I'm Michael Lloyd, a senior cyber security and cloud consultant. Based in Sydney, I work with organisations across Australia and internationally. I've spent more than 27 years working across Australian Government, Defence, healthcare and private industry.

Career highlights

• More than 27 years in cyber security and infrastructure
• Led the architecture group for the Department of Defence's CIO Group
• Five years as a Security Architect for DFAT's Diplomatic Security Branch
• Washington DC secondment working with the US Department of Defense and the NSA
• Led Microsoft Defender suite deployments for government and private sector clients
• Delivered Essential Eight uplifts to Maturity Level 2 for multiple organisations
• Prepared Microsoft 365 environments for Defence Industry Security Program (DISP) compliance

Today I help organisations strengthen security, modernise Microsoft, VMware and Red Hat environments, improve governance, and reduce risk. Every recommendation is practical, measurable and tied to your business goals.

When you work with Lloydla, you work directly with me, the person delivering your solution. There's no sales team, no outsourced engineers and no ticket queue.