6clicks

About 6clicks

6clicks provides a Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) platform powered by artificial intelligence, designed for enterprises, governments, and service providers. The company was established in Melbourne, Australia, in mid-2019 by Anthony Stevens, Louis Strauss, and Andrew Robinson with the mission to simplify risk and compliance through a smart, AI-driven platform. The founders' backgrounds were complementary; Stevens, the CEO, was formerly a Partner and Chief Digital Officer at KPMG with extensive experience in digital transformation. Strauss, the Chief Commercial Officer, also came from KPMG as a digital consultant and previously founded a curated search engine in Berlin. Robinson, the Chief Security Officer, brought over two decades of experience as an IT security advisor and founded the cybersecurity firm TrustyGate.

The business operates on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, generating revenue through a disruptive subscription-based pricing structure. Instead of traditional per-user or per-module fees, 6clicks charges based on the number of 'Spokes' deployed, with unlimited users and all modules included. This model caters to organizations with distributed structures, such as different divisions, geographies, or projects. The company serves its clients directly and also through a partner program for advisors and Managed Service Providers (MSPs), offering a white-labelled, multi-tenant platform to help them scale service delivery.

The core of the 6clicks offering is its GRC platform, which features a unique 'Hub & Spoke' architecture. This allows a central 'Hub' to manage and oversee multiple 'Spokes,' enabling federated GRC management while maintaining central control and reporting. A key component is Hailey, the company's proprietary AI engine, which automates tasks like compliance mapping between different frameworks (such as ISO 27001, NIST, and SOC 2), risk identification, and policy generation. The platform includes a vast, integrated content library with thousands of standards, laws, audit templates, and risk libraries, which accelerates the implementation of risk and compliance programs. The company launched its first platform version in February 2020 and has since expanded its operations globally, with significant business in the UK and US.