Travis Schultz & Partners
Law firm, Sunshine Coast
efex manages the firm's IT and cyber security in line with the ACSC Essential Eight, with one support model across all its offices as it grew from 5 to more than 70 staff.
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Client confidentiality is the foundation of your practice. efex protects your client files, your inboxes and the payment instructions criminals try to fake, with a 24x7 security operations centre and controls aligned to the ACSC Essential Eight.
ISO 27001 certified · SMB1001 Gold · 14,000+ Australian customers · 24x7 SOC
01 // The risk
Law firms hold exactly what criminals want.
Law firms hold confidential matters, identity documents and settlement funds. Legal, accounting and management services firms reported 81 data breaches to the OAIC in 2025. In the same year Australians lost $166.8 million to payment redirection, where a criminal changes the bank details on an invoice or payment request. For a firm, one incident can mean notifying clients and a difficult conversation with your insurer.
Since 1 July 2026, Australia's AML/CTF laws also apply to lawyers and conveyancers who provide certain services (AUSTRAC). That brings more client identity information into your systems. We help secure your technology and data.
81
Data breaches notified to the OAIC by legal, accounting and management services firms in 2025.
$166.8m
Lost by Australians to payment redirection in 2025, where a criminal changes the bank details on an invoice or payment request.
82%
of Australians are worried about their data being breached.
Sources: OAIC Notifiable Data Breaches, 2025; National Anti-Scam Centre, Targeting Scams 2025; OAIC Australian Community Attitudes to Privacy Survey 2026.
02 // What changes
What changes when efex is watching
Confidential matters stay confidential.
Monitoring, access controls and multi-factor authentication protect client files and inboxes, in the office and working remotely.
Settlement and payment fraud caught early.
Email protection screens out impersonation and fake payment instructions, and training helps your team verify before money moves.
One support model across every office.
One team accountable for your IT and security, with local engineers who know your firm, however many offices you have.
Evidence for your clients and insurer.
Controls aligned to the ACSC Essential Eight, with regular reporting, show the protection you have in place.
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03 // How we help
Where to start
04 // Why efex
Trusted by more than 14,000 Australian businesses.
14,000+
customers across Australia
400+
staff, including 140+ technicians
25+
locations nationally
24x7
security operations centre protecting your business
We hold ourselves to the highest security standards.
efex is independently audited, with 90+ security controls monitored around the clock.
View our certifications at trust.efex.com.au- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified
- CyberCert SMB1001 Gold
- Essential Eight aligned
- Microsoft Solutions Partner
Organisations that rely on efex every day
05 // FAQ
Questions, answered.
No. Since 1 July 2026, AML/CTF obligations apply to law firms that provide certain services, such as conveyancing and property transfers, forming companies or trusts, handling or transferring client money, or acting on the sale or purchase of a business. Ordinary legal work is not captured just because the provider is a lawyer. Whether your firm is captured, and what you need to do, is a question for your legal adviser, so please confirm your obligations with them. Our role is the technology behind those obligations: securing the systems that hold client identity information, controlling who can access it, managing how long it is kept, and giving you evidence of the controls in place. We'll help with your technology and data controls, not determine your legal obligations, and our work does not make your firm compliant on its own.
Protect your clients' confidence.
Start with a free cyber security audit or the 3-minute self-check.
Free audit offer ends 30 November 2026