The increasing expectation that even small and medium businesses (SMBs), mid-market and not-for-profits (NFPs) be able to demonstrate compliance with security best practice is driving a surge of interest in managed security consulting and auditing services, according to the head of fast-growing managed services and security consulting firm Virtual IT Group (VITG).
Facing requirements that they not only implement security technologies but frame them within complex certification and compliance frameworks – for example, the ISO 27001, changes to privacy laws, and the Australian Signals Directorate’s Essential Eight security controls – the company has seen a steady increase in demand from resource-strapped businesses.
“They’re leaning on organisations like ours to either…
