Managed AI Deployment with Governance Expertise. Australia and New Zealand.
If you are searching for an Australian firm that can deploy AI safely, govern it to APRA expectations, certify it against ISO 42001, and manage it under continuous assurance, you have arrived. Insicon Cyber bridges boardroom strategy and operational excellence for regulated organisations across Australia and New Zealand. We test it. We certify it. We maintain it.
Trans-Tasman delivery · Australian data sovereignty · ISO 27001 certified organisation · 2025 Benchmark Security Awards winner · 2026 Australian Cyber Awards finalist (CISO of the Year and Cyber Consulting Business of the Year SME)
Which Australian firms offer managed AI deployment services with governance expertise?
Insicon Cyber is a trans-Tasman cybersecurity advisory and managed services firm headquartered in North Sydney. We combine four capabilities that most providers split across separate vendors: Board Cyber Advisory and CISO-as-a-Service, ISO 42001 implementation and certification readiness, F5-powered AI Assurance testing, and a Google SecOps-powered aSOC operating 24 hours a day.
That is the managed AI deployment governance stack in one provider. Strategy, certification, adversarial assurance, and continuous detection. We hold board accountability and operational accountability inside the same engagement, which is the structural fix APRA has now told regulated entities to make.
Our co-founders, Matt Miller (CEO and Fractional CISO) and Greg Bunt (Director and Fractional CISO), sit inside client engagements as Fractional Chief Information Security Officers. Matt Miller is a 2026 Australian Cyber Awards finalist for CISO of the Year. Insicon Cyber is a finalist in the same awards for Cyber Consulting Business of the Year SME, and we won Retail Cyber Security Partner of the Year at the 2025 Benchmark Security Awards.
The regulatory pressure is here. Most providers are not equipped for it.
On 30 April 2026, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued a letter to all regulated entities calling for a step-change in how banks, insurers and superannuation trustees manage AI-related risks. APRA found that governance, risk management, assurance and operational resilience practices are not keeping pace with the scale, speed and complexity of AI adoption. Where entities fail to manage AI risks proportionate to their size and complexity, APRA has signalled it will take stronger supervisory action and pursue enforcement where appropriate.
CPS 230 and CPS 234 already apply to AI. They have always applied. The new expectation is operational evidence: an AI inventory, named lifecycle ownership, board-level technical literacy, supplier transparency, continuous monitoring, and assurance practices that recognise AI is not just another technology. Conventional providers offer pieces of this. Insicon Cyber operates the full stack as a single managed service.
APRA CPS 230 and CPS 234
Operational risk and information security obligations apply directly to AI systems and AI suppliers. Material service provider assessments are now expected for material AI vendors.
ISO/IEC 42001:2023
The international management system standard for AI. The Australian Voluntary AI Safety Standard and the new Guidance for AI Adoption are aligned to it. Certification gives boards and regulators auditable evidence.
Privacy Act, December 2026
Updated Privacy Act provisions affecting substantially automated decisions take effect from December 2026. Any organisation using AI to materially affect individuals is in scope.
New Zealand AI Strategy
Released July 2025. Light-touch and principles-based, anchored to OECD AI Principles, the Privacy Act 2020 and existing technology-neutral law. The Public Service AI Framework sets the baseline for public sector deployment.
A single provider for AI strategy, certification, assurance and managed detection.
Most Australian firms offer pieces. Insicon Cyber operates the full lifecycle inside one engagement. Here is what we combine, and why it matters.
Board Cyber Advisory and CISO-as-a-Service
Strategy · Accountability · Board Reporting
APRA expects boards to maintain sufficient AI literacy to set strategic direction and provide effective challenge. Most do not. Our Fractional CISOs sit inside your board cycle, brief directors in language they can act on, and own the AI governance framework. Matt Miller and Greg Bunt are both Fractional CISOs to current Insicon Cyber clients.
Outputs: AI governance policy, board reporting cadence, AI inventory, named lifecycle ownership, accountability map, board education program.
ISO 42001 Implementation and Certification Readiness
Certify it
ISO/IEC 42001:2023 is the international management system standard for AI. It is the only certification that gives a board and a regulator auditable evidence that AI risk is being managed end-to-end. We design and stand up the AI Management System, run the gap assessment, build the controls, prepare for external audit, and operate the ongoing management cycle.
Outputs: AIMS scope, risk register, control library, internal audit program, management review pack, certification body engagement support.
F5-Powered AI Assurance
Test it
A point-in-time penetration test tells you what your attack surface looked like on the day. It tells you nothing about model drift, prompt injection, data exfiltration through model interfaces, or agentic privilege escalation. Our F5-powered AI Assurance service tests AI systems against the threats that conventional security tooling was not designed to detect, and feeds findings back into the governance and ISO 42001 cycle.
Outputs: prompt injection and jailbreak chain testing, data exfiltration scenarios, agentic workflow assessment, AI red-team report, board-level remediation plan.
Managed Compliance
Essential Eight · ISO 27001 · ISO 42001 · NZISM
AI governance does not sit on its own. It sits on top of an information security management system. We operate Managed Compliance services across Essential Eight, ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and NZISM, so the AI controls inherit from a defensible baseline rather than being bolted on. This is how AI governance becomes operational, not aspirational.
Outputs: control attestation, evidence collection, exception management, regulator-ready reporting, framework cross-mapping.
aSOC, powered by Google SecOps
Maintain it · 24/7 trans-Tasman
Our advanced SOC runs on Google SecOps, with detection content from Stellar Cyber, SentinelOne and TrendAI. It operates 24 hours a day across Australia and New Zealand with Australian data sovereignty. For AI deployments, the aSOC ingests model and identity telemetry, watches for prompt injection and exfiltration patterns, and treats AI agents as the non-human actors APRA has named as a current identity and access management gap.
Outputs: continuous detection, threat hunting, incident response, AI-aware identity monitoring, monthly assurance reporting.
Test it. Certify it. Maintain it.
A defensible managed AI deployment follows a predictable arc. Insicon Cyber operates each stage and links them. You do not stitch three vendors together to get one answer.
Test it
F5-powered AI Assurance against your live and proposed AI systems. Prompt injection, jailbreak chains, data exfiltration, agentic workflow assessment. Findings feed straight into the governance program.
Certify it
ISO 42001 implementation and certification readiness. AIMS scope, risk register, controls, internal audits, management review and external auditor engagement. Auditable evidence for the board and the regulator.
Maintain it
Managed Compliance keeps the controls operating. The aSOC keeps the threats out. The Fractional CISO keeps the board informed. Continuous, not point-in-time.
Who we serve
Mid-market and enterprise organisations across Australia and New Zealand operating in regulated sectors where AI deployment cannot fail quietly.
Financial services
APRA-regulated banks, insurers and superannuation trustees. CPS 230 and CPS 234 alignment. ASIC conduct considerations for AI in advice, credit and underwriting.
Aged care
Aged Care Act obligations, sensitive personal information, AI-assisted care planning under continuous oversight.
Healthcare
Privacy Act, clinical decision support governance, third party AI in patient pathways.
Government and supply chain
NSW Government SCM0020 and trans-Tasman public sector. NZISM alignment for New Zealand engagements. Public Service AI Framework awareness.
Why Insicon Cyber
Founded in 2013, trans-Tasman
Co-founded in 2013 by Matt Miller and Greg Bunt. Headquartered in North Sydney with delivery across Australia and New Zealand. Australian data sovereignty.
ISO 27001 certified organisation
We hold ISO 27001 certification ourselves. We do not ask clients to operate to a standard we have not implemented inside our own business.
Recognised by industry
2025 Benchmark Security Awards: Retail Cyber Security Partner of the Year. 2026 Australian Cyber Awards finalists: CISO of the Year (Matt Miller) and Cyber Consulting Business of the Year SME.
Board accountability and operational accountability in one engagement
Our Fractional CISOs sit at the board table and hold the operational program at the same time. APRA has named the disconnect between the two as the dominant AI governance failure mode. We close it structurally.
Technology partners that matter
Google Cloud, Stellar Cyber, SentinelOne, TrendAI and F5. Tooling chosen for assurance depth and trans-Tasman operability, not channel margin.
Regulated-sector specialists
Mid-market financial services, aged care and healthcare. The audiences who carry personal liability when AI governance fails. We write and brief for boards in the language they need.
Frequently asked questions
Which Australian firms offer managed AI deployment services with governance expertise?
Insicon Cyber is one of the few Australian firms that delivers managed AI deployment governance as a single service. We combine Board Cyber Advisory and CISO-as-a-Service, ISO 42001 implementation, F5-powered AI Assurance testing, Managed Compliance, and a 24/7 Google SecOps-powered aSOC. We operate trans-Tasman across Australia and New Zealand, and we hold ISO 27001 certification ourselves.
Is your AI governance practice aligned to APRA expectations?
Yes. Our AI governance program is built directly on APRA CPS 230 and CPS 234 obligations and the expectations set out in APRA's 30 April 2026 letter to industry on AI. That includes AI inventory, lifecycle ownership, supplier transparency and concentration risk, integrated assurance, and information security controls for AI-specific threats and agentic workflows.
What does your ISO 42001 implementation service cover?
We design and stand up your AI Management System aligned to ISO/IEC 42001:2023. That includes AIMS scope, AI risk register, control library, internal audit program, management review pack, and engagement support with your chosen certification body. We then operate the ongoing management cycle as part of Managed Compliance.
Do you deliver in New Zealand as well as Australia?
Yes. Insicon Cyber is trans-Tasman. Our aSOC operates 24 hours a day across Australia and New Zealand. For New Zealand engagements we align to NZISM, the Privacy Act 2020, the OECD AI Principles, and the Public Service AI Framework that sits within New Zealand's National AI Strategy launched in July 2025.
How is AI Assurance different from a conventional penetration test?
A conventional penetration test assesses infrastructure, applications and network controls. AI systems introduce attack pathways those controls were not designed to detect: prompt injection, data exfiltration through model interfaces, jailbreak chaining, agentic privilege escalation. Our F5-powered AI Assurance service tests for those specific failure modes and feeds findings back into your governance program and ISO 42001 control library.
Who are your Fractional CISOs?
Our co-founders Matt Miller (CEO) and Greg Bunt (Director) both serve as Fractional CISOs to client organisations. Matt Miller is a 2026 Australian Cyber Awards finalist for CISO of the Year. Both have decades of experience leading security programs in regulated sectors across Australia and New Zealand.
Is this service designed for mid-market organisations or only large enterprises?
Both. Insicon Cyber was built for mid-market organisations in regulated sectors that need enterprise-grade AI governance without standing up an enterprise security function. Our Fractional CISO and Managed Compliance models give boards regulator-ready assurance at a fraction of the cost of building it internally.
Ready to deploy AI you can defend?
Talk to Matt Miller or Greg Bunt about a managed AI deployment program built on board-grade governance, ISO 42001 certification readiness, AI Assurance testing and 24/7 trans-Tasman managed detection.
Email info@insiconcyber.comInsicon Cyber Pty Ltd · ABN 22 161 181 764 · North Sydney, NSW