About us
Built by engineers.
Focused on outcomes.
Cloud Start Solutions was founded to give Australian SMBs access to the same level of IT and security expertise that large enterprises take for granted, at a price that makes sense.
- 20+
- Years combined experience
- 100%
- Australian-based team
- 24h
- Support response SLA
- M365
- Microsoft 365 specialists
Why we started
We have spent years working inside Australian businesses, watching good companies get hit by ransomware, BEC fraud, and phishing attacks that bypassed poorly configured email systems. Most of those incidents were preventable.
The problem is not usually a lack of budget. It is a lack of the right configuration, maintained consistently, by people who know what they are doing. That is the gap we exist to close.
Our focus is Microsoft 365 and the full Microsoft security stack: Intune, Defender, and the suite of tools that come with Business Premium. We configure it properly, keep it maintained, and give you a direct line to engineers who actually know your environment.
Meet the team
When you contact Cloud Start, you speak directly to an engineer who knows your environment. No helpdesk queues, no account managers in the middle.
Ryan Scott
Co-founder & Security Engineer
Eithan Clifford
Co-founder & Business Operations
Brett Harrington
Co-founder & Network Engineer
How we work
Security-first
We configure everything with security baselines from day one, not bolted on later.
Plain English
No jargon. We explain what we do, why it matters, and what it costs, clearly.
Australian
Based in Australia. Your data stays here and you talk to engineers, not offshore helpdesks.
Practical
We recommend what your business actually needs, not the most expensive option.