The ASD Blueprint helps secure Microsoft Power Platform, but governance, availability and recovery solve different problems. This article explores where native recovery fits, where its limits matter, and how Australian organisations can build a more complete recovery strategy.

Many organisations believe they are operating at Essential Eight ML2 or ML3. In reality, their SaaS resilience sits closer to ML0–ML1. This 2026 briefing explains why - and how Essential Eight must evolve for identity-driven, SaaS-dependent operations.