MSP Pie's directory in Brisbane currently includes 23 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 (23), Managed IT and helpdesk (23), Cyber security (22), Cloud and hosting (18), Microsoft 365 (18). In total, 96 distinct specialisms are represented across this group of providers in Brisbane. Founding years among them range from 1989 to 2024. 3 of the 23 report a team size of 51-200. They are based across 7 different suburbs: Brisbane, St Leonards, Melbourne, Sydney, West Perth, Adelaide, Keysborough. Of the 23, 14 have an office in Brisbane -- the others cover it as a service area. 18 of the 23 operate from more than one office across Australia.