Cynch is a Melbourne based company on a mission to help small business leaders prevent a cybersecurity incident from becoming one of the worst days of their career. We partner with small businesses, continuously profiling their cyber risks and providing the people at the heart of these businesses with everything they need to build and demonstrate cyber fitness in less than 5 minutes at a time, at a price they can afford.

OUR CUSTOMERS

Small businesses, those with fewer than 50 staff, face pressure from all directions. With budgets, time and access to expertise constrained, they are constantly on the look out for technology solutions that can make their lives easier. Few businesses we encounter are looking for on-site solutions, with cloud clearly being the future platform of small business. This move to cloud has been made exponentially more urgent with the shift to working from home in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

Keeping a business secure is a complex undertaking and beyond the reach of those outside the cybersecurity industry. Attacks continue to evolve and threaten businesses that depend on technology. Advice from experts is often inconsistent and quite generalised creating confusion and at times apathy amongst frustrated small businesses.

All of this results in a growing number of small businesses concerned about cyber risk, looking for how to best manage it amongst their teams. The responsibility for managing the risk day-to-day often falls to senior leaders with technology operations responsibility. This may be a younger business partner, office manager or owner themselves if the team is small enough.

As smaller businesses feel the devastating impacts of cyber attacks both professionally and personally, we at Cynch are determined to bring cyber fitness to the market to ensure the backbone of our economy can not only survive, but thrive.

OUR STORY

The Cynch co-founders met whilst both working at one of Australia’s most iconic institutions, Australia Post. They founded Cynch Security in mid 2017 after recognising how woefully under served small business leaders were by the cybersecurity industry, initially building the concepts behind the membership at night and on weekends.

OUR PEOPLE

Susie Jones | CEO

Susie is an experienced leader and risk manager who also spent years specialising in insurance at Marsh and Willis Towers Watson, before joining Australia Post and expanding to general, cyber risk and commercial management. As Australia Post’s Head of Cyber Security Business Services, Susie sharpened her skills as the interface between technical Information Security Office personnel and senior business stakeholders. Her speciality is in the people and process side of cybersecurity.

Adam Selwood | CTO

A seasoned technical leader, Adam is passionate about using his expertise to help small businesses that have nowhere else to turn. Prior to co-founding Cynch Security, Adam developed and led all Cyber Resilience initiatives within Australia Post. With experience in every aspect of developing and deploying complex and scalable cloud solutions, Adam combines his cybersecurity expertise with his passion for building enjoyable experiences to bring the technology underpinning our solution to life.