Create the safest and most future-ready financial services firm in your market.

Essential Tech helps financial planning, wealth management and lending firms protect client trust, maintain compliance and confidently embrace innovation.

Essential Tech leadership

ISO 27001:2022 certified

SMB1001 Partner

Australian owned · Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne

What keeps principals awake

Client trust is your most valuable asset

It’s also the first thing at risk when something goes wrong.

Regulatory breach

A licence or regulatory obligation you can’t evidence when it’s asked for.

Client data incident

Client financial and identity information exposed through email, a device or a supplier.

Downtime that stops client service

Advice, settlements and client meetings on hold while systems are down.

AI without governance

Staff using AI tools on client information without clear rules.

How we protect your firm

One partner for technology, security and compliance

Protect what you’ve built, keep client service running and adopt new technology safely, with one accountable partner.

Email, device and endpoint protection

Microsoft 365 security and compliance

Backup, continuity and recovery

Essential Eight maturity

SMB1001 certification readiness

Cyber insurance readiness

vCIO advisory and board reporting

Illustration of a leadership-ready assessment report with a maturity score and prioritised roadmap

What you get

Evidence you can take to your licensee, insurer and board

Where we start

1. Discover

A discovery call to understand your requirements.

2. Propose

A tailored proposal based on what we find.

3. Onboard

Once accepted, a planned, documented onboarding.

4. Improve

Ongoing reviews, certification where it applies, and a roadmap.

Book your assessment

Let's find out where you stand

Tell us a little about your firm and what’s prompting the review. We’ll come back to you to book the discovery conversation.

Helping you protect what you’ve built and build what’s next. Australian owned, operating in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne with local accountability and global capability.