Logicalis launches technology assurance services

Logicalis Australia has launched a line of technology assurance services aimed at helping large, regulated organisations meet rising compliance obligations.

The consulting-led services will be provided via a dedicated team which has been assembled to address the tightening expectations of regulators such as the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, which has recently introduced cross-industry prudential standards for maintaining critical operations.

Rising requirements necessitate assurance obligations that span technology, procurement, legal, risk and operations, Logicalis said.

The Logicalis TAS team will provide assessment-led engagements that clarify ambiguous or program-scale requirements, and connect the findings into delivery and managed services. The services span Logicalis’s core technology domains, including end-user computing, cloud and infrastructure, connectivity, and identity and collaboration, according to Logicalis Principal for Technology Assurance Services Luke Gardiner.

“TAS exists to close the last mile between policy and production. Regulated organisations don’t need another slide deck; they need defensible evidence that their critical operations, suppliers and contracts can withstand disruption,” he said. “By building technology assurance capability inside a leading systems integrator, we pair governance and controls with the engineering, project management office, and managed services that make resilience real.”

A core component of the company’s plans for the TAS unit is the Technology Operations and Readiness Assessment methodology, which has been developed to accelerate discovery against unified control standards relevant to Australian regulated industries.

As well as banking and financial services organisations, the unit will target industries including manufacturing, utilities and infrastructure.

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