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15 April 2026

Not all passkeys are created equal

A blog post highlighting the differences between different passkey types, and exposing the risks with synced passkeys.

Learnings from a 1.5-day agentic website rebuild

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25 March 2026

Learnings from a 1.5-day agentic website rebuild

A blog post showing how agentic web development can rebuild a website fast and cheap

Why executive engagement in regular cyber risk reviews is critical

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12 November 2025

Why executive engagement in regular cyber risk reviews is critical

A blog post highlighting the importance of executive engagement in regular cyber risk review

Firewalls - an often overlooked staple of cybersecurity

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4 November 2025

Firewalls - an often overlooked staple of cybersecurity

A blog post highlighting the importance of firewalls - one of the original staples of cybersecurity.

Vulnerability management - update everything, all the time!

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28 October 2025

Vulnerability management - update everything, all the time!

A blog post highlighting the importance of keeping all software updated to minimise the software vulnerabilities available to attackers.

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21 October 2025

AI - Its unavoidable, so lean in!

A blog post highlighting the importance of leaning into use of AI tools in your organisation to reduce the cybersecurity risks associated with them.

Incident management: Why every business needs a playbook.

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14 October 2025

Incident management: Why every business needs a playbook.

A blog post highlighting the critical importance of rehearsed incident management plans and SOPs to organisational resilience.

Why immutable backups are critical to organisational resilience.

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7 October 2025

Why immutable backups are critical to organisational resilience.

A blog post highlighting the critical importance of immutable backups to organisational resilience.

The human factor - why staff training is critical to cybersecurity.

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30 September 2025

The human factor - why staff training is critical to cybersecurity.

A blog post highlighting the critical importance of staff training to cybersecurity.

What is an XDR tool? Why are they the first line of defence?

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23 September 2025

What is an XDR tool? Why are they the first line of defence?

A blog post about the importance of XDR solutions, explaining how they sense across your environment, detecting and mitigating threats before impact.

Why 24/7 Security is critical and more affordable than you think.

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16 September 2025

Why 24/7 Security is critical and more affordable than you think.

A blog post outlining the importance of a 24/7 Security Operations Centre and how they can be implemented more cost effectively than you think.

Why a corporate password manager is essential for a secure business.

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9 September 2025

Why a corporate password manager is essential for a secure business.

A blog post outlining the importance and benefits of a corporate password manager than employees can use with personal vaults too.

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2 September 2025

Why do my laptops need to be 'managed'?

A blog post outlining the importance of proper device management, and the benefits to both security and productivity.

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26 August 2025

How do I manage admin accounts?

A blog post outlining the importance of properly segregating and managing privileged admin accounts.

Digital Identity and the Employee Lifecycle.

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19 August 2025

Digital Identity and the Employee Lifecycle.

Blog post describing the importance of managing digital identities through the employee lifecycle and leveraging SSO and password managers.

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12 August 2025

Who owns IT?

Blog post about importance of clear ownership to driver cybersecurity risk reduction

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21 July 2025

Introducing Patching.

blog post introducing Patching and the rationale for creating the company

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