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Situation
A research organisation needed to modernise collaboration and infrastructure used by distributed teams and external partners. The environment supported sensitive data, specialist workloads and demanding availability expectations.
Challenge
The organisation needed to support open collaboration while protecting intellectual property and research data. Existing platforms were difficult to govern consistently and some recovery processes were not well documented.
Approach
Cendara reviewed collaboration patterns, identity controls, storage requirements and recovery expectations. We developed a target-state design, governance model and staged uplift plan that supported research continuity.
Technology Used
- Microsoft 365
- Cloud storage
- Identity governance
- Secure external collaboration
- Backup and recovery
- Network access controls
Outcomes
- Improved collaboration governance
- Better data protection alignment
- Clearer external access controls
- Modernisation roadmap
- Improved recovery confidence
Business Benefits
- Researchers could collaborate with clearer guardrails.
- Technology teams had a staged path for modernisation.
- Risk owners had improved visibility of sensitive collaboration patterns.
Lessons Learned
Research environments require controls that protect valuable data without making legitimate collaboration unnecessarily difficult.