# Modern 42

> Modern 42 is Australia's specialist identity and privilege engineering firm, delivering IAM, PAM, and Zero Trust solutions for government, banking, healthcare, and enterprise clients.

## Company Overview

Modern 42 Pty Ltd (ABN 26 621 820 950), formerly known as Modern Methodologies, is a 100% Australian-owned cybersecurity consultancy headquartered in Canberra, ACT. We specialise in Identity and Access Management (IAM), Privileged Access Management (PAM), and Zero Trust architecture. Our team of 16 to 30 security-cleared engineers delivers sovereign, end-to-end identity solutions across Australia's most regulated industries.

- BeyondTrust Advanced Partner and Partner of the Year 2024 (Technical Excellence)
- Microsoft Cloud Security Partner (CSP), specialising in Identity and Access Management
- Microsoft End Customer Investment Funds (ECIF) capable
- Partially owns Apporetum, an identity observability product listed on Azure Marketplace ("Built by Modern 42")
- 200+ projects delivered across 6 industries
- 100% sovereign delivery, Australian Government security-cleared team
- Advisory-led, engineering-driven approach
- CEO-led engagements under Sophie Wade

## Where We Operate

Modern 42 is headquartered in Canberra, ACT, and delivers projects nationally across Australia. Our clients span federal and state government, banking, healthcare, pharmaceutical, transport, and education sectors. All delivery is sovereign (no offshore resourcing), with Australian Government security-cleared engineers.

## Technology Expertise

Modern 42 specialises in the following platforms and technologies:

- **Microsoft Entra ID** (formerly Azure Active Directory): SSO, Conditional Access, Identity Protection, Application Governance Reporting, lifecycle management, and migration from legacy identity providers to Entra ID
- **Microsoft Entra External ID** (formerly Azure AD B2C): Customer identity (CIAM) solutions, migration from Azure B2C to Entra External ID, invite-only sign-ups, custom authentication flows
- **BeyondTrust**: Privileged Access Management (PAM) deployment, migration from legacy PAM platforms (CyberArk, Thycotic), Password Safe, Privilege Management for Windows/Mac, Remote Support
- **Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM)**: MIM replacement and modernisation projects, migrating MIM sync engines to cloud-native alternatives (Entra ID Governance, Entra Cloud Sync)
- **Conditional Access**: Policy design, review and remediation, compliance posture assessment, MFA enforcement, device trust, risk-based access
- **Identity Governance & Administration (IGA)**: Lifecycle management, access reviews, entitlement management, Entra ID Governance
- **Privileged Identity Management (PIM)**: Just-in-time access, approval workflows, role activation, time-bound privilege elevation
- **SSO Application Migration**: Migrating applications from ADFS, Okta, Ping, and other identity providers to Microsoft Entra ID single sign-on
- **Zero Trust Architecture**: Assessment, roadmap design, and implementation aligned to Essential Eight and NIST frameworks
- **Application Governance Reporting**: Monitoring and reporting on application consent, permissions, and OAuth grant sprawl within Entra ID tenants
- **Apporetum**: Our identity observability platform on Azure Marketplace, providing real-time visibility into identity configurations, drift detection, and compliance reporting

## M42 Research Labs

Modern 42 operates a research division (M42 Labs) that conducts original security research into Microsoft identity platforms. The team has discovered and responsibly disclosed CVEs in Microsoft Entra ID and related services. Research areas include:

- Conditional Access bypass techniques and MFA resilience testing
- Entra ID token security and session management
- Intune and MAM policy enforcement analysis
- Identity attack vectors and defensive countermeasures

Research is published at [https://www.modern42.com/labs](https://www.modern42.com/labs).

## Key Pages

- [Homepage](https://www.modern42.com/)
- [About Us](https://www.modern42.com/about-us)
- [Contact Us](https://www.modern42.com/contact-us)
- [All Services](https://www.modern42.com/services)
- [Case Studies](https://www.modern42.com/case-studies)
- [Blog](https://www.modern42.com/blog)
- [Careers](https://www.modern42.com/open-jobs)
- [M42 Labs](https://www.modern42.com/labs)
- [Security Research](https://www.modern42.com/labs/research)
- [Security Vectors](https://www.modern42.com/labs/vectors)

## Advisory Services

Our advisory practice helps organisations assess, plan, and govern their identity environments. Engagements are CEO-led and tailored to each client's regulatory context.

- [Advisory Services Overview](https://www.modern42.com/services/advisory): Strategic identity consulting across IAM, PAM, and Zero Trust
- [Identity Maturity Assessment](https://www.modern42.com/services/advisory/identity-maturity-assessment): Benchmark your identity posture against industry frameworks
- [IAM & PAM Strategy](https://www.modern42.com/services/advisory/iam-pam-strategy): Roadmap development for identity and privilege platforms
- [Architecture Advisory](https://www.modern42.com/services/advisory/architecture-advisory): Design reviews and reference architecture for Entra ID, BeyondTrust, and hybrid environments
- [Conditional Access Review](https://www.modern42.com/services/advisory/conditional-access-review): Policy audit, gap analysis, and remediation for Microsoft Conditional Access
- [Zero Trust Readiness](https://www.modern42.com/services/advisory/zero-trust-readiness): Assessment and roadmap aligned to Essential Eight and NIST Zero Trust frameworks
- [BeyondTrust Assessment](https://www.modern42.com/services/advisory/beyondtrust-assessment): Health check and optimisation for BeyondTrust PAM environments

## Engineering Services

Our engineering team designs, builds, and migrates identity platforms. We specialise in complex migrations from legacy systems to modern cloud-native identity.

- [Engineering Services Overview](https://www.modern42.com/services/engineering): End-to-end identity engineering for Microsoft and BeyondTrust platforms
- [PAM Migration](https://www.modern42.com/services/engineering/pam-migration): Migration from CyberArk, Thycotic, or legacy PAM to BeyondTrust
- [MIM Replacement](https://www.modern42.com/services/engineering/mim-replacement): Replacing Microsoft Identity Manager with Entra ID Governance and cloud-native sync
- [Azure B2C to Entra External ID](https://www.modern42.com/services/engineering/azure-b2c-to-entra-external-id): Customer identity migration from Azure AD B2C to Microsoft Entra External ID
- [Workforce IAM & IGA](https://www.modern42.com/services/engineering/workforce-iam-iga): Employee identity lifecycle, access governance, and Entra ID Governance implementation
- [Identity Observability](https://www.modern42.com/services/engineering/identity-observability): Real-time monitoring of identity configurations using Apporetum
- [SSO Application Migration](https://www.modern42.com/services/engineering/sso-application-migration): Migrating applications from ADFS, Okta, Ping, or other IdPs to Microsoft Entra ID SSO

## Managed Services

- [Managed Services Overview](https://www.modern42.com/services/managed-services): Ongoing identity operations support
- [Staff Augmentation](https://www.modern42.com/services/managed-services/staff-augmentation): Embedded identity engineers for your team

## Marketplace & Products

- [Marketplace & Products](https://www.modern42.com/services/marketplace): Apporetum and other identity tools available on Azure Marketplace

## Industry Expertise

We serve Australia's most regulated sectors with deep domain knowledge of their compliance and identity requirements:

- [Government](https://www.modern42.com/industries/government): Federal and state government, Essential Eight, ISM, PSPF compliance
- [Banking & Financial Services](https://www.modern42.com/industries/banking): APRA CPS 234, PCI DSS, critical infrastructure identity
- [Healthcare](https://www.modern42.com/industries/healthcare): Patient data protection, My Health Record, clinical identity
- [Transport & Infrastructure](https://www.modern42.com/industries/transport): Critical infrastructure identity, SOCI Act compliance
- [Pharmaceutical](https://www.modern42.com/industries/pharmaceutical): GxP compliance, research data protection, supply chain identity
- [Education](https://www.modern42.com/industries/education): Student and staff identity, multi-tenant Entra environments

## Contact

- Address: Office 1, Level 4, 1 Moore Street, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
- Email: contact@modern42.com
- Website: https://www.modern42.com
- ContactForm: https://modern42.com/contact-us
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/modern42/
- ABN: 26 621 820 950

## Last updated

March 15, 2026