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Cyber Advisory · Consulting · Business Assurance

9th Mind Advisory
Your strategic cyber risk partner

We help Australian organisations discover, assess, mitigate, and manage cyber and compliance risk - with deep regulatory expertise and zero vendor bias.

Enterprise Financial Services Regulated Industry CPS 230 SMB

At 9th Mind Advisory, we're committed to empowering businesses to discover, assess, mitigate, and manage cyber and compliance risks in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape. We specialise in services to enterprise and regulated industry organisations as well as SMBs with complex cyber and compliance challenges.

Financial Services Superannuation Insurance Government Healthcare Infrastructure Professional Services Mid-Market

Our Approach

Intelligence-led.
Vendor-agnostic.
Built around you.

Our services span regulated industry risk assessment, Cyber GRC Advisory, professional consulting and architecture - coupled with innovative risk management tools and capabilities designed to safeguard your organisation's critical operations.

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What We Do

Our Services

Key practice areas covering every dimension of your cyber risk and compliance landscape.

Cyber Risk Intelligence & Advisory

We provide rigorous analysis of your organisation's cyber risk exposure, aligned to Australian regulatory and compliance requirements. Engagements deliver clear business impact analysis, prioritised risk findings, and a practical mitigation roadmap your leadership team can act on.

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Cyber GRC & Architecture Consulting

We assess your cyber governance, risk, and compliance posture, identify structural vulnerabilities, and design targeted improvement strategies. Our architecture consulting ensures your controls and frameworks are fit for purpose and properly integrated across the business.

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Supply Chain Risk & Maturity Uplift

We assess the cyber and compliance risk embedded in your supplier ecosystem and design a structured maturity uplift program to close identified gaps. Particularly critical for CPS 230 regulated organisations, where third-party risk management is now a board-level obligation with real regulatory consequences.

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Resiliency Tools & Business Solutions

We help organisations select, evaluate, and embed the right tools to continuously measure and manage their cyber risk profile. We also provide independent guidance on cyber insurance - assessing coverage options to ensure your organisation is adequately protected against financial and reputational loss.

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Cyber Readiness Simulation

We design and facilitate tabletop and real-world simulation exercises to stress test your organisation's recovery capabilities. Scenarios are tailored to your risk profile, exposing weaknesses in process, communication, and response - so you can address them on your own terms, before an incident forces the issue.

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Independent RFP Design & Management

We design and manage the end-to-end procurement process for cyber security and technology risk systems. Our vendor-agnostic approach cuts through market complexity to identify best-fit solutions quickly and efficiently - with no supplier relationships or commissions influencing the outcome.

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Board Training & Coaching

We equip boards and executive teams with the knowledge and confidence to hold technology functions accountable for business risk. Our coaching cuts through technical complexity, helping leadership ask better questions, set meaningful expectations, and make well-informed decisions on cyber investment and exposure.

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Interim & Fractional CTO / CRO

When organisations face critical gaps in technology or risk leadership, our experienced practitioners step in on a fractional or interim basis. We provide the senior capability needed to maintain momentum, drive accountability, and deliver outcomes - without the cost or commitment of a permanent hire.

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Technology Organisation Assessment & Restructure

We assess technology functions and help reshape them to operate as modern, business-risk-focused enabling services. As technology becomes increasingly central to business operations, we ensure your organisational structure is positioned to identify, mitigate, and address the risk landscape it creates.

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Why 9th Mind

An independent strategic partner, not a vendor

We're dedicated to helping organisations confidently navigate the complexities of the digital world. Our deep industry knowledge and commitment to client outcomes make us the ideal partner for a comprehensive, genuinely independent approach to cyber resiliency.

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Deep Expertise

Our practitioners bring decades of combined experience across cyber risk, GRC, regulated industries, and technology leadership - ensuring every engagement is grounded in real-world knowledge.

Comprehensive Coverage

Key practice areas spanning assessment, resilience, simulation, procurement, and leadership - so you don't need to manage multiple firms to address different dimensions of your risk landscape.

Tailored to Your Context

No generic frameworks applied wholesale. We work closely with clients to design approaches that reflect their specific risk profile, regulatory obligations, and organisational maturity.

Zero Vendor Bias

We are not a technology provider and hold no supplier relationships or commissions. Our advice is guided entirely by what is right for your organisation - giving you confidence that the recommendations you receive are genuinely independent.

We work with
Financial Services Superannuation Funds Insurance Government & Public Sector Healthcare Critical Infrastructure Professional Services Mid-Market & SMB CPS 230 Regulated Entities Energy & Utilities Space Technology Law Enforcement
Selected Experience

Work that speaks for itself

A selection of engagements across regulated industries, enterprise, and mission-driven organisations.

One-Day Workshop

Cyber Risk, Resilience & Readiness Workshop

A focused, high-value engagement based on the NIST Cyber Resiliency Framework - delivered as a structured one-day workshop. Your team leaves with industry-aligned risk intelligence, a clear picture of your current posture, and a prioritised set of actionable next steps.

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