Tighten Access Controls and Rethink Cloud-Dependent Supplier Risk

Supply chain risk, under the proposed rules, isn't just about the integrity of hardware and software you procure; it extends to who those suppliers, once engaged, can actually reach inside your environment, and for how long. Where to start The starting point is the same regardless of whether your environment is on-prem, hybrid, or fully cloud: a current inventory of every third party with access to your systems, what they can reach, and whether that access is still tied to active, necessary work

Where to start The starting point is the same regardless of whether your environment is on-prem, hybrid, or fully cloud: a current inventory of every third party with access to your systems, what they can reach, and whether that access is still tied to active, necessary work. For most operators, that inventory reveals more than expected - not because of any single dramatic gap, but because vendor access, unlike staff access, rarely gets swept up in routine reviews

Where to start The starting point is the same regardless of whether your environment is on-prem, hybrid, or fully cloud: a current inventory of every third party with access to your systems, what they can reach, and whether that access is still tied to active, necessary work

Businesses are increasingly operating across multiple cloud providers, data centres and AI platforms, making connectivity between those environments a more pressing challenge than choosing a single provider

The rapid growth of AI-driven web traffic is threatening to undermine the economic model that has supported the internet for decades, with publishers facing a future where their content is increasingly consumed by machines rather than humans. According to Cloudflare, non-human requests now account for almost 60 per cent of web traffic, creating a fundamental challenge for a digital economy built around human attention, page views, advertising and subscriptions

"Publishers will increasingly block AI crawlers by default unless there is a licensing agreement or a micro-payment system in place," she said. Under that model, publishers could demand greater visibility into how their content is being consumed by AI models, alongside mechanisms that allow autonomous AI agents to pay for the information they use

Government regulation will become more important as large firms set up shop in Australia's cities and regional towns, as the building or warehouse itself is only one part of the ecosystem around a data centre. While tech giants Amazon Web Services and Microsoft have committed tens of billions to new developments, consideration must be given to the strain on resources these data centres will create, including gas networks, our electricity grid and water supply

The NSW government alone is in the midst of the approval process for $50 billion worth of data centre investment

Huge banks of servers across the nation power everything from online games of EA Sports FC between friends, to AI prompts that help students with assignments, to myriad work use cases

Managed services provider Nexon also recorded a 91 per cent reduction in alert noise and cut IT service management alerts by 67 per cent through LogicMonitor's integration with ServiceNow

" Instead of immediately automating complex operational decisions, LogicMonitor encourages customers to begin by reducing alert fatigue and demonstrating measurable improvements before introducing more sophisticated automation. Among its Australian customers, pharmacy retailer Chemist Warehouse reduced alert noise by 88 per cent using Edwin AI across its network of close to 60 stores

The observability vendor is positioning AI as the 'front door' to its operations as LogicMonitor pursues its vision of autonomous IT in a changing landscape