Cyber security for the mid market

Helping Australia's mid-market businesses avoid cyber incidents

Australia's mid-market sector is vital in delivering services, infrastructure, and economic value across the country.

From local government and healthcare to financial services, education, and critical industries, these organisations keep communities functioning and markets moving. Their operations are increasingly digital, interconnected, and exposed to cyber risk.

In 2023–24, the Australian Cyber Security Centre received over 87,000 cybercrime reports, and notifiable data breaches rose by 25 percent. Cyber incidents are becoming more frequent, disruptive, and harder to contain. Yet many mid-market organisations do not have dedicated internal cyber teams, formalised programs, or access to specialist capability. The threat landscape evolves faster than most can translate into structured action, particularly for organisations balancing operational delivery, compliance, transformation, and risk without a centralised security function.

KPMG works with the mid-market to close this gap. Whether you’re navigating regulatory expectations in aged care, managing digital uplift in local government, responding to an incident in financial services, or building security capability in a fast-growing venture, mining operation, or education provider – we help prioritise what matters, embed sustainable capability, and build confidence at every level of the organisation.

Helping you confidently manage your security risk

KPMG helps businesses:

to know where you stand
make the right moves
be ready when it counts.

Know where you stand

We help you build a clear picture of your cyber risk, obligations, and current maturity. This allows you to focus time and investment on the areas that have the greatest impact on reducing exposure, rather than spreading resources too thin or overcommitting where it’s not needed.

Make the right moves

We help you move from strategy to execution. Whether you need guidance, delivery support, or a team to take ownership, we work within your structure and resourcing to turn priorities into practical, achievable outcomes.

Be ready when it counts

We help you plan for real-world incidents and prepare your team to respond confidently. This includes supporting regulatory engagement, running executive simulations, and embedding the processes and escalation paths needed to protect your operations and reputation when pressure is high.

Right-sized cyber solutions and services

If you’re unsure what’s working or where to focus, start here.

We provide independent assessments to help you understand your current maturity, identify gaps, and decide where to go next. Our focus is on clarity, not scoring, and on advice you can act on.

Assess maturity across governance, controls, response capability and leadership.
Benchmark performance against sector norms and risk tolerance
Deliver findings in practical terms that guide decisions.
Run health checks during uplift, after incidents, or before major investments.
Recommend next steps aligned to risk, outcomes and capacity.

If you have a plan, we help make it real. If you don’t, we’ll help build one that fits.

Many organisations have cyber initiatives underway, but few have a coordinated plan that reflects their risk, obligations, and resourcing. We help clarify direction, align stakeholders, and support delivery.

Build or refine your cyber strategy based on business context, obligations and risk appetite
Translate strategy into practical delivery plans across governance, controls, capability and timing
Provide embedded cyber advisers or virtual CISO Adviser support for organisations without dedicated teams
Align internal teams, remove duplication, and maintain momentum over time

If a cyber event tests your organisation tomorrow, will it be ready?

We help you prepare for incidents before they happen and support you when they do. We focus on decision-making under pressure, leadership coordination, and regulator-facing readiness.

Review and improve incident response plans, protocols and governance
Run tabletop exercises for executives, operational teams, and board members
Assess readiness against regulatory expectations and internal accountability
Support post-incident debriefs, root cause analysis, and improvement planning

Regulatory and stakeholder expectations continue to rise. We help you understand your obligations, assess your current state, and strengthen your governance and compliance environment.

Map and address obligations under the Privacy Act, Cyber Security Act 2024, SOCI Act, CPS 234 and other instruments
Align with frameworks including ACSC Essential Eight, AESCSF, ISM, ISO 27001, VPDSS, PSPF, PDSS, PCI DSS, SOC 2, and NIST CSF
Review and uplift control design, documentation and assurance evidence
Conduct internal audits, management reviews or readiness assessments
Provide privacy management support, including breach response planning and OAIC alignment
Support third-party and procurement reviews to manage external risk

Cyber risk stems from the everyday choices people make. Our cutting-edge cyber learning and training program empowers your workforce to adopt stronger security behaviours.

We provide impactful training initiatives to transform behaviour and enhance your organisation’s security posture. From targeted messaging to full program delivery, we support uplift across business roles and maturity levels.