The honest answer to “what does ISO 27001 or SOC 2 certification cost in Australia” is that it depends on how you buy it. Hourly consultants are hard to forecast and the total is usually discovered rather than agreed. We price it as a fixed monthly subscription over twelve months, so you know the number before you start.
Our compliance packages run from $2,450 to $3,750 per month excluding GST, for up to 50 employees, over a twelve month term. What follows is what sits inside each package, what is deliberately not included, and what moves the price.
| Package | Price (ex GST) | Who it is for |
|---|---|---|
| CERTIFY Rapid certification |
$3,750 per month 12 month subscription |
You are not certified yet and need to be. SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001 or another framework. |
| MAINTAIN Ongoing maintenance |
$2,450 per month 12 month subscription |
You are already certified and need to stay that way without hiring for it. |
| DISP CERTIFY Defence membership |
$3,750 per month 12 month subscription |
You need DISP Entry Level, Level 1 or Level 2 to work with Defence. |
All prices exclude GST and cover one framework for up to 50 employees. Beyond that it is $1,000 per month per additional 50 employees, or per additional 40 employees on DISP.
Every package is delivered by an Australia-based compliance team, with a dedicated consultant rather than a rotating pool. Across CERTIFY and MAINTAIN you get:
DISP CERTIFY is structured differently because the scheme is. It covers a four domain gap analysis across governance, personnel, physical, and ICT and cyber, ISM-aligned security controls, a customised DISP policy and procedure suite, CSO and SO advisory support, Defence-aligned incident response planning and Annual Security Report preparation.
Optional add-ons include discounted penetration testing, a secure cloud review across Microsoft 365 and Azure, and additional frameworks.
Our packages are built to get you audit ready in three to nine months, without you needing a full-time internal hire. The typical market alternative runs nine to eighteen months or more, largely because the work is advisory rather than managed, so progress depends on your team finding the time.
Every client we have taken to a SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audit has passed it.
| Siege Cyber | Typical alternative | |
|---|---|---|
| Time to audit ready | 3 to 9 months | 9 to 18+ months |
| Team | Australia-based, dedicated consultant | Rotating or offshore |
| Effort required from you | Fully managed | Guidance provided, you do the work |
| Cost | Fixed monthly, scope agreed up front | Hourly, hard to forecast |
| After certification | Ongoing support, you stay compliant | Engagement ends at the certificate |
With us, $3,750 per month excluding GST over twelve months for up to 50 employees, plus the external certification body’s own audit fee, which they bill you directly. That covers the whole programme: policies, risk assessment, training, internal audit, penetration testing and the platform.
The same package and the same price. SOC 2, ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 all sit inside CERTIFY, and you choose the framework. SOC 2 requires a licensed CPA firm for the attestation, which is the equivalent of the certification body fee and is also billed to you directly.
Because certification is not a project that ends. The controls have to keep operating, the evidence has to keep being collected, and the audit happens on a cycle. Pricing it monthly matches how the work actually behaves, and it keeps the finance conversation short.
Yes, and it is usually the right call if you sell into both Australian enterprise and United States customers. The control sets overlap substantially, so the second framework is an add-on rather than a second full programme.
MAINTAIN at $2,450 per month covers single-framework ongoing compliance, including the internal audit, management committee, annual tabletop exercise, penetration testing and security questionnaire support.
External penetration testing is included in all three packages. Further testing is available at a discounted rate. Our standalone prices are on the penetration testing pricing page.
Tell us which framework you need and roughly how many people you employ, and we will come back with a fixed monthly price and a realistic date for being audit ready.
Next step: Book 30 minutes with Peter, or send us your details and we will put a number in front of you.