What it means to be an Australian Veteran Owned Business
Arresti VPN is a certified Australian Veteran Owned Business. Here is what that means, and why we think it matters.
Arresti VPN is a certified Australian Veteran Owned Business. That is not a mood. It is a check someone else ran, and it is how the company is actually owned and operated.
This post is about what that certification is, what it is not, and why it shows up in a VPN product instead of a parade. Customers are worldwide. The company is Australian.
What “Australian Veteran Owned Business” actually means
AVOB certification is administered by the Australian Veteran Owned Business community at avob.org.au. To carry the badge, a business has to be majority-owned and actively operated by an Australian Defence Force veteran, and demonstrate that on an ongoing basis. It is a real check, not a sticker you download.
Arresti VPN is the trading name of Arresti Systems Pty Ltd. Australian Consumer Law applies to what we sell. We do not need a separate shrine page for a street address. If you need us, contact works. The ABN is in the site footer with the company name, which is where company details belong on a product site.
Veteran-owned is not the same as “military brand.” We do not sell camouflage. We sell a no-logs VPN for people who want the path between their phone and the internet to be quieter. The civilian look is the point. Service ends. The habits do not have to.
Why it shows up in a privacy product
Defence service builds a particular kind of professional — structured, calm under pressure, mission-focused, and serious about the boring details that make systems actually work. Those traits translate cleanly into running a privacy and security business: process matters, trust matters, and “near enough” isn’t good enough.
A VPN company asks you to route your traffic through our servers. That is an intimate request, even when the use case is dull (hotel Wi-Fi, a cafe, a library). You should know who you are buying from. Australian-owned means you are not dealing with a marketing office bolted onto an overseas parent. Veteran-owned means the person accountable for the business has a public, checkable affiliation with AVOB, not a slogan.
By backing an AVOB-certified business, you’re also backing an ecosystem of veteran-owned suppliers, partners and employees. It is a small thing on the face of it. It adds up across an industry that is otherwise very good at sounding local while being owned somewhere else.
What it does not mean
It does not mean the product is only for veterans, or only for people in Australia. Arresti is for anyone who wants the tunnel. Most customers are just people with a phone and a trip booked — some of them have never been to Australia. The ownership is extra information, not a tax on the product.
It does not mean we are above the law. Using a VPN is legal in Australia for ordinary privacy and security. We would still have to respond to a valid Australian legal request with the account information we hold. We do not store browsing activity. We do not pretend that combination is magic. Details are in the Privacy Policy.
It does not mean we will oversell the product. A VPN encrypts the path. It does not make you invisible on a site where you are logged in. It is not antivirus. Windows is OpenVPN, not a three-minute native app. We would rather lose a sale than walk you into a surprise at a hotel desk. That is in five reasons to choose Arresti and the Windows guide.
What you actually get
One plan. All servers. Up to 5 devices. AUD $3.99 a month or AUD $43 a year. 30-day money-back guarantee. iPhone, iPad, Android and Mac are the apps. Windows and Linux are OpenVPN.
That mix is deliberate. We would rather a Windows customer spend ten quiet minutes with OpenVPN at the kitchen table than discover the gap in a hotel at midnight. The same instinct shows up in copy: no league tables, no claim that a VPN rewrites streaming terms, no dump of a street address on a page that should be about the product. If you need us, use contact.
Support is an inbox we read. Installation guides exist because we got tired of people guessing. The features page says what we don’t do, which is as important as what we do.
If you care about buying Australian, this is that. If you only care that the tunnel works on airport Wi-Fi, this is still that.
The point
An Australian Veteran Owned Business is a verified ownership fact. We put it on the site because it is true, and because people searching for a Veteran Owned Business in this country should land on a real one. The VPN still has to be good enough to leave on. That is the job.
Sign up when you want the account. AUD $3.99/month or $43/year. Five devices. Cancel anytime.