When your internet starts slowing down, the first instinct is often to upgrade to a more expensive plan. It sounds logical that the more you pay, the better the service should be....
4 August 2026
Most vendor risk programs were designed for suppliers who never touch a line of code. The questionnaire that works for a payroll processor or an office cleaning firm falls apart...
4 August 2026
A good wiki isn’t enough—your security team wants Okta or Entra ID logins, auto-revoked seats, and SOC 2-ready logs. Yet most “best wiki” lists gush about templates and AI while...
4 August 2026
AI-powered automation is moving beyond content generation. Organisations are beginning to let AI systems retrieve records, classify documents, update applications, and initiate...
3 August 2026
NIS2 doesn't treat board cyber competence as good governance advice. It's a personal, individual obligation on every management body member, not a policy the board simply signs...
3 August 2026
The cyber attacks that dominate the headlines are rarely the ones that expose the biggest lessons. It is the patterns that emerge across multiple incidents that tell the real...
3 August 2026
Artificial intelligence has become part of everyday customer service. Chatbots answer routine questions, virtual assistants handle simple requests, and AI-powered tools summarize...
31 July 2026
Is Board Cyber Crisis Training mandated by EU DORA? Short answer: yes, and it's more specific than most boards assume. DORA doesn't leave board-level cyber competence as a...
31 July 2026
Security teams map their data thoroughly. Customer records, financial systems, source code repositories, HR files: all identified, classified and controlled. Then there is the...
30 July 2026
Most organizations reach a point where their existing asset management processes can no longer keep up. Spreadsheets multiply, asset information becomes scattered across...
30 July 2026
A few weeks ago, a client sent me a message asking whether I could verify my banking details. Then he asked a second question, and it is the question that saved him: is it...
30 July 2026
Replacing old code isn't just a chore for developers. Choosing legacy software modernisation services directly impacts your growth, security, and customer trust. An experienced...
29 July 2026
Walk into a Security Operations Centre and then into a cyber incident debrief, and you might think you had entered two entirely different worlds. The tooling is different, the...
29 July 2026
When people talk about IT security, the first things that come to mind are usually firewalls, antivirus programs, or new security software. Of course, these measures are part of...
29 July 2026
DORA compliance conversations tend to focus on ICT risk management frameworks and third-party oversight. What gets less attention is the thing supervisors actually check first...
29 July 2026
Chargebacks used to sit neatly in the payments or finance column. A customer disputed a transaction, the merchant gathered evidence, the processor reviewed the case and the...
28 July 2026
Most NIS2 conversations start with technical controls... detection tooling, network segmentation and access management. Fewer start with the question that actually determines...
28 July 2026
Free Wi-Fi at hotels, airports, conference venues, and coffee shops is convenient. It is also one of the easiest attack surfaces hackers exploit to steal sensitive information...
28 July 2026
Many companies are now using cryptocurrencies to pay their employees. It’s especially the case with remote-first companies that have employees across the globe. The most used...
27 July 2026
DORA is dominating headlines and if you’re in the financial services space in the EU, it’s probably also dominating all boardroom discussions. The Digital Operational Resilience...
27 July 2026
Synthetic identity fraud doesn't look like fraud at first. That's the point. A synthetic identity — built from a combination of real data fragments and invented details, typically...
27 July 2026
Strong incident response rarely happens by accident. It is shaped by deliberate preparation, clearly assigned authority, and the organizational infrastructure that allows...
24 July 2026
On 16 July 2026, one of the world's most recognisable companies filed a quiet, carefully worded Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The disclosure confirmed...
23 July 2026
Today, in a business world where digital is king, secure client management is not a luxury, it's a must. From law firms and consulting companies to financial services firms and...
23 July 2026
High-concurrency digital platforms maintain sub-50ms API response times by executing threat inspection directly at the network edge using BGP Anycast routing. Integrating...
22 July 2026
There's a particular kind of cyber attack story that should make every board sit up straight. Not because of the size of the ransom or the number of records stolen, but because of...
22 July 2026
A crypto wallet API can move real money in milliseconds. That speed is the whole point, and it's also the reason attackers pay so much attention to these endpoints. When you...
21 July 2026
For years, the uncomfortable truth sitting underneath the UK's financial system has been this: a handful of cloud providers quietly underpin almost everything. Your bank, your...
15 July 2026
Every breach has a story that runs backward from the damage. An attacker gained a first foothold, chained it to a weakness, moved to another, and reached something that mattered....
14 July 2026
AI systems don’t stop needing protection once they go live. After launch, new risks emerge from changing data patterns, unauthorised access attempts, malicious inputs, and...
13 July 2026
Securing a modern digital infrastructure requires a lot more than just knowing technical terms. Companies face constant attacks, which explains why employers increasingly screen...
13 July 2026
The deadline has been and gone. On 31 March 2025, the transitional period under the FCA's operational resilience rules (PS21/3) and the PRA's Supervisory Statement SS1/21 came to...
13 July 2026
A cyber incident response plan outlines the steps an organisation should take to prepare for, identify, contain, eradicate, recover from, and learn from cybersecurity incidents....
12 July 2026
A cyber incident response course is valuable for anyone responsible for preparing for, responding to or managing cybersecurity incidents. This includes cybersecurity...
11 July 2026
A cybersecurity policy is important because it defines how an organisation protects its systems, data and users from cyber threats. It establishes clear security rules, assigns...
10 July 2026
Choosing the right Virtual CISO (vCISO) provider means looking beyond technical expertise alone. The best providers offer strategic cybersecurity leadership, practical risk...
9 July 2026
Recently unsealed US court documents reveal that Microsoft allegedly helped investigators identify an alleged member of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group by using a unique...
8 July 2026
Most commodity firms have a serious sequencing problem. For many commodity firms, modernization is no longer just an IT initiative. It is also a cybersecurity and operational...
8 July 2026
Companies invest millions in enterprise platforms expecting streamlined operations and measurable returns. A meaningful share of that investment erodes when the software is too...
8 July 2026
Ransomware simulation exercises recreate realistic ransomware attack scenarios to test an organisation’s incident response capabilities, communication processes and overall...
8 July 2026
Information security training should cover phishing awareness, password security, social engineering, data protection, incident reporting, remote work security and compliance...
7 July 2026
Cyber incident response planning is the process of preparing the policies, procedures, teams and technologies required to respond effectively to cybersecurity incidents. It helps...
7 July 2026
A cybersecurity tabletop exercise is a discussion-based simulation of a cyber attack. It helps organisations test their incident response plans, crisis decision-making,...
6 July 2026
Industries that handle sensitive data, run critical infrastructure, process financial transactions, or work under strict regulation most often need cybersecurity consulting to...
5 July 2026
A lot of online privacy risks begin with ordinary moments: joining public Wi-Fi, checking personal accounts while traveling, working from a shared network, or browsing on a device...
4 July 2026
Artificial intelligence improves cybersecurity threat detection by analysing large volumes of security data, spotting suspicious behaviour, detecting anomalies in real time, and...
2 July 2026
Cybersecurity looks straightforward until a real attack hits. You install antivirus, set a few passwords, and assume the job is done. Then a phishing email slips past your...
2 July 2026
Every few months a new Microsoft 365 scam comes along that quietly changes the rules. This one has earned an FBI warning, and it deserves the attention. But the most important...
1 July 2026
June 2026 proved to be another relentless month in the cyber threat landscape. Attackers struck across pharmaceuticals, higher education, government, gaming, and critical...
1 July 2026
