MSP Pie's directory in Melbourne currently includes 52 Essential Eight providers. In short, 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. Worth knowing: 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 Melbourne are Cyber security (31), Managed IT and helpdesk (28), Essential Eight (27), Cloud and hosting (21), Backup and disaster recovery (15). In total, 63 distinct specialisms are represented across this group of providers in Melbourne. Founding years among them range from 1989 to 2025. They are based across 23 different suburbs. Of the 52, 27 have an office in Melbourne -- the others cover it as a service area. 34 of the 52 operate from more than one office across Australia.