Cyber security, emerging technology security, risk governance and cyber transformation. Advisory through to delivery. One firm accountable.
A complete operating model across strategy, architecture, detection, response, emerging technology risk and program delivery. One firm. One point of accountability.
Sapience provides specialist advisory and implementation management across the full cyber security lifecycle. Our work connects governance, architecture, detection, response and emerging technology risk into a single operating model aligned to your business priorities.
We cover both IT and OT environments. We remain your single point of accountability within the contracted scope, deploying trusted specialist partners under our direct oversight where deep technical execution is required.
Every engagement starts with your threat exposure, business requirements and technology stack. We link every recommendation to measurable risk reduction.We do not deliver tick-box compliance.
Augmented by AI. Accountable to You.
We use AI tools to accelerate research, documentation, analysis and evidence preparation, under defined controls over what data enters any tool and how outputs are handled. A qualified practitioner reviews, validates and owns every finding before it reaches you. AI speeds up the work. It never replaces the judgement.
Service Offerings
Four areas of advisory. One firm accountable for all of them.
Our Emerging Technology Security practice is a key differentiator. We maintain a dedicated practice for AI, Agentic AI and Post-Quantum Cryptography with proprietary reference architectures, first-principles threat models and end-to-end assurance. This is not an extension of our conventional cyber services. It is a standalone capability built from the ground up.
01
Cyber Strategy and Architecture
Strategy, governance, architecture, detection, response and resilience across IT and OT environments. Board advisory, threat profiling, risk appetite and fractional CISO included.
Enterprise risk integration, control design, compliance readiness and regulatory obligations. We connect cyber controls to governance frameworks and reduce duplication across standards.
Program delivery, change management and operating model design. We convert cyber strategy into delivery outcomes without disrupting operations across onshore, offshore and hybrid models.
We design, uplift and operationalise cyber capabilities across the full security lifecycle. Architecture, controls, monitoring and executive oversight connected into a coherent operating model.
1A
Strategy and Leadership
Strategic foundations and the translation of technical risk into business decision-making, from posture to board advisory.
Posture Assessment
Maturity and gap assessment across governance, architecture, protection, detection and response, benchmarked against peers and translated into prioritised investment decisions.
Cyber Strategy and Roadmap
Target maturity and sequenced roadmap linked to business-critical services, threat exposure and regulatory context.
Threat Profile
Sector and technology-specific assessment of relevant threat actors and attack techniques, including AI-driven scenarios.
Risk Appetite Definition
Cyber risk appetite and tolerance statements aligned to business impact and service criticality.
Board Advisory
Technical risk translated into business impact and financial exposure for board audiences, including board materials and business cases.
CISO as a Service
Fractional or virtual CISO support for executive forums, governance cadence, incident oversight and regulatory engagement.
Policy Framework
Governance artefacts and policy sets mapped to your architecture, integrations and control standards, with review cadence and exception handling built in.
Operating Model Design
Cyber operating models across in-house, outsourced and hybrid structures, with roles defined across the three lines of defence.
Cost Optimisation
Cyber cost rationalisation through consolidation of tools, providers, process streamline (6 Sigma), productivity uplift, waste reduction (LEAN), and operating model redesign.
1B
Architecture, Protection and Identity
Security architecture and controls designed for current and emerging threat scenarios, including AI-augmented attacks and cloud-native risk.
Zero Trust Architecture
Network segmentation, identity-centric controls and secure system integration across cloud-native, hybrid and AI-integrated environments.
Identity and Access Management
Workforce, third-party and machine identities under a least-privilege model, including privileged access management and lifecycle controls.
Asset Discovery
Accurate inventories of technology and data assets including shadow IT and unauthorised AI tools, feeding directly into risk assessment.
Data Protection and DLP
Encryption, key management and data handling across endpoints, email, cloud and network channels, with data sovereignty assessment.
Secure SDLC and DevSecOps
Security embedded into development pipelines through design reviews, code scanning, API security, secrets management and environment segregation.
Third-Party and Supply Chain Risk
Vendor cyber risk assessment extending to fourth-to-nth parties where organisational data resides.
1C
Governance and Compliance
Compliance readiness, regulatory engagement and privacy obligations that reflect operational realities rather than generic frameworks.
Compliance Readiness
Gap analysis, control uplift and evidence preparation for Essential Eight, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO 42001, SMB1001, NIST CSF, PCIDSS, PSPF, DISP and SOCI.
Current-state and transition baseline assessment; mapping existing Essential Eight controls and evidence; domain scoping across enterprise IT, cloud and OT as applicable; security action effectiveness assessment; gap identification and risk-based prioritisation; implementation planning and control uplift; executive reporting and ongoing assurance.
Regulatory Engagement
Structured support for CPS 230, CPS 234, NSW Cyber Security Policy and FIRB obligations, including direct regulatory dialogue and evidence artefacts.
Sovereign Posture Assessment
ICT sovereign risk assessment examining controlling entities and foreign ownership structures behind technology providers. Supports the FOCI assessment required under the Enhanced CIRMP Rules 2026 and DISP suitability assessment.
Privacy and Data Protection
Technical privacy impact assessments aligned to Australian Privacy Act, OAIC, UAE PDPL, DPDP Act 2023 and GDPR.
Provider Review and MSSP Assessment
Risk-based due diligence and maturity assessment of managed security service providers and security tools.
Third-Party Risk Management
Cyber and operational risk across suppliers and distributors, including integration risk and concentration exposure.
1D
Detection, Response and Resilience
Effective detection requires precision, not volume. Resilience requires preparation for deliberate, sustained cyber intrusion, not just controlled failovers.
Detection and Monitoring
Detection Engineering and SOC Design
Security monitoring strategy and SOC operating model, with use cases defined, prioritised and tuned against your threat profile.
Log Management and Telemetry
Data source selection, retention strategy and log quality assurance across cloud and on-premises systems.
Threat Intelligence
Sector-specific threat feeds integrated into monitoring, control prioritisation and executive reporting, including AI-assisted attack patterns.
Attack Surface Monitoring
Continuous oversight of internet-facing assets, with findings prioritised by exploitability and business impact.
Deception Technologies
Honeypots and canaries to detect lateral movement and unauthorised access, integrated into SOC triage processes.
Incident Response and Recovery
Incident Response
Playbooks, scenario-based exercises and structured support during active incidents, followed by post-incident reviews.
Cyber-Driven Resilience
Disaster recovery and crisis scenarios designed for cyber compromise events, where an intruder may remain undetected during remediation.
Business Impact Assessment
Critical services, recovery time and recovery point objectives, and dependency chains informing architecture and backup design.
Backup and Ransomware Resilience
Validation of backup integrity through restoration testing, segregation checks and recovery sequencing under simulated compromise.
Lessons Learnt Reviews
Structured post-incident analysis with outcomes tracked to closure and reported to executive forums.
1E — Specialist Advisory Areas
Capabilities engaged as targeted additions or standalone advisory
These areas sit alongside our core service pillars. Physical and OT implementation is delivered through specialist partners under our oversight.
Physical and Personnel Security
Advisory across offices, data centres and OT sites
Access management, surveillance, environmental safeguards and personnel oversight, including hybrid threat scenarios such as access card cloning and targeted personnel risk. Coercion, profiling and remote impersonation addressed.
Physical implementation delivered through specialist partners under our oversight.
OT Security Advisory
Advisory for operational technology environments
Asset visibility, network segmentation, remote access and monitoring design for OT environments, aligned to ISO IEC 62443, AESCSF and the Purdue Model. Air-gapped and connected plant environments covered.
Deep technical OT implementation delivered through specialist partners under our quality assurance.
Insider Threat
Use cases from role risk and behavioural patterns
UEBA tooling selection, targeted training design and complex collusion and exfiltration scenarios across employees, contractors and third-party personnel. Privilege abuse patterns addressed explicitly.
Cyber Insurance Liaison
Aligning controls to underwriting expectations
Trusted advisor between your organisation and cyber insurers, aligning control expectations to underwriting criteria and bridging technical evidence to insurer reporting requirements.
Insurance placement handled independently by licensed brokers within our network.
02 — Key Differentiator
Emerging Technology Security
AI, Agentic AI and Post-Quantum Cryptography introduce failure modes and attack scenarios that conventional security frameworks were not built to address. We provide end-to-end security coverage for these technologies, from architecture through to red-team assurance.
Key Differentiator
Dedicated capability with its own threat models, governance frameworks, assurance methods and proprietary reference architectures. We do not treat emerging technology security as an extension of existing services. It is a standalone capability built from the ground up.
2A
AI and Agentic AI Security
Agentic AI operates autonomously across systems, invoking APIs, making decisions and taking actions without direct human involvement. The attack surface is different. The governance model is different. The assurance requirements are different. Much of that risk sits not in the model but in the agent harness around it, in the orchestration loop, tool and function-calling layer, memory and context handling, connectors and the permissions they inherit.
AI Security Strategy and Governance
Accountability structures, acceptable use policies, model lifecycle oversight and responsible AI principles, aligned to ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF and MITRE ATLAS. EU AI Act and sector-specific requirements addressed where applicable.
AI Security Architecture and Control Design
Assessment of AI systems in context of your architecture and technology stack integrations. Control design covers model access, data inputs and outputs, API exposure, agent permissions, inter-system trust boundaries and human oversight mechanisms. Agent harness security addressed through tool and connector registration, sandboxing and egress control, context and memory integrity, credential scoping and session isolation. Agentic failure modes including privilege escalation through chained agents explicitly addressed.
AI Threat Modelling and Risk Assessment
Threat models covering attacks on the AI system and attacks using AI as a weapon. Scenarios include prompt injection, model manipulation, training data poisoning, adversarial inputs, model inversion, membership inference, insecure API exposure and harness-level abuse such as tool poisoning, malicious or compromised connectors and confused-deputy actions taken by an agent on a user's authority.
AI Red-Teaming and Penetration Testing
Conducted through specialist offensive security partners against AI-specific threat scenarios, covering prompt injection, model extraction, adversarial bypass, API abuse and agent harness escapes such as sandbox breakout, unauthorised tool invocation and instruction injection through retrieved or observed content. Findings are remediated and re-tested.
AI-Driven Attack Defence
Detection use cases, control design and monitoring strategies for AI-assisted reconnaissance, automated credential attacks, AI-generated social engineering and autonomous exploitation tools.
Managed Security for AI
Specialist MSSPs with capability to monitor and respond to threats specific to AI environments, including model behaviour anomalies, API abuse patterns and agentic activity outside defined boundaries.
Tool Selection and Implementation Oversight
Vendor-neutral selection and implementation oversight for AI security tooling, delivered through trusted specialist partners under our direct oversight.
Proprietary IP and Reference Architectures
Use case libraries and reference security architectures specific to AI, agentic AI and agent harness threats, providing a consistent and auditable baseline.
Sovereign Delivery: For government agencies and organisations with sovereign data handling requirements, we accommodate defined data boundaries, cleared personnel and controlled access environments across AI security engagements.
2B
Post-Quantum Cryptography Readiness
Quantum computing will render current public-key cryptographic algorithms obsolete. The harvest-now-decrypt-later threat is already in active use. NIST finalised its first post-quantum standards in 2024. Most organisations have not yet mapped their cryptographic dependencies. Preparation needs to start now.
PQC Readiness Assessment
Assessment of current cryptographic posture against post-quantum risk, including algorithms in use, their exposure to quantum attack and the criticality of protected systems and data.
Cryptographic Inventory
Structured inventory of cryptographic assets across infrastructure, applications, certificates, APIs, protocols and third-party integrations, providing the baseline for confident migration planning.
Migration Strategy and Transition Planning
Sequenced roadmap to NIST-approved post-quantum standards, including CRYSTALS-Kyber for key encapsulation and CRYSTALS-Dilithium for digital signatures. Hybrid approaches addressed for systems where full immediate migration is not feasible.
Integration and Architecture Review
Assessment of how PQC migration interacts with your TLS implementations, PKI, certificate management, hardware security modules, cloud services and OT systems.
Governance and Compliance Alignment
PQC migration program aligned to NIST IR 8547, NIST SP 800-208, NSA CNSA 2.0 and the ASD Information Security Manual, documented for board and regulatory reporting.
Vendor and Supply Chain Cryptographic Risk
Assessment of third-party cryptographic posture and migration readiness as part of your broader supply chain risk program.
Sovereign Programs: For sovereign-sensitive programs, cryptographic inventory, migration planning and related documentation are handled with appropriate access controls and data handling boundaries, consistent with the classification level of the program.
03
Risk and Governance Integration
Cyber risk does not exist in isolation. We connect cyber controls to enterprise risk management, compliance obligations and control assurance in a way that reduces duplication and improves accountability.
3A
Risk Integration and Quantification
Cyber risk connected to enterprise risk management, with scenario modelling and executive dashboards that support prioritised investment decisions.
Risk Metrics and Quantification
Qualitative and quantitative cyber risk analysis using scenario modelling. Multiple causal factors integrated into a single risk view to support prioritised investment decisions.
Enterprise Risk Profile
Cyber risk integrated with operational, technology and data risk into a unified enterprise risk profile. Interdependencies explicitly mapped to reduce siloed risk treatment.
Change Risk Assessment
Cyber risk assessment embedded into transformation programs and major system changes, evaluating control impacts, new exposure and dependency risks before go-live.
3B
Control Design and Assurance
Controls designed against actual threat scenarios, with assurance that confirms they are operating as intended.
Control Design
Controls designed against threat scenarios, risk exposure, vulnerabilities and compliance obligations. Approach consolidates overlaps across standards.
Control Assurance and Automation
Assurance across design and operating effectiveness, linked to the underlying risk profile. Automation of selected controls in monitoring, access and configuration management.
3C
Compliance and Third-Party Oversight
Regulatory obligations mapped to specific controls with clear accountability, and ongoing oversight of suppliers and service providers.
Regulatory Compliance Uplift
Obligations mapped to specific controls, evidence artefacts and accountability structures for CPS 234, CPS 230 and related prudential requirements.
Third-Party Risk Management
Cyber and operational risk across suppliers and distributors, including integration risk and concentration exposure. Ongoing oversight supports sustained assurance.
Provider Review and MSSP Assessment
Risk-based due diligence and maturity assessment of managed security service providers, security tools and other service providers.
04
Cyber-Enabled Transformation
We convert cyber strategy into delivery outcomes without disrupting core operations. Program delivery, change management and operating model design integrated into a single approach.
4A
Transformation and Program Delivery
Large-scale cyber initiatives managed with discipline, with control uplift embedded into platform change from the outset.
Transition Planning
Sequenced migration from legacy environments to secure platforms, with control uplift embedded and architecture decisions linked to measurable risk reduction.
Program Delivery
Management of large-scale cyber initiatives across cost, schedule, quality and risk, with executive reporting that maintains visibility of dependencies.
Change Enablement
Technical and business teams guided through new cyber controls and operating models using ADKAR principles. Adoption planning and communications embedded into delivery.
4B
Delivery Models
Flexible delivery structures tailored to program risk, sensitivity and geographic scope.
Retainer
Ongoing accountability, execution oversight, quality monitoring and periodic recalibration. Provides predictable cost and continuous risk reduction.
Onshore, Offshore and Hybrid
Delivery options tailored to program risk and sensitivity, with governance mechanisms defined to maintain quality across all models.
Sovereign Delivery in Australia
Cleared personnel, controlled access and defined data boundaries for sensitive programs and regulated environments.
4C
Global Presence
Capability across multiple jurisdictions to support complex programs, with delivery experience spanning APAC, the Middle East, India, the United Kingdom and Europe.
Australia — Primary
UAE — MENA
India — Delivery
United Kingdom — Europe
Specialist Delivery Network
Partners extend our reach. They do not dilute our responsibility.
Some capabilities require specialist execution beyond advisory. We deploy from a curated network of trusted specialists. We define the scope, set the quality bar, oversee delivery and integrate every output into one coherent outcome. You engage one firm throughout.
Offensive Security
Penetration testing, red and purple teaming, AI-specific red-teaming, social engineering assessment and dark web monitoring, coordinated and scoped under our oversight with findings integrated into your risk and remediation program.
Managed Security and DFIR
SOC operations, 24x7 monitoring, AI-environment threat detection, digital forensics and incident response capability, breach investigation, evidence management, technical recovery and crisis management coordination.
OT Security
Deep technical delivery for industrial control systems, SCADA environments, plant networks and OT segmentation, reserved for implementation and complex engineering work, executed under our quality governance.
Cyber Security Training
Role-based awareness programs for general staff and high-risk roles, executive and board training, AI-specific threat education and tabletop exercises, designed to reflect real threat scenarios.
Legal and Insurance
Independent legal advisers for contractual clauses, regulatory engagement, privacy obligations and cyber incident legal matters. Licensed brokers for cyber insurance placement and underwriting alignment.
Compliance and Audit
IRAP assessors, ISO lead auditors, PCI DSS (QSA & ISA Assessors) and framework certification specialists engaged when independent certification delivery is required.
Our Client Sectors
Organisations where cyber risk has real business consequences.
We work with organisations that need independent senior judgement, not additional headcount. Our model is suited to those with genuine risk complexity, active obligations and leadership that wants clear answers tied to business outcomes.
01 — Financial Services
Financial Services and Superannuation
APRA-regulated banks, insurers and superannuation funds gain a senior advisory partner who understands the intersection of CPS 230, CPS 234 and operational resilience in practical terms, not just compliance terms. We translate regulatory obligations into control design, governance structures and board-ready reporting that holds up under scrutiny.
02 — Health, Fintech and Payments
Health, Fintech and Payments
Private health groups, digital health platforms, fintech firms and payment providers gain cyber advisory that keeps pace with their growth. These organisations carry significant patient data sensitivity, payment system risk and multi-jurisdictional regulatory exposure across Australia, UAE and UK.
03 — Critical Infrastructure
Government and Critical Infrastructure
Federal and state government agencies and their suppliers gain structured support for annual attestation, governance uplift and ISM or PSPF alignment. SOCI-regulated entities across energy, telecommunications, transport and aviation gain an advisor who understands OT environments, sovereign obligations and the high-consequence nature of service disruption.
Other Sectors and SMB
Not in these sectors? You are still in the right place.
Cyber risk does not respect industry boundaries. Smaller and mid-sized businesses, professional services firms, education providers, not-for-profits, technology companies, mining and resources, manufacturing, retail, logistics and organisations across every sector face the same fundamental challenges: limited internal cyber expertise, growing regulatory expectations, increasing dependence on cloud and AI systems, and adversaries who target accessible organisations regardless of size.
For small to medium businesses, our SMB1001-aligned services provide a practical, structured entry point. We help you understand where your real exposure sits and make informed decisions about what to prioritise without overspending on frameworks that do not match your risk profile. If you are unsure whether we are the right fit, reach out and we will tell you directly.
Mining and ResourcesManufacturingEducationNot-for-ProfitProfessional ServicesTechnologyRetail and HospitalityLogistics and Supply ChainMedia and EntertainmentSMB / SME
Engagement Model
How We Engage
Our engagements take two forms. Both are built around defined scope, clear deliverables and direct accountability for outcomes.
One-Off Engagements
Defined-Scope Entry Packages
Thirteen packages with fixed scope, each with a defined outcome and typical duration. Pricing is fixed per package and confirmed once we understand your environment. Contact us for a direct conversation about scope, fit and investment. Every standalone engagement ends with a defined path to ongoing advisory.
Packages span: Cyber Posture Review, Cyber Strategy and Roadmap, AI Security Assessment, PQC Readiness Assessment, Regulatory Readiness and Uplift, Third Party Risk Review, Resilience and Cyber Recovery Review, Security Architecture and Identity Review, Detection and Monitoring Review, Incident Readiness and Executive Exercise, Privacy and Data Protection Review, Cyber Transformation Assurance and Compliance Assessment, Advisory and Implementation.
Retainer Arrangements
Ongoing Advisory Structures
Seven retainer structures with defined monthly scope, regular cadence and periodic recalibration. Retainers provide continuous risk reduction, sustained accountability and more predictable cost. Each is designed to convert naturally from a specific one-off engagement.
Retainer options: Fractional CISO, Governance and Regulatory Oversight, AI Governance Oversight, Cyber Program Oversight, Resilience Oversight, Third Party Risk Oversight, and Security Architecture Advisory.
Packages include defined deliverables and clear follow-on paths, with pricing fixed per package. We do not use open scope engagements that expand without adjustment.
Not sure where to start? A Cyber Posture Review is the most common entry point. It gives you a structured view of your current maturity and the gaps that matter most, with recommendations sequenced against your business priorities and budget.
Australia — Primary
UAE — MENA
India — Delivery
UK — Europe
Engage Us
Speak directly with a principal.
There is no sales team and no qualification process. We engage at the executive level from the first conversation. Tell us the problem you are working on and we will tell you whether and how we can help.
Sapience Cyber adheres to strict conflict-of-interest management principles. Our recommendations and advisory guidance are formed independently of any vendor or managed service provider alliance, including any associated commercial arrangements. Client outcomes remain the sole determinant of the advice we provide.
