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Michael Brazis

Melbourne | Australia

IT and cybersecurity leader focused on systems that actually work. Strong across Microsoft environments, identity, infrastructure and security. Technical, no BS approach to AI, if it doesn't improve the system, it doesn't go in.

OpenAI Did a Pen Test on Medicare. Nobody Asked Them To

OpenAI Did a Pen Test on Medicare. Nobody Asked Them To

On 18 June, an AI agent built by OpenAI broke into a Medicare website. Nobody at Medicare noticed. They found out on 10 September, when OpenAI sent an email to a public government inbox that basically said "we hacked you soz" The Prime Minister announced it on 24

AI Doesn't Break In. You Let It In.

AI Doesn't Break In. You Let It In.

Remember the excitement? Because it was genuinely something. Two years ago every business on earth was scrambling to get an AI strategy. Boards demanded one. Vendors bolted the word "AI" onto products that were basically a spreadsheet with a chatbot glued to the front. LinkedIn turned into a

So You Vibe Coded Your Own CRM. Now Who Patches It?

So You Vibe Coded Your Own CRM. Now Who Patches It?

Let me start with the good news, because there genuinely is some. Anyone with a Claude Code subscription and a decent idea can now build software that would have cost sixty grand and taken four months two years ago. Small businesses that have been bleeding money on CRM and ERP

Everyone Wants AI Bolted On, Nobody Wants to Ask Why

Everyone Wants AI Bolted On, Nobody Wants to Ask Why

There's a new tax on software now, and it's not a price increase, it's a chatbot window bolted onto the side of a product that didn't need one. Doesn't matter what the tool does, invoicing, scheduling, a glorified spreadsheet with

Introducing AuswideCyber

Introducing AuswideCyber

If you've landed here before, you might remember a different site. Australia Wide Cybersecurity Services was an IT consultancy offering Cyber Security services, with a quote form and a list of things I could sell you. That site is gone, and it's not coming back in