Field Notes

Last issue I said we'd be back at the end of August, on purpose. Here we are. Shorter than the June/July catch-up — that was two months in one go — but it's on time, which was the whole point.

Articles

Technology

Security posture is what your system can prove

Three Australian obligations now have hard dates attached, and not one of them can be satisfied with a policy document. What each actually asks of a system, which parts of the reform agenda are still only proposed, and why the gap is usually a legibility problem rather than a security one.

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Jayben's piece on security posture makes a simple argument that's easy to nod along to and hard to actually meet: your posture isn't what you intend, it's what your system can prove on demand. Worth reading before the deadline below sneaks up on anyone.

That's August. If something in here landed close to home — a posture you couldn't prove, a list you couldn't produce — grab a Fit Call. Twenty-five minutes, free, and we'll tell you straight whether we can help.

Back at the end of September.

— Javier