Articles on technology leadership, cyber security, infrastructure, education technology, homelabs and the Townsville technology community.

What school boards need to see: cyber governance, legal duties and evidence (Part 2)

How Australian school boards and councils can oversee cyber risk: which privacy and governance obligations apply, and the evidence worth asking for.

The Friday afternoon call: why a school cyber audit is not a response plan (Part 1)

A recent Perth school breach shows why schools need independent assurance and someone able to act between audits, including after hours.

Completing Ubiquiti's UniFi Wireless Admin course

What two days of Ubiquiti Wireless Admin training in Townsville reinforced about planning Wi-Fi around the people and devices using it.

From the archive: my network upgrade proposal

A lightly edited and anonymised network upgrade proposal from around 2016, showing the problems, options and costs behind a not-for-profit's first managed Wi-Fi rollout.

The Ubiquiti UAP that won me over

An ageing church network, an upgrade proposal and the original UniFi AP that showed me how practical networking could fit a not-for-profit budget.

Three days of Ubiquiti training in Townsville: completing URSCA

My reflections on completing Leader's UniFi Routing, Switching & Cybersecurity Admin course in Townsville, from practical networking skills to the value of local professional development.

UTS’s network upgrade: buying a platform, keeping control (Part 2)

Aruba and Extreme were developing AIOps years before this UTS upgrade. The bigger question is how integrated platforms change support, subscriptions and institutional capability.