MSP Pie's directory in Perth currently includes 19 Essential Eight providers. 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 Perth are Essential Eight (19), Cyber security (19), Managed IT and helpdesk (17), Cloud and hosting (16), Backup and disaster recovery (13). In total, 90 distinct specialisms are represented across this group of providers in Perth. Founding years among them range from 1990 to 2024. 3 of the 19 report a team size of 51-200. They are based across 9 different suburbs. Of the 19, 10 have an office in Perth -- the others cover it as a service area. 14 of the 19 operate from more than one office across Australia.