notification obligations under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme. There are no additional response charges for incidents in scope.
How is Fortify priced?
Fortify is a monthly retainer scoped to the size of your environment: number of users, devices, and the complexity of your existing Microsoft 365 tenancy. We provide a fixed monthly fee following the initial assessment so you can budget with certainty.
Solutions we deploy
What Fortify puts in place.
Microsoft 365 Security
Harden identities, email, and data across the tenant you already run.
Explore solution→Microsoft Defender
Endpoint, identity, email, and cloud app threat detection across Defender.
Explore solution→Conditional Access
access policies and device compliance in .
Explore solution→Microsoft Purview
, , and information governance.
Explore solution→Copilot Security Readiness
Permissions and oversharing cleanup before a Microsoft Copilot rollout.
Explore solution→DNS Filtering
Network-layer blocking of malicious and domains.
Explore solution→Awareness Training
simulations and behavioural training that change habits.
Explore solution→Related services
Other IronSights capabilities.
Audit & Assurance
Start with an independent baseline assessment against , , , or before or alongside managed security.
Learn more→Penetration Testing
Validate that Fortify's hardened controls hold up against a real attacker. Manual pen testing to stress-test what we've built.
Learn more→Incident Response
Active incidents are covered within your Fortify engagement. For organisations not yet on Fortify, a retainer guarantees fast response.
Learn more→First step
Start with a review.
Tell us about your environment. We'll assess where your risks sit and put a scoped Fortify proposal in front of you within a week. No obligation.