Financial Planning
Cyber Security Health Check
Financial advisers hold the keys to their clients' life savings. Criminals know this—and they're coming for your credentials.
In about an hour, see exactly where you're exposed, turn your gaps into a prioritised action plan you can track, and get a professional report you can show your insurer, regulator, or clients — no IT knowledge needed.
Your platform access makes you an extremely high-value target.
Think about what you can access: client investment portfolios, superannuation accounts, insurance policies, banking details. A compromised financial planner credential doesn't just expose information—it provides direct access to move money, change beneficiaries, and liquidate investments. The damage can be catastrophic and immediate.
Impersonation scams are increasingly sophisticated. Criminals create fake adviser profiles, clone websites, and intercept client communications. They pose as you to convince clients to transfer money to "secure accounts." When the fraud is discovered, it's your name attached to it—and your reputation destroyed, regardless of your innocence.
ASIC and the Privacy Act have real consequences.
Holding an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) means keeping adequate risk-management systems — and the regulator, ASIC, now counts cyber security as part of that. Enforcement can bring licence conditions, suspension, or banning orders. The Privacy Act adds penalties up to $50 million for failing to protect client information. A preventable breach could cost you your licence and trigger serious fines.
Your licensee is asking harder questions about your security.
Dealer groups and licensees are tightening their authorised representative requirements. Cyber security questionnaires are becoming standard at review time. If you can't demonstrate you have appropriate controls, your authorisation could be at risk. A health check gives you documented evidence of your security posture—and a roadmap for improvement.
Client trust takes decades to build and seconds to destroy.
Financial planning is a relationship business. Your clients trust you with their retirement, their children's education, their financial futures. A data breach—especially one that could have been prevented—destroys that trust instantly. In an industry already dealing with trust issues post-Royal Commission, you can't afford a cyber incident.
Xplan, Midwinter, AdviserLogic—your planning software is a goldmine.
One compromised password to your planning software exposes every client's complete financial picture: assets, liabilities, income, goals, risk profile. Everything needed for identity theft, targeted scams, or direct financial fraud. When did you last review who has access and how it's protected?
This health check is built specifically for financial planning practices.
Plain-English questions covering licensee portal security, planning software protection, platform access controls, client communication security, impersonation prevention, and ASIC/AFSL compliance considerations. No technical jargon—designed so any adviser or practice manager can complete it and understand the results.
What you get:
What your results look like
Finish in about an hour and you get a clear overall score, a breakdown across every security domain, and every gap turned into a prioritised action plan you can track and export. (Example output.)
What You Receive
Every assessment generates a comprehensive report. Download a sample below.
Summary Report
Plain-English findings with scores, prioritised improvement plan, risk associations, and resources
Download SampleComplete it in about 60 minutes. No technical knowledge required. Your data never leaves your device.
Who is this for?
Financial advisers, practice principals, and authorised representatives. Whether you operate under your own AFSL or through a licensee—if you handle client financial information and platform access, this health check is designed for you.
Your Assessment Includes a Personal AI Security Advisor
Two AI assistants are built into the tool — one to help you during the assessment, one to help you make sense of your results. Like having a security professional on call.
Not sure what a question is asking? Just ask.
Every question in the assessment has an AI helper built in. Tap it and ask anything — "What does this question actually mean?", "Can you give me an example?", "Why does this matter for my business?" — and you'll get a plain-English explanation instantly.
- ✓ Explains technical concepts in everyday language
- ✓ Gives real-world examples relevant to your industry
- ✓ Never suggests how to answer — just helps you understand
- ✓ No technical background required to complete the assessment
Available the moment you see your results.
Once your results are in, an AI security advisor can answer any question about what they mean — in plain English, like talking to a security professional. It can even draft a phased action plan from your specific gaps — what to fix first, next, and over time.
- ✓ "Explain my highest risk gap in simple terms"
- ✓ "Walk me through how to fix action #3"
- ✓ "Which gaps are easiest to fix myself?"
- ✓ Ask anything — your advisor knows your specific results
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Further Reading
Resource
Cyber Security for Financial Planners
Why financial planning practices are high-value targets, what ASIC and AFSL obligations require, and the controls that protect client assets and data.
Read the guide