Next Val Data

Data insights, analytics, and technical explorations.

I’m Dominick Ryan. As a Senior Systems and Data Engineer, I build reliable data transformations and cloud-native infrastructure. NextValData is my curated repository of academic and technical documentation—a personal archive shared in the hope that it helps others, while being just self-serving enough.

Latest Posts

Azure Apps: When to Proxy and When to Steer

A comparison between Azure Front Door and Azure Traffic Manager for global traffic routing.

Standardizing Privilege: JIT Access and the Emergency Bypass

Managing an Entra ID tenant requires removing the technical debt of permanent administrative permissions.

Modern LAPS: Transitioning to Native Security

Moving from legacy LAPS agents to integrated encryption and Domain LAPS members.

From my Reading List