From a major city after a cyberattack to regulated labs and a steel company. What I did there, and what it means for you.
Public sector, thousands of employees
On 6 December 2022 a major cyberattack brought the City of Antwerp to a standstill. Thousands of employees could no longer work as they had before.
The digital workplace was rebuilt in the Microsoft cloud, with security built into the design from day one instead of added afterwards. Under heavy time pressure, because a city has to keep running.
I already knew the organisation from the inside. At Digipolis I had grown from modern workplace expert to team lead and Microsoft 365 architect. That combination made the difference: I knew how the shop floor worked, and I could draw the architecture.
My work was in the layers that carry everything: identity in Entra ID, device management with Intune, monitoring with Defender and Sentinel, and governance over Power Platform and SharePoint.
Adding it afterwards costs more and works less well. I start every project at the foundation: who may do what, and from which device.
Under time pressure you see which choices hold. Rolling out in phases with pilot groups is faster in the end than doing everything at once.
A secure environment that nobody wants to use is not a secure environment. Every measure has to be workable.
Life sciences, GxP
Endpoint and infrastructure management in a strictly regulated environment: labs, production and warehouse.
Validated lab equipment, data centre operations and SCCM as the backbone of endpoint management. Every change had to be documented, validated and accounted for.
What you noticeI document as if there is an audit tomorrow. That makes NIS2 or ISO 27001 a lot easier later on.
Industry, site lead
Ultimately responsible for IT operations at an industrial site.
From daily operations and infrastructure to bridging the needs of the site and the wider IT organisation.
What you noticeProduction does not stop for a maintenance window. I plan changes around your operations, not the other way round.
Several companies
Final responsibility for budget, suppliers, teams and strategy.
Besides architecture and engineering, I have sat on the other side of the table myself, as the person who had to decide and answer for it.
What you noticeI know what a board wants to hear: what the risk is, what it costs and what comes first. That is why my reports are short.
Smaller organisations
Solid security for organisations without a large IT budget.
The most protection possible within existing licences such as Business Premium and E3. No unnecessary tools, just the right settings in the right places.
What you noticeI work for an SME with the same care as for a major city, only with a smaller budget and a shorter project.
In twenty minutes you will know whether I can help you, and how. You speak to me, not to a salesperson.