The Holland Foundation – Melbourne
Read More: The Holland Foundation – MelbourneThe Holland Foundation – Melbourne https://hf.org.au Be very very careful of this organisation and their 5 star reviews, my daughter started ‘working’ (no pay, that’s ok it was a volunteer role) for the foundation several months ago, before she started they insisted that she should pay a $150-200 deposit to be shortlisted into a role,…
Microsoft M365 E3 now includes – Defender for Office 365 Plan 1
Read More: Microsoft M365 E3 now includes – Defender for Office 365 Plan 1Microsoft M365 E3 now includes – Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 If you have M365 E3 licenses in your business, you now have the added benefit of Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 included; securing your Email, Teams, Sharepoint and Onedrive from advanced threats. From July 1st 2026, MDO (Microsoft Defender for Office 365…
AI wheels falling off? Microslop – can not help it!
Read More: AI wheels falling off? Microslop – can not help it!AI wheels falling off? Microslop – can not help it! This is not about Microsoft, Microsofts; CEO Sataya just happened to make a statement last week, which was not well received for well founded reasons! Personal opinion piece I don’t know what everyones take on the current hype around AI or Artificial Intelligence is but…
Is AI Profitable?
Read More: Is AI Profitable?Is AI Profitable? Very interesting opinion on AI ‘wrapper’ apps, by extension this also applies to the underlying AI company business models, losing money is not a sustainable business practise and most use cases for AI are not job replacing, nor are they money making ever. Solving boring business problems is where there is a…
Gen AI – hype and Marketecture
Read More: Gen AI – hype and MarketectureGenerative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) – hype and Marketecture, the latest Enshittification lever for internet search and content and the reason that the big tech bro companies have been growing for the last 3 years. Introduction But, now that every software product on the market has been “drizzled” with a bit of AI marketecture pazazz,…
Onmicrosoft domains are a Spammers “pot o’ Gold”
Read More: Onmicrosoft domains are a Spammers “pot o’ Gold”Onmicrosoft domains are a Spammers “pot o’ Gold” , something that was raised just recently via a partner of mine regarding spam. Introduction to OnMicrosoft For those who do not know, all Microsoft email customers and “cloud” clients in general have something called an on Microsoft Domain address, it is how web traffic etc knows…
Sophie Howard, Knowledge Source
Read More: Sophie Howard, Knowledge SourceSophie Howard, Knowledge Source Sophie Howard, an Intro A customer victim of Sophie Howards courses recently came to me to explain her experience, by all accounts a very interesting and quite fascinating story of loss through the ‘author’ of Blue Sky Amazon and now her “K-express” and “KPI” courses. Sophie Howard is also the ‘author’…
Sophie Howard – Scam or the greatest ever advice?
Read More: Sophie Howard – Scam or the greatest ever advice?Sophie Howard – Scam or the greatest ever advice, if you are like me maybe you have seen advertisements appearing on your Facebook feed, promising that “There is a little known secret that you can use to make $$$$ from ebook writing”, or better yet you can be the next big “Amazon drop shipper with…
Gen AI – doing what you are not good at!
Read More: Gen AI – doing what you are not good at!Gen AI – doing what you are not good at! Generative AI like Microsoft CoPilot will not make you better at what you are already good at, when first I tried using Copilot to draft answers to emails for me, it failed and therefore I failed – the results were not what I would write,…
Think security – protect yourselves from cyber criminals
Read More: Think security – protect yourselves from cyber criminalsIf you do not know about cyber crime in 2025 then I am not sure where you are living but Cyber crime affects everyone including those of us on the Limestone coast in South Australia, just because we are in a low population area doesn’t mean that you and I are not being targeted by…
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I am passionate about Australian organisations improving their cyber security posture, where possible I want to help improve by sharing the questions that I am asked along with some answers, there are many cyber security experts who have a vast amount of knowledge to share, if I can help to aggregate some of this then it is achieving my objective to improve the security posture for all businesses.
I am a current member of AISA Australia (Melbourne), and though I am not a cyber security expert I am a Microsoft Cyber security Expert by certification. I am an enthusiast and continue to learn every day from every conversation I have.
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