DISP Readiness Snapshot
A free DISP readiness check for Defence suppliers. We built it so you can see where your business stands on Defence Industry Security Program (DISP) membership and the Essential Eight before you spend a dollar: twenty-five questions, each with a short explanation.
Free · About 20 to 30 minutes · No sign-up
We don't ask for or store your name, email or company, and our code doesn't record your IP address.
When you finish, you'll get a code to email us. Deepayan Chanda and Daryl Hartwell, SecureSupply's founders, will then go through your answers with you on a free 30-minute findings call.
If a Defence or prime contract manager asked today “who is your Chief Security Officer?”, could you identify to them a formally appointed CSO at executive level, with a written appointment?
Explain your answer 15 to 70 words. Please leave out names, company names and system details.
What the Snapshot covers.
The DISP Readiness Snapshot is a free self-assessment from SecureSupply for Australian Defence suppliers. Its 25 questions follow the four security domains Defence uses for DISP membership, plus the Essential Eight.
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Security governance
6 questions
Who is responsible for security, your plans and risk assessment, foreign ownership, training and how you report incidents.
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Personnel security
4 questions
How you screen, clear and manage the people who handle Defence information.
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Physical security
4 questions
How you control access to your premises and protect information and assets.
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ICT and cyber security
3 questions
Your register of ICT assets, your cyber incident response plan, and how you check cloud and IT providers before use.
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Essential Eight
8 questions
Where you stand on ASD's eight mitigation strategies.
Before you start.
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Four answers to choose from.
Yes, Partial, No or Unsure. Pick the one that fits today. Some questions use Defence terms such as CSO. If you're not sure what one means, Unsure is a fair answer.
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A short explanation for each.
Each answer needs a short explanation of 15 to 70 words. Once you pick an answer, the box gives you a question to start from. Two to five sentences is plenty. Your explanations let us read your situation before the call, so the 30 minutes goes on your business.
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One sitting.
Nothing is saved for later. Your answers stay in this tab until you send them, so closing it clears them. It helps to have whoever looks after your IT, in-house or an outside provider, close by for the Essential Eight questions.
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A check before you send.
You'll see all 25 answers on one screen, and you can change any of them before you send. Once they're sent, they're final.
Then you talk it through with SecureSupply's founders.
We go through your answers with you, explain what they mean for the DISP membership level you need, and talk through what to sort out first. The call is free and there's no obligation.
Answer as things are today, not as you plan them. We'll read every answer before we talk.
Deep and Daryl
Start the Snapshot
Deepayan Chanda
Executive Security Advisor · Sydney
Over 28 years' experience in cyber security strategy and governance. Armed forces veteran.
Daryl Hartwell
Defence Industry Adviser · Brisbane
Assurance reviews on major Defence acquisition projects, including SEA 5000.
- Answer 25 questions
- Email us your code
- We read your answers
- We talk it through with you
We never ask for your name, so the code is how we match your answers to you.
Frequently asked questions.
The Snapshot is run by SecureSupply, the trading name of Acqsus Pty Ltd, ABN 98 658 865 206. Read our privacy policy.
No. DISP is a membership program, and only Defence can grant membership. The Snapshot is a first look based on your own answers. A full readiness assessment reviews your evidence against each DISP requirement; see our DISP membership support. It doesn't replace Defence's own DISP membership requirements or your application.
No. You get a code to email us, and SecureSupply's two founders go through your answers with you on a free 30-minute findings call. That's where you hear what your answers mean for the DISP membership level you need.
Australian businesses preparing to apply for DISP membership, and members asked by Defence or a prime contractor to show how they manage security. To see how the levels differ, read DISP membership levels explained.
We ask 25 questions across security governance, personnel, physical security, ICT and cyber, and the Essential Eight. We don't ask for or store your name, email or company, and our code doesn't record your IP address.
They come to SecureSupply when you send them. We only connect them to your business if you email us your code, so please leave client, staff and company names out of your explanations. We read every answer and explanation before your findings call. We can't contact you unless you email us your code, so we won't chase you.
Defence expects DISP members to meet or exceed the ASD Essential Eight at Maturity Level 2 across the corporate ICT systems they use to correspond with Defence. The Snapshot looks at your Essential Eight position but doesn't assign a maturity level.
ASD published ASD Essentials on 15 October 2026, building on the Essential Eight. Defence's DISP requirements still name the Essential Eight, so the Snapshot uses it, and we'll update it if that changes. Read what ASD Essentials changes.
References to Defence and ASD requirements were accurate when published and may change.