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osh.co.za / operations summary / 2026
Domains @ p=reject
47
Zero legitimate mail lost, ever
Endpoints under GravityZone
3,182
Windows / macOS / Linux
M365 / Workspace tenants
88
Managed end-to-end
Years doing this
25yr
Founded 2001 in Sandton
// Recent operations 2026 / sample
DMARCMid-market client reached p=reject after 5 months at p=quarantine.
EDRMigrated 280 endpoints from legacy Sophos to GravityZone.
M365Hardened Conditional Access on a 60-seat tenant. MFA at 100%.
SPFFlattened a 14-lookup record back to 6. Re-check scheduled.
MDMRolled Hexnode out across a 40-device hybrid Apple and Windows fleet.
BACKUPRestored a deleted Workspace shared drive from cloud-to-cloud backup.
SIGMigrated 180 mailboxes to Exclaimer Cloud without breaking DKIM.
// Field notes

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