AI & Automation · Cybersecurity · Australian-owned since 2017
“Our first automation is recovering $360,000 of senior time, every year.”

AI that earns its place in your business.
Vendor-neutral on AI. Built on nine years of Australian managed-security.

We help businesses build AI that pays for itself in months — with the engineering discipline of a fixed-price, security-first MSP. You see the deliverable and the price before you commit. Vendor-neutral on AI. Microsoft-aligned on infrastructure.

Yes, this site was built with AI. The case studies, numbers and people are real. That's the point — we help clients do the same.
Real client work · real numbers

Four engagements. Real Australian businesses.

The numbers and findings below are exactly what these engagements produced — unedited. One named (with permission), three anonymised. This is what AI done properly looks like in practice.

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78%
of Australian SMBs are already using AI somewhere in the business — most without anyone explicitly approving, managing, monitoring or securing it. The opportunity is real. So is the risk. Unattended AI decays. Stewarded AI compounds. That's why every Build comes with 6 months of mandatory support — and why most clients keep it running well past that.
SOURCE — AUSTRALIAN SMB AI ADOPTION RESEARCH, 2025–26
Standard with every Managed AI engagement

Your AI program. One dashboard. Daily ROI by default.

When you put an automation under our care, it stops being a black box. Cost, hours saved, ROI, who's using what, the residual-risk register — all in your own intranet, refreshed daily, no spreadsheets required. Built for the question your board will ask: is this AI investment paying off?

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Meridian Advisory Intranet — AI Program
Financial Planning & Operations
Portfolio Trends Risks
📅 May 2026
↗ THE PROGRAM IS PAYING FOR ITSELF
This month Meridian's automations saved an estimated A$54,500 of advisor time for A$2,840 in AI spend.
YTD · JUL 2025 → MAY 2026 Invested A$28,640 · Returned A$421,800 of reclaimed time
19.2× this month
14.7× YTD average
MONTHLY SPEND $
$2,840
↑ 4.1% AUD
HOURS SAVED
218 hrs
↑ 14.2% this month
ROI MULTIPLIER 📈
19.2×
↑ 9.6% ≈ A$54,500
ACTIVE USERS 👥
31
↑ 18.5% of 38 staff
CLIENTS TOUCHED 📁
124
↑ 7% this month
📄
SoA Drafting Agent
● Live
$960
this month · USD
82 hrs
saved · 22.1× ROI
JLSPKHRO+2
📞
Client Meeting Summariser
● Live
$420
this month · USD
64 hrs
saved · 28.6× ROI
SPDLKH+4
🔍
Compliance Diff Reviewer
● Pilot
$680
this month · USD
42 hrs
saved · 12.4× ROI
ROJL+1
◉ ALSO IN THIS VIEW 4 tabs · click to explore
Trends
Spend vs returned value · 11 months
● Value ● Spend +19% MoM
Risks
Residual-risk register · live
  • Shadow AIMonitoring
  • Data residencyCleared
  • Vendor concentrationWatch
  • Model driftEvals passing
3 OK · 1 Watch · 0 Breach
Compliance
Frameworks & controls · May 2026
  • Essential Eight ML192%
  • ISO 42001 readiness78%
  • AU Voluntary AI84%
  • APRA CPS 23067%
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Live · interactive · sanitised data Demo tenant. Numbers are illustrative. Real version lives in your own SharePoint and pulls from your own data.
3-minute quiz · AI-researched · human-reviewed

Not sure where you stand on AI? Find out — properly.

Six branching questions. Three readiness scores. Then our AI researches your industry and your specific company — public regulators, recent enforcement, AI exposure patterns — and writes a custom PDF report just for you. An Evisent engineer reviews every report before it lands in your inbox.

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3 min
To complete
AI + human
Researched & reviewed
1 PDF
Custom to your company
HOW YOUR REPORT IS BUILT
1
You answer six branching questions (~3 min)
2
Three readiness scores — Governance · Build · Operations
3
AI researches your industry & your company (public info only)
4
AI drafts a custom PDF report — sources cited, your regulator named
5
An Evisent engineer reviews the draft & edits before sending
Custom PDF emailed to you · recommended next step inside
How we work

Two departments. One operating principle.

AI & Automation is its own team, sold separately. Managed IT & Security is its own team, sold separately. One company, one principle running through both. Either can stand alone — and most clients eventually grow into both.

02 — DEPARTMENT

Managed IT & Security

The full IT & cyber stack — helpdesk, Microsoft 365, Essential Eight, backup, QBRs. Quietly run since 2017. The reason our AI claim is credible, and the natural home for AI clients who outgrow their existing M365 setup. Sold separately.

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What we actually know

We're more than the tools we deploy.

Most "AI consultants" are pure resellers — they know how to log into a vendor's console. We're practitioners — nine years of operational depth across the disciplines that actually keep AI engagements safe, defensible, and useful. When the vendor's documentation runs out, this is what's left.

◉ AI & AUTOMATION

AI Engineering

Claude API integrations, Copilot Studio agents, GPT-via-Azure deployments. Prompt engineering, evals, voice contracts. Production-grade AI that doesn't drift.

◉ AI & AUTOMATION

Automation Engineering

Power Automate flows, Azure Functions, custom integrations. The orchestration layer that turns an LLM call into a business process.

◉ AI & AUTOMATION

AI Governance

Acceptable Use Policy drafting, ISO 42001 alignment, Voluntary AI Safety Standard, Purview-based controls. Defensible to a board, an auditor, a regulator.

◉ SECURITY

Cybersecurity

Essential Eight ML1 baseline, ML2+ where required. Defender XDR, Sentinel SIEM, MDR. ISO 27001 audit in progress. Nine years operating depth.

◉ SECURITY

Incident Response

Account compromise, ransomware, data exfiltration, supply-chain attacks. Documented IR plans, written runbooks, after-hours response. We've done the 4 AM call.

◉ SECURITY

Forensics

Post-incident evidence preservation, root-cause analysis, attacker dwell-time reconstruction, insurer-grade reporting. We work alongside specialist IR partners when scope demands.

◉ COMPLIANCE

Regulation

Privacy Act ADM transparency, APRA CPS 230, ASIC cyber resilience, TPB, Law Society obligations, EU AI Act extraterritorial reach. We track the rules so you don't have to.

◉ COMPLIANCE

Microsoft 365 Engineering

Tenant architecture, Entra identity, conditional access, Purview labelling, Intune endpoint management. The plumbing AI builds depend on — done properly.

◉ COMPLIANCE

QBR & Strategy

Roadmap, budget, board reporting, technology strategy. The advisory layer that makes sure the tactics serve the business — not the other way around.

AI & AUTOMATION TEAM + MANAGED IT & SECURITY TEAM · COORDINATED · ONE OPERATING STANDARD

"AI does not create risk. It exposes what already exists. Without structural clarity, AI amplifies duplication, misinformation and governance gaps."
THE BRIDGE FROM SECURITY DNA TO AI OFFER
Where to next

Pick the path that matches where you are.

Two journeys through this site. Same team behind both.

By industry · for MSP & security work

We know the regulators that watch your business.

Each industry page covers AI governance obligations specific to your regulator — not generic frameworks, the actual rules that apply to your licence. Note: AI & Automation work itself is industry-flexible — every business gets the same the same SKUs regardless of vertical.

LEGAL ALSO SUPPORTED — SEE INDUSTRIES PAGE

Why the AI claim is credible

We've been doing the boring security work since 2017.

The reason you can trust us with AI Governance is that we're already running the controls underneath it — identity, M365 permissions, DLP, Essential Eight. AI Governance is the next layer, not a different business.

  • ESSENTIAL EIGHT ML1 baseline across the client base; ML2+ where regulators require it
  • ISO 27001 Certification audit in progress · expected H2 2026
  • ISO 42001 AI Management System certification to follow ISO 27001
  • AU VOLUNTARY AI 10 guardrails from the DISR Safety Standard built into delivery
  • PRIVACY ACT ADM transparency obligations covered ahead of 10 Dec 2026
  • APRA CPS 230 Material AI supplier checks for regulated client supply chains
★★★★★
50 five-star reviews.
Real Australian businesses.
"Evisent's team brings the same discipline to our AI governance work as they bring to our managed IT. Same standard, same documentation, same calm response when something needs attention."
— Operations Director, Mid-market financial services firm (sample testimonial)
◉ AI BUILD · IN PRODUCTION · MAY 2026
$360K / year of senior PM time reclaimed ($30K/mo)
Across 45 project managers at an Australian construction PM firm. 6-hour monthly report task, reduced to 30 minutes. AI + Azure, in their own tenant.
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How we use AI · Our principles

We use AI the way we'd want our clients to use it. As an accelerator — not a replacement for the expert.

01 · Built with AI

It accelerates the work we already do.

This site, our audits, proposals, reports and internal tooling are AI-accelerated. It's how a small Australian MSP ships at the speed we do — and a working demonstration of what we help clients adopt.

02 · Verified by humans

Every output is signed off by the expert.

Every client-facing report, proposal, finding or email is reviewed by the subject-matter expert whose name is on it. The facts, numbers and recommendations you see came from real engagements — not from a model.

03 · No bots in the conversation

You'll always reach a real person.

Chat, phone, email, incident response — when you contact Evisent, you reach a human. We don't put AI between us and the people who trust us with their business.

The 2-week first step

Find out what AI is already happening
in your business. Then decide what's next.

The AI Readiness Sprint is two weeks, from $4,950 + GST. You walk away with a one-page board summary, an acceptable-use policy draft, and a clear picture of your shadow-AI exposure. You don't need to be an MSP client to engage us.

Not sure where to start?

Take the 3-minute quiz and we'll send you a custom report — or book a quick chat and we'll walk you through it.

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