Date

Wed 10 June

2026

Time

11:00am AEST

Australia / Melbourne

Format

Live webinar

Microsoft Teams · recording available to registrants

Duration

45 min + Q&A

No fee · no obligation

Who it’s for

Business owners and senior leaders in Victorian SMBs

SecureVIC is built for Victorian small and medium businesses with 10 to 40 office staff, in industrial & manufacturing, professional services, accounting and financial services, or freight and logistics. Especially relevant if you run on Microsoft 365 and rely on technology for daily operations.

Most businesses do not need a cyber disaster to have a security problem. Risk typically develops incrementally through small gaps that have not been reviewed or addressed over time.

What we hear from business owners

You shouldn’t need to be an IT expert to protect your business.

If any of these sound familiar, you’re not alone, and you don’t have to figure it out without support.

“I’m not sure if we’re actually secure.”

You’ve invested in Microsoft 365 and have some IT in place, but you don’t have a clear picture of your actual exposure.

“We hold sensitive client data, that worries me.”

Financial records, contracts, or personal information. A breach doesn’t just cost money, it costs client trust.

“A security incident would stop us cold.”

Your operations depend on digital systems. Ransomware or data loss isn’t just an IT headache, it’s a business crisis.

Small gaps, quietly growing, that’s where most risk begins

When most people think about cyber security, they picture a major incident, a hacked system, a ransom demand, a business brought to a standstill. But for most Victorian businesses, security problems don’t start that way.

They start with smaller things that go unnoticed for too long. An account with more access than it should have. Backups that exist but haven’t been checked. Multi-factor authentication that isn’t fully in place.

On their own, none of these feel urgent. Together, they create gaps that quietly grow, in a business that is otherwise running well.

What you’ll learn

How managed IT, security and governance fit together

A clear, business-focused look at where IT support fits, why security can still feel reactive, and what the SMB1001 framework brings to the picture.

Where managed IT support fits, and where it stops

The practical reality of what Managed IT Services contribute to security, and where the IT layer ends and the governance layer begins.

Why security still feels reactive

How risk accumulates over time through small gaps, users with too much access, processes that were never documented, reviews that never happened, rather than through a single catastrophic failure.

What layered security means in practice

How identity, email, endpoints, data, and governance work together, and why “having tools” is not the same as “having security”.

SMB1001, in plain English

An introduction to the Australian SMB1001 maturity framework. Silver as a practical baseline, Gold as an aspiration, and what each means for daily operations.

Learn about SMB1001 →

Why now

Two numbers worth knowing

$66k

Average financial loss per cybercrime report for Victorian businesses, the second highest of any Australian state.

93%

Of all business cybercrime incidents reported in Australia involve small businesses.

Your hosts and speakers

Two perspectives, one conversation

Hosted by Emily Dehamer, with two practitioners covering the IT and governance sides of security in the same room, not siloed.

Emily Dehamer, Webinar Host & Facilitator

Emily Dehamer

Host & Facilitator

Welcomes the audience, manages the platform, and keeps the session running smoothly so both speakers can focus on the content. Facilitates Q&A and audience chat throughout.

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Linden Jackson, Managing Director, Agile IT Solutions

Linden Jackson

Managing Director, Agile IT Solutions

More than 30 years in IT. Founded Agile IT in 2007 to bring deliberate, business-focused technology management to Melbourne and Mornington Peninsula SMBs. Covers the managed services and day-to-day security layer.

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Nikita Raina, Founder, Secura Advisory

Nikita Raina

Founder, Secura Advisory

Runs Secura Advisory, a Melbourne consultancy working with SMBs on cyber governance and compliance. Covers the GRC layer, obligations, SMB1001 alignment, and what good security actually looks like in structure.

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An Agile IT consultation over coffee

Focus on what matters most while we take care of your business technology.

At Agile IT Solutions, we’re more than just IT providers, we’re part of your team, working alongside businesses across Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula to keep you secure, productive, and ready for what’s next.

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What happens next

Free 30-minute Initial Security Review

After the webinar, attendees can book an Initial Security Review, a structured, non-technical conversation with a senior decision-maker to establish an initial view of your security maturity and priority risk areas.

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Step 01

30-minute review

High-level review against core SMB1001 Silver control areas. No tools or system access required.

Step 02

Red / Amber / Green snapshot

A clear RAG view across key security domains, plus identification of obvious gaps or inconsistencies.

Step 03

Clear next step

Guidance on whether a deeper Business Security Review (SMB1001 Gold aligned) would be valuable for your business. Light-touch, low-pressure.

Honesty over alarm

We don’t believe in scare tactics. Most cyber risk for growing businesses comes from quiet, ordinary gaps, not dramatic threats. SecureVIC is about seeing those clearly, talking about them honestly, and deciding what (if anything) is worth doing next.

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