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Practical guides from the engineers.

No thought-leadership filler. Working notes on Essential Eight, the Microsoft security stack, EDR, application control and vulnerability management — for Australian teams that have to run this stuff.

20 JULY 2026 · SIEM & COST · 7 MIN READ

Cutting a Microsoft Sentinel bill 30–50% without losing detections

Sentinel bills by the gigabyte, and most of that volume never drives a detection. The five levers we use to cut ingest cost, and the "never touch" list that keeps your coverage intact.

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7 JULY 2026 · ESSENTIAL EIGHT · 8 MIN READ

Essential Eight Maturity Level 2 with Microsoft 365: a practical checklist

Most of the tooling ML2 requires is already inside your E3/E5 licence. Control by control: what Microsoft covers, how to configure it, and the gaps where Microsoft alone honestly won't get you there.

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