Practical IT tools for your business

Estimate downtime costs and review your backup and security practices. Use these tools to identify questions for your next IT review; no sign-up is required for the calculators and self-checks.

Downtime Cost CalculatorWhat does an hour of "the system is down" really cost you?

How many staff? Average hourly cost per person ($) Hours of IT downtime per month

Backup & Recovery Health CheckReview backup frequency, restore testing and recovery planning.

Do your backups run automatically every day?

Have you successfully test-restored from backup in the last 6 months?

Is at least one backup copy offsite or immutable (ransomware can't touch it)?

Do you know how long a full recovery would take?

Cyber Insurance ReadinessReview common security controls before speaking with your insurer.

Tick everything your business genuinely has today:

Multi-factor authentication on all email and remote access EDR (managed endpoint detection) on every computer Tested, offsite backups A patching schedule that actually happens Staff security-awareness training A written incident response plan Admin rights restricted to those who need them Business-grade email filtering

SMB1001 Cyber Baseline Self-CheckThe Australian SMB security standard — the one we're Gold-certified in.

Answer honestly — nobody sees this but you:

Unique, strong passwords everywhere (ideally a password manager)?

Multi-factor authentication on email and key systems?

Software updates applied within a couple of weeks of release?

Daily backups of business-critical data?

A properly configured firewall at your network edge?

Anti-malware / EDR on every device?

Staff trained to spot phishing?

Access removed promptly when people leave?

Dark Web Exposure ReportRequest a review of potential exposure linked to your business email domain.

Automated dark-web checkers are mostly theatre. Ours isn't automated: our security team runs a real breach-exposure check on your company domain and emails you a plain-English report of what we find — usually within one business day.

Your name Business email Company domain to check (e.g. yourbusiness.com.au)

AI Prompt BuilderBuild a structured prompt for common business tasks.

Most people type one vague sentence into AI and get a vague answer back. The trick is structure: role, context, requirements, format. Pick your options below and we'll build the prompt for you — copy it straight into ChatGPT, Copilot or Gemini.

What do you need the AI to do? Your industry Tone

The specifics — who it's for, key points to cover, anything the AI should know

Cyber Watch — live threat feedReal-time security headlines and ACSC alerts, updated around the clock.

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