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Essential Eight - Configure Microsoft Office macro settings
By now most people would be aware of the great work of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) in the development of prioritised mitigation strategies to help organisations mitigate cyber security incidents caused by various cyber threats - wow, that's a mouthful....
ISM2018 September Release - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Half reviewed, re-written, updated again, and then yet another update to the ISM in November, I had to call that the last revision for this release of the ISM, as it is clear that monthly updates is to be the norm....
Printer Sanitising Worksheet
It's been a while since I first created my printer sanitisation worksheet builder back in 2016, so it was high time it got an upgrade.
I have noticed it does get some use with 1-2 downloads every month or so; that said the old one was very limiting....
ISM2017 September Release - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
It's been a very long year of waiting, but the September Release of the ISM is finally out, even though it seemed like it almost never happened.
The ISM being released this year was a close call, as all the changes are dated September 2017, yet it was publicly released two months later on the 10th November 2017....
Ionize IRAP Checklist Builder
Since my last checklist whent live a couple years ago, I've added a few minor updates and tweaks, however it has roughly stayed the same.
Looking over my website stats, I've seen on average about 140 unique downloads a month, which is quite a lot when you think about it. Check it out:...
ISM2016 May Release - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The shiny new 2016 ISM has been out for a couple of months now and everyone has had a good chance to work with it. I see a few people using my ISM Comparison Tool to get a bit of an idea on what's changed between versions but it only gives you half the picture....
ISM2013 April Conversion
So after the 2016 version dropped and I updated the Checklist builder, I figured I should go back and edit my old ASD-XML document format version of the ISM, into my newer XML-Data format.
You can check it out the ISM2013-04 edition on my website; and it's even been added into the ISM Comparison Tool. So now you can even compare 2013 to 2016 for full coverage. ...