Information Assurance
Top digital challenges facing companies in 2025
In the rapidly evolving digital landscape of 2025, every organisation faces a huge range of challenges that extend far beyond traditional cyber threats.
Guidelines for the 2025 changes to Cyber Essentials requirements in the education sector
The Department for Education (DfE) is changing its IT security requirements to improve resilience against cyber threats in the education sector.
When did you last audit your suppliers?
Many organisations overlook a proactive approach to supply chain management until they experience a data breach or other cyber incident—which can be a very costly mistake.
A guide to payment compliance ahead of the March 2025 PCI DSS changes
With the approaching deadline for PCI DSS 4. 0.
Five quick wins to reduce your risk of a data breach
What is a data breach? A data breach occurs when sensitive, protected, or confidential information is accessed, shared, or stolen by an unauthorised person.
What is password hygiene and why is it important?
Back in 2019, the National Cyber Security Centre shared some of the alarming password practices that came out of research they did into cyber security in the UK.
The importance of Business Continuity and Resilience
The Ministry of Defence released an ‘Industry Security Notice‘ to “remind readers of the importance of having an effective and up-to-date Business Continuity Plan (BCP)”.
What’s the difference between a vulnerability assessment and a penetration test?
We often get enquiries asking for a penetration test, but really the enquirer wants a vulnerability assessment (also referred to as a vulnerability scan).
Is your limited cyber budget invested to maximum effect?
All businesses are at risk of a cyber-attack, so we won’t bore you with a lengthy introduction on how around 30% of businesses will be breached in the coming year, how more than 60% are not adequately prepared and average cost per breach etc.
Common mistakes when engaging a penetration testing consultant
FACT: In 9 out of 10 internal penetration tests we undertake, we are able to achieve a complete compromise of the network due to simple configuration mistakes.
Cyber security: Human risk – a car crash waiting to happen
In every Corporate Cyber Security Maturity Model that we conduct across all varieties of corporate clients, two categories repeatedly always score lowest – one of those is ‘Staff Training and Education’ (the other is supply chain management’, but that’s for another blog post).
Defending against cyber threats while on the road
What would we do without the internet while we’re abroad? Whether it’s looking up directions to the next meeting or trying to find the best place to stop for lunch, we’re always connected.
What is the difference between cyber crime and traditional crime?
Simply put, cyber crime is a crime committed using the means of technology and the internet. Although we talk about cybercrime as a separate entity to traditional crime, it is carried out by the same types of criminals for the same type of reasons.
