Cybersecurity
What the ASD’s latest security alert means for your organisation
On 9 July 2026, the Australian Signals Directorate issued a critical alert on a large-scale cybersecurity campaign exploiting content management systems, including WordPress and Joomla, across organisations of every size.…
The myth of set and forget technology investments
There’s a pattern that repeats itself across organisations of every size: new technology gets implemented successfully, then the assumption is that it’s sorted for the next five years. The system…
Digital strategy at the executive level
I’ve sat in boardrooms on both sides of the table – as an internal Head of IT and as an external advisor. I’ve also completed the Australian Institute of Company…
IT Current State Assessment
I’ve worked with not-for-profit and community organisations for years. The pattern is relatively consistent: technology initiatives operate separately from organisational strategy, creating inefficiencies that compound over time. Recently I worked…
Governing through a cyber crisis
This morning I attended the AICD’s “Governing Through a Cyber Crisis” because I was interested to see what strategies for building a cyber-resilient organisation would be covered at a board…
The benefits of IT strategy
Most mid-sized businesses treat IT as “the person who fixes computers.” Technology decisions get made reactively: something breaks, buy a replacement; a vendor pitches new software, evaluate whether budget exists,…
