MSP Pie's directory in Brisbane currently includes 28 Essential Eight providers. For context: 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 Brisbane are Essential Eight (18), Cyber security (17), Managed IT and helpdesk (13), Cloud and hosting (12), ISO 27001 (9). In total, 43 distinct specialisms are represented across this group of providers in Brisbane. Founding years among them range from 1989 to 2024. They are based across 12 different suburbs. Of the 28, 14 have an office in Brisbane -- the others cover it as a service area. 22 of the 28 operate from more than one office across Australia.