Shaun Francis

Many consultants choose project work for its flexibility and variety, but Canberra's shift away from contracting roles is making that choice increasingly difficult. High taxes and fewer local contract opportunities are prompting ICT and Business services support professionals to seek work outside the ACT. To bring these opportunities back, we need supportive tax policies and flexible APS partnerships.  Check out what John McCluskey had to say here: https://lnkd.in/gXS-Pj7j #BusinessGrowth #EconomicDevelopment #ConsultingIndustry #PublicPolicy #WorkforceDevelopment #LocalBusiness #CanberraJobs #TaxReform #Employment #SkillsTraining #Entrepreneurship #CanberraEconomy #JobCreation #FutureOfWork

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🚀 Ready to Transform Your Business? 🚀 As a dedicated Managed Service Provider in South East Queensland, we’re here to guide SMEs through the digital landscape with ease. Microsoft 365 Business Premium is your all-in-one solution, blending top-tier productivity tools with robust security measures to propel your business forward. 🔒 Secure, Collaborate, and Thrive 🔒 With Microsoft 365 Business Premium, you’re not just getting the Office suite you know and love; you’re also unlocking advanced cyberthreat protection and device management. Imagine having the power to collaborate securely from anywhere, at any time – that’s the promise of Business Premium. 🌐 Connect with Confidence 🌐 Don’t let cyber risks hold you back. Embrace the future with confidence as Microsoft 365 Business Premium safeguards your data and streamlines your operations. Ready to take the leap? Reach out to us and let’s make it happen together! #Microsoft365 #BusinessGrowth #CyberSecurity #DigitalEra #SMEsupport

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Thank you, Angelo Gulisano and Nicolò Ferranti, for the Bellissimo “Leveraging Azure Application Insights with Power Apps and Power Automate” session at Coding Night NZ 🤌! We had an incredible session exploring various ways to capture telemetry within Power Apps, both in Canvas and Model-Driven Apps. Nicolò Ferranti delved into Low-Code methods as well as High-Code plugins in C#, demonstrating how to load assemblies into #dataverse to capture events and also a PCF (PowerApps Component Framework) control in ReactJs with monitoring embedded. Angelo Gulisano showcased Power Automate, highlighting its seamless integration with an Azure Function written in NodeJs for capturing telemetry data. All telemetry is available in #azure Application Insights, providing integrated analytics and insights into user flow and app monitoring! A session with lots of great demos! 🎇 🎯 If you missed the session, the recording is available on our YouTube Channel: https://lnkd.in/g4wqTyrG 🎯 Whether you are an experienced #developer with years in the field, a recent graduate embarking on your career, or someone in a career transition, stay tuned for our upcoming events and meetups here: https://lnkd.in/dSbfdZQX #powerplatform #azure #dotnet #reactjs #node #developers #community #meetup #codingnightnz #mvpbuzz #Gratitude #ContinuousLearning #growth #learning #thankyou

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📣 This month, the Adelaide Azure User Group is excited to welcome Rob Farley (LobsterPot Solutions) for a presentation on the changing cloudscape of data. 📅Tuesday, 10th September 2024 🕒3:00 PM - 5:00 PM ACST 🗺️Microsoft Office (Level 12, 147 Pirie Street) 🗓️ Session Highlight: It’s at least fifteen years since data started moving to the cloud, and understandably, a lot has changed. The landscape (or should that be “cloudscape”?) is a lot more complex now, with different Azure SQL offerings, Synapse, and now Fabric. So let’s explore this changing space, and some of the workloads that suit the different products available. 🔗 RSVP Now: Don’t miss out on the chance to enhance your cloud skills and network with fellow professionals. Register today at https://lnkd.in/gpU-7ZEc Looking forward to seeing you there! 🌐 Can’t join us physically? No problem! Join us virtually through the provided link. 📢Want to present or request a topic? Fill out this form: https://lnkd.in/gy-aXWPe

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Reminder about our next meetup tomorrow. Deets below!

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Have you tried Copilot yet? If not, you may be wondering what Microsoft’s AI can do to help boost productivity, efficiency, and creativity in your business. The answer? Loads. It’s time to trial the assistant that never sleeps… #Microsoft #Windows11 #Copilot https://lnkd.in/gsCF3_i4

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Excellent guidance document which also covers how threat actors are often to easily elevate their privileges.

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📣 This July, the Adelaide Azure User Group is thrilled to welcome Reid Purvis (Cloud Paradigm) for an enlightening session on bridging the hybrid cloud security requirements using Zero Trust architecture. 📅Tuesday, 9th July 2024 🕒3:00 PM - 5:00 PM ACST 🗺️Microsoft Office (Level 12, 147 Pirie Street) 🗓️ Session Highlights: When using, extending or migrating IT services into Azure, security is a fundamental consideration. This presentation covers the key considerations for architecting Azure landing zones and solutions aligned with a Zero Trust security model and offers useful and pragmatic suggestions for improving your Azure security posture. 🔗 RSVP Now: Don’t miss out on the chance to enhance your cloud skills and network with fellow professionals. Register today at https://lnkd.in/g3DkhxMf 🌐 Can’t join us physically? No problem! Join us virtually through the provided link. Looking forward to seeing you there, whether in person or online! 📢Want to present or request a topic? Fill out this form: https://lnkd.in/gy-aXWPe

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Getting there ... #digitalID legislation is good ✅ and now terrific to see some funding for trials of #digitalwallets and #verifiablecredentials as part of the Australian Government Digital Identity System (AGDIS). Identity is great but only half the story. We need an end-to-end and secure system. It is pointless to be able to prove who you are digitally if you still have to produce/copy/send paper documents and certificates.

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Need help with Microsoft on-premises to M365 / cloud, sorting Identity, Cybersecurity, Networking, and Infrastructure? Here's a recommendation... You need Prince Bhurji! https://lnkd.in/gWCs-ehz And he is available right now. His contract with us is ending (and we are sad!) Prince is amazing. I mean it. Really, truly impressive. He was hired to come and sort out our cybersecurity, networking, infrastructure and move us from chaotic on-premises to cloud, while sorting out our cybersecurity. But he has done so much more. He has taken care of everything: * Revamping our networking and VPNs for maximum security. Including trusted networks, RADIUS, NPS, the full deal. * Modernising our identity security, conditional access, etc. We now have a 100% MS identity security score. An external consultant told us our tenancy is one of the best he has seen. That's thanks to Prince. * Reviewing and cleaning up resources in our Azure tenancy, securing and setting up just-in-time / PIM access for external vendor access and admins. * Automating cost dashboards so we can monitor spending. * Saving us a ton of money by shifting from an external DC for disaster recovery to Azure Site Recovery, and Azure backup for on-premises. * Teaching us to manage, monitor, and deal with vulnerabilities and rollout security changes. Our MS SecureScore is in the 70s now. * Sorting out our OS, applications, and infrastructure patching. * Revamping our RBACs and security, closing down loop-holes and cleaning up. * Planning and executing our home-drive to OneDrive migration. * Planning and playbooks for our migration from on-premise DCs and infrastructure to all cloud. * Risk reviews and remediation planning and implementation. * Design and architecture. * Lots and lots of tweaks to our M365 systems and teaching us the ropes for administration of M365. And that's just the stuff I remember. Prince is amazing. Absolutely wonderful to work with. A constant ray of sunshine in the team. If you need help M365, moving from old-school to cloud, MS security and identity, choose Prince. You get an architect and experienced doer in one happy package, and that is a very rare thing. You will not regret it. 😎

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As we look to the imminent GA of the NZ North Azure region, plenty of agencies are gearing up to move workloads to Azure. As part of this work, if you are completing a risk assessment for public cloud as per the GCDO guidelines and need the most current Microsoft response documents to make completing that document a lot easier - I have got you covered :) See the links in our official documentation for New Zealand agencies on this page here: https://lnkd.in/gNnd5qTJ Currently we have the guidance docs for Azure and M365, and coming soon are Dynamics and Fabric. Enjoy :) #azure #nz

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With business risk being heightened off the back of incidents on Friday, I wanted to share some further considerations for Security & Business leaders to review around #Data. Thank you to the many IT Professionals who worked tirelessly over the weekend to course correct issues, business and people were facing. ADAPT #Research #Advisory #CISO #CDO #CIO #Risk

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Yet another breach of Australian Personal Information is in the news... ...don't be next! Veritas can help you find all the Personal Information sitting in your unstructured data, no matter if it is on premise or in the cloud (like SharePoint and OneDrive). We can tell you what it is - Passport - Drivers license  - Credit card - Date of birth - Address details - COVID certificate Your corporate data profile (RSL membership details, loan application, medical record, construction certificate etc) Even if it's a scanned image or a photo! We can tell you useful data about it - Who created it - Who has access to it - When was it last accessed But perhaps most importantly, alert you to if the access pattern changes! SCENARIO OF IDENTITY THEFT Imagine a world where identify theft happens (that would be the world we all live in), and a bad actor gets access to your environment by pretending to be a valid employee. They then start exfiltrating data at scale, which is anomalous to the usual behaviour of that person who has been compromised. We will alert your SIEM, so you can disable that person and go check. Sounds too easy doesn't it. Data protection starts with data knowledge. No point protecting anything (including backing it up) if you don't know what it is in the first place! #dataprotection #innovation from Veritas Technologies LLC

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🚀 Arinco recently partnered with Blue Zebra Insurance (BZI), an Australian insurance agency, to implement Microsoft Sentinel and ensure maximised use of its capabilities. In 2024, BZI decided to enhance its security posture by deploying Microsoft Sentinel for a centralised dashboard to oversee incidents and centralise threat management activity. BZI engaged with Arinco, by Microsoft's recommendation, for its deep expertise and knowledge of the Microsoft stack. In a nine-week deployment, Arinco seamlessly integrated Sentinel into BZI’s operations which has now become its starting point for incident and response management. “Sentinel is a sophisticated product, with a lot of data connectors and different playbooks, depending on your needs and priorities, but the deployment was made far less daunting with Arinco’s guidance,” said BZI’s Chief Technology Officer, Amar Roomi. In partnership with Arinco, BZI has been able to adopt what Roomi calls “best-in-class security” without needing to build a large internal team to develop its cybersecurity solutions. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/drbadzPT #Security #SecurityPosture #Efficency #Sentinel #Microsoft

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I just finished reading @AustralianSignalsDirectorate's Best Practicse for Event Logging & Threat Detection. There's great practical advice in there with many helpful links. If you're a security practitioner it's a good start. The linked Living Off The Land detection guide is also helpful (https://lnkd.in/gdrDJ4cv) https://lnkd.in/gRbKqNNT

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