Matt Heywood

Matt Heywood is a cybersecurity expert with over 20 years of experience in the digital space.

He is the Director of Blackguard, a company specializing in cybersecurity defense, policy, implementation, and strategy for small to medium organizations.

Blackguard focuses on Office 365 platforms like Outlook, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange, Microsoft Teams, Dynamics, and Azure.

The company simplifies complex technical concepts into easily understandable English and offers a range of cybersecurity services including geolocation blocking, email protection, conditional access policies, data leak prevention, multifactor authentication, remote device management, and security operations center monitoring.

Matt Heywood holds a Certificate IV in IT from Victoria University and has worked in various IT roles before founding Blackguard.

He has previously held positions such as Director at Skyrunner Developments, Local Director at BforB Australia, Director at Lance IT, Lead Systems Engineer at White IT, Senior Systems Engineer at Integrated Solutions Group Queensland, IT Consultant at Brennan IT, and Senior IT Analyst at Charityshare Ltd.

Matt Heywood aims to complement existing IT services by offering specialized cybersecurity solutions to enhance overall protection for organizations.

For cybersecurity inquiries or assistance, he can be contacted at matt.heywood@blackguard.com.au or 0401 791 900.