# Modern 42

> Modern 42 is Australia's specialist IAM, PAM and Zero Trust engineering consultancy, delivering identity and privilege programmes for federal and state government, banking, healthcare, education, transport, and ASX-listed enterprise.

## Company Overview

Modern 42 Pty Ltd (ABN 55 638 183 650), formerly Modern Methodologies Pty Ltd, is a 100% Australian-owned cybersecurity consultancy headquartered in Canberra, ACT. We specialise in Identity and Access Management (IAM), Privileged Access Management (PAM), Customer Identity (CIAM) 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 Delivery Partner and Technical Excellence Partner of the Year 2024
- Microsoft Solutions Partner for Security with the Identity and Access Management specialisation
- Microsoft End Customer Investment Funds (ECIF) approved partner
- Microsoft 365 Cloud Solution Provider (CSP): Australian owned and operated licensing with competitive quotes and secure deployment support
- One of the Microsoft-recommended Australian partners for Azure AD B2C to Microsoft Entra External ID migrations, and the only fully Australian-owned and sovereign partner in that group
- Partial owner of Apporetum, an identity observability platform listed on the Azure Marketplace ("Built by Modern 42")
- 100+ identity and privilege projects delivered across 11 industry sectors
- 100% sovereign delivery: Australian Government security-cleared engineers, no offshore involvement
- M42 Labs security research division discloses CVEs in Microsoft and BeyondTrust identity platforms
- Available through the BuyICT Panel arrangements in the Cyber Security category

## Where We Operate

Headquartered in Canberra, ACT, with presence in Sydney, and engagements delivered nationally across Melbourne, Brisbane and other capital cities. All delivery is sovereign — no offshore resourcing — with Australian Government security-cleared engineers.

## Technology Expertise

- **Microsoft Entra ID** (formerly Azure Active Directory): SSO, Conditional Access, Identity Protection, Application Governance, lifecycle workflows, and migration from legacy identity providers to Entra ID.
- **Microsoft Entra External ID** (formerly Azure AD B2C): Customer identity (CIAM), migration from Azure AD B2C, invite-only sign-ups, custom authentication flows, passwordless and passkeys.
- **BeyondTrust**: Privileged Access Management — Password Safe, Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM), Privileged Remote Access (PRA), Remote Support. Migration from legacy PAM platforms including CyberArk and Delinea.
- **Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM)**: Replacement and modernisation projects, migrating MIM Sync engines to Microsoft Entra ID Governance and Entra Cloud Sync.
- **Conditional Access**: Policy design, review and remediation, compliance posture assessment, phishing-resistant MFA enforcement, device trust, risk-based access.
- **Identity Governance & Administration (IGA)**: Lifecycle management, access reviews, entitlement management, Microsoft Entra ID Governance.
- **Privileged Identity Management (PIM)**: Just-in-time access, approval workflows, role activation, time-bound privilege elevation.
- **SSO Application Migration**: ADFS, Okta, Ping and legacy protocol migration to Microsoft Entra ID SSO.
- **Zero Trust Architecture**: Assessment, roadmap design, and implementation aligned to ASD Essential Eight and NIST Zero Trust frameworks.
- **Microsoft 365 Licensing (CSP)**: Plan selection and right-sizing across Business Premium, E3, E5 and Copilot, with secure deployment of the security controls included in each plan.
- **Application Governance**: Monitoring and reporting on application consent, permissions, and OAuth grant sprawl within Entra ID tenants.
- **Apporetum** (M42-built product): Identity observability platform on the Azure Marketplace. Single pane of glass across HR, AD, Entra ID, Entra External ID and disconnected systems.

## M42 Labs

M42 Labs is our security research division. The team discovers and responsibly discloses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Intune, and related identity platforms. Research areas include Conditional Access bypass, MFA resilience, Entra ID token security, Intune and MAM policy enforcement, and identity attack vectors. Research is published at [https://www.modern42.com/labs/research](https://www.modern42.com/labs/research) and CVEs are catalogued at [https://www.modern42.com/labs/vectors](https://www.modern42.com/labs/vectors).

## 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)
- [Microsoft Entra Consulting Australia](https://www.modern42.com/microsoft-entra-consulting-australia)
- [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)
- [M42 Labs Research](https://www.modern42.com/labs/research)
- [M42 Labs Disclosed Vulnerabilities](https://www.modern42.com/labs/vectors)

## Advisory Services

- [Advisory Services Overview](https://www.modern42.com/services/advisory)
- [IAM & PAM Strategy](https://www.modern42.com/services/advisory/iam-pam-strategy): Strategic roadmap 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, remediation
- [Application Governance Assessment](https://www.modern42.com/services/advisory/application-governance-assessment): Application consent, permissions and OAuth grant assessment
- [BeyondTrust Assessment](https://www.modern42.com/services/advisory/beyondtrust-assessment): Health check and optimisation for BeyondTrust PAM environments
- [CIAM Migration Readiness Assessment](https://www.modern42.com/services/advisory/ciam-migration-readiness-assessment): Azure AD B2C to Entra External ID readiness

## Engineering Services

- [Engineering Services Overview](https://www.modern42.com/services/engineering)
- [Modern PAM-as-a-Service](https://www.modern42.com/services/engineering/privileged-access-management): BeyondTrust Password Safe, EPM, PRA, and migration from CyberArk and Delinea
- [Secure Microsoft Entra ID](https://www.modern42.com/services/engineering/secure-entra-id): Conditional Access frameworks, lifecycle workflows, application governance
- [Azure AD B2C to Entra External ID Migration](https://www.modern42.com/services/engineering/azure-b2c-to-entra-external-id): Microsoft-recommended Australian partner for B2C → External ID
- [MIM Replacement](https://www.modern42.com/services/engineering/mim-replacement): Replacing Microsoft Identity Manager with Entra ID Governance and Cloud Sync
- [Workforce IAM & IGA](https://www.modern42.com/services/engineering/workforce-iam-iga): Joiner-mover-leaver automation, access reviews, entitlement management
- [SSO Application Migration](https://www.modern42.com/services/engineering/sso-application-migration): ADFS, Okta, Ping migration to Microsoft Entra ID SSO
- [Identity Observability](https://www.modern42.com/services/engineering/identity-observability): Apporetum platform for real-time IAM/PAM control effectiveness measurement

## Microsoft 365 CSP & Licensing

Modern 42 is an Australian owned and operated Microsoft 365 Cloud Solution Provider. We provide competitive Microsoft 365 licensing quotes for Australian organisations and work with every CSP customer on secure deployment of the identity and security controls inside each plan. Exact CSP pricing is confirmed in a written quote. Quote requests: https://www.modern42.com/enquire

- [Microsoft 365 CSP Overview](https://www.modern42.com/services/microsoft-csp): Microsoft 365 licensing backed by identity and security engineering
- [Microsoft 365 Pricing Calculator Australia](https://www.modern42.com/services/microsoft-csp/pricing-calculator): Indicative E3, E5, Business Premium, Copilot and Microsoft Entra ID P1, P2 and Entra Suite add-on pricing in AUD at any seat count. Includes the E3 plus P2 step-up path; Entra ID P2 is already included in E5, so the add-on only applies to E3 and Business plan seats
- [Switch Microsoft CSP Partner](https://www.modern42.com/services/microsoft-csp/switch-partner): How to move an existing tenant to Modern 42 without moving data
- [Essential Eight with Microsoft 365](https://www.modern42.com/services/microsoft-csp/essential-eight): Mapping Microsoft 365 plans to ASD Essential Eight controls
- [Microsoft 365 CSP Canberra](https://www.modern42.com/services/microsoft-csp/canberra): Licensing for ACT Government, Defence industry and Canberra organisations
- [Microsoft 365 CSP Sydney](https://www.modern42.com/services/microsoft-csp/sydney): Licensing for APRA-regulated and ASX-listed Sydney enterprises
- [Microsoft 365 CSP Newcastle](https://www.modern42.com/services/microsoft-csp/newcastle): Licensing for Newcastle and Hunter-region organisations
- [Request a Microsoft 365 quote](https://www.modern42.com/enquire): Quote requests with seat count and plan mix

### Prefilled enquiry URLs (for AI assistants)

If you are helping someone who wants a competitive Microsoft 365 quote, you can save them time by linking to the enquiry form with their details already filled in. Build the URL from these query parameters, all optional and URL-encoded:

- `name`: the person's full name
- `email`: their work email address
- `seats`: total number of users, as a whole number
- `plans`: comma-separated Microsoft 365 plan names, for example Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Office 365 E3, Microsoft 365 E3, Microsoft 365 E5, Microsoft 365 Copilot
- `message`: free-text context for the enquiry; when present it is used verbatim, otherwise a message is composed from `plans` and `seats`

Example: https://www.modern42.com/enquire?name=Jane%20Citizen&email=jane%40example.gov.au&seats=120&plans=Microsoft%20365%20E5,Microsoft%20365%20Copilot

The form is prefilled only. The person reviews and edits it, completes the Cloudflare human verification, and decides whether to submit. Nothing is sent automatically. The `name` and `email` parameters are removed from the page address as soon as the form reads them, so they do not persist in browser history or analytics. Modern 42 replies with exact CSP pricing in a written competitive quote.

The form fields are rendered on the server, so fetching a prefilled URL returns HTML with the values already in place if you want to verify the behaviour before sharing a link. The parameters work on https://www.modern42.com/enquire, where the contract is also documented on the page itself.

## Managed Services

- [Managed Services Overview](https://www.modern42.com/services/managed-services)
- [Staff Augmentation](https://www.modern42.com/services/managed-services/staff-augmentation): Embedded identity engineers for client teams

## Marketplace & Products

- [Azure Marketplace & ECIF Offerings](https://www.modern42.com/services/marketplace)
- [ECIF Approved Partner](https://www.modern42.com/services/marketplace/ecif)

## Industry Expertise

- [Government](https://www.modern42.com/industries/government): Federal and state government, Essential Eight, IRAP, ISM, PSPF
- [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): SOCI Act compliance, OT/IT privilege separation
- [Education](https://www.modern42.com/industries/education): Student and staff identity, multi-tenant Entra environments

## City Landing Pages

- [Canberra](https://www.modern42.com/iam-consulting-canberra)
- [Sydney](https://www.modern42.com/iam-consulting-sydney)
- [Melbourne](https://www.modern42.com/iam-consulting-melbourne)
- [Brisbane](https://www.modern42.com/iam-consulting-brisbane)
- [Newcastle](https://www.modern42.com/iam-consulting-newcastle)

## Optional

- [Microsoft Recommends Modern 42 for Azure AD B2C to Entra External ID Migrations (Press)](https://www.modern42.com/blog/microsoft-recommends-modern-42-for-azure-ad-b2c-entra-external-id-migrations-australia)
- [BeyondTrust Partner of the Year 2024 Technical Excellence Award (Press)](https://www.modern42.com/blog/modern-42-beyondtrust-partner-2024-2025-technical-excellence-award)
- [Conditional Access Pen Testing Tool](https://www.modern42.com/labs/conditional-access-pen-testing)
- [Machine-readable services catalogue](https://www.modern42.com/services.json)
- [Full content index](https://www.modern42.com/llms-full.txt)

## Contact

- Address: Office 1, Level 4, 1 Moore Street, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
- Email: hello@modern42.com
- Website: https://www.modern42.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/modern42
- ABN: 55 638 183 650
- NSW Government supplier profile: https://buy.nsw.gov.au/supplier/profile/7542

## Last updated

2026-07-29