Logicalis Australia spins up regulation consultancy group

Logicalis Australia has launched a new technology assurance services group to support the move of its managed services toward regulatory-ready solutions.

The company described it as a consulting-led capability designed to help large, regulated organisations in Australia translate "rising regulatory and operational resilience requirements into governed, measurable technology outcomes.”

Luke Gardinder has been appointed to the role of principal to lead the new technology assurance services group.

Gardiner has worked in technology services roles for more than 20 years, most recently as the advisory principal for enterprise technology and risk at 9th Mind Advisory.

He has also held senior advisory and leadership roles at Dell Technologies, NTT, and Ethan Group.

Gardiner said that the new group was started 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.

"Across every regulated sector, we're seeing the same issue, and that is that organisations understand what regulators expect; however, translating those expectations into practical, auditable technology outcomes is where things often break down. TAS will provide the connection between contracts and controls that directly links to how technology is delivered and operated within the organisation."  

Technical services director Peter Cardassis added that technology assurance services were being integrated into its core offerings in response to the increased regulations.

"The launch of TAS is a strategic evolution of our Transformation Services, managed services, and private cloud portfolios,” he said. 

“We recognised that in a CPS 230 world, 'standard' managed services aren't enough; clients need a governance layer that is baked into the technology itself. My objective in forming this capability was to ensure that every dollar our clients invest in cloud and infrastructure is inherently 'regulatory-ready' from day one." 

The new services group aims to support compliance with CPS 230 for banking and financial services organisations by aligning critical systems, service providers, and contracts to define resilience tolerances. 

The group will also aim to help embed controls across outsourced services in sectors with high third-party technology and cloud dependencies, such as insurance and legal and professional services firms, as well as helping manufacturing, utilities, and infrastructure organisations gain visibility into the resilience of operational technology environments and supplier ecosystems.