Applied tool
ThreatScope Check
A domain trust inspection tool for surfacing the visible signals an organisation exposes online.
Trust Surface thinking
Digital trust, observed and made governable.
I write about the systems, signals, and dependencies that shape trust in digital organisations - and the governance needed to keep them visible, resilient, and under control.
Essays, framework thinking, and applied work across digital trust and governance.
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Writing
Digital trust, visible control, governance, and what organisations reveal about themselves when systems are under pressure.
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Framework
The Trust Surface Framework is a structured model for understanding how trust is expressed, tested, and governed across digital systems.
It is intended to make trust dependencies more visible across domains, identity, communications, infrastructure, suppliers, and change.
Current work
I write about digital trust, but I also build the surfaces that test it.
My current work includes a small number of public instruments, observatories and frameworks designed to
Observatory
.auDo
An independent observatory watching DNS, registration and namespace signals across selected .au domains over
Framework
Trust Surface Framework
A structured model for understanding how digital trust is created, exposed, weakened and governed.
This work sits alongside my role leading technology delivery within a national mental health organisation, where these ideas are applied in real operational environments.
Put simply: I help organisations understand what others can already see about them online - and how those signals shape trust, risk and control.
I also contribute to consultations and public processes on digital trust, internet governance and the .au namespace.
Selected submissions.