How to Choose the Right Cybersecurity Technology for Your Organisation
Start from risk, obligations and team capacity, then compare products, platforms and managed services against weighted requirements.
Fortinet critical security updates: procurement questions for Australian organisations
ASD’s ACSC issued a critical alert on 23 October 2026. Here is what Australian organisations should ask providers about Fortinet patching and evidence.
Top 10 Questions to Ask a Managed SOC Provider Before You Sign
Before you sign a managed SOC contract, ask for evidence of what happens when an incident starts. These 10 questions turn provider promises into testable commitments.
Buying AI agents in Australia: how to evaluate, contract and price an AI agent
AI agent procurement in Australia: how to spot a real agent, nine tests, agent-specific contract terms, spend caps and a pilot you can stop.
Procuring Industrial Robots and Physical AI in Australia: Safety, Data and Contract Terms
How to procure industrial robots and physical AI in Australia: who carries safety responsibility, which ISO 10218 edition applies, who owns data and trained models, and what the contract should say.
Vendor-Neutral Procurement for Cybersecurity and AI Projects: What Neutral Means in Practice
What vendor-neutral procurement means for cybersecurity and AI projects in Australia: five working rules, how advisers are paid, and which conflicts to ask about.
How to Evaluate Cybersecurity and AI Vendors in Australia: Eight Steps
Eight steps to evaluate cybersecurity and AI vendors for an Australian enterprise, the obligations that shape requirements, and the evidence to ask every vendor for.
Post-Quantum Cryptography in Procurement: What to Require From Vendors Before 2030
ASD expects RSA and elliptic curve cryptography gone by 2030, and most organisations will get there through purchases and renewals. The ISM minimum for new purchases, tender questions, contract clauses and how to use every renewal.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Procurement in Australia: How to Buy DLP That Gets Switched On
Most DLP projects are bought for blocking and stay in monitor mode. How to scope, evaluate and contract DLP in Australia, including workplace surveillance notice rules and the sensitive data DLP itself stores.
Information Security in Procurement: What to Require at Each Stage of a Technology Purchase
Security requirements added after a supplier is chosen are requests; added before, they are conditions. What to require at each stage of a technology purchase, with a contract checklist mapped to the Information Security Manual.