MSP Pie's directory in Sydney currently includes 39 Essential Eight providers. Worth knowing: the Essential Eight is the Australian Cyber Security Centre's baseline set of mitigation strategies; providers offering this help a business assess and lift its maturity against that specific framework. Some background: buying Essential Eight uplift work usually means agreeing which maturity level is the target and how progress against it will be assessed.
The most common specialisms across the list in Sydney are Essential Eight (39), Cyber security (38), Managed IT and helpdesk (37), Microsoft 365 (31), Cloud and hosting (29). In total, 101 distinct specialisms are represented across this group of providers in Sydney. Founding years among them range from 1989 to 2024. 4 of the 39 report a team size of 201-500. They are based across 13 different suburbs. Of the 39, 19 have an office in Sydney -- the others cover it as a service area. 24 of the 39 operate from more than one office across Australia.