Blog & Articles

CBEST and STAR-FS grab the headlines, but most FCA-regulated firms need a different answer. Here is what operational resilience testing actually requires if you’re not a systemically important bank.

The 2025 OWASP Top 10 is a solid, data-driven baseline for web application risk. Here’s what changed since 2021, and why it should be a floor, not a ceiling.

Why framing in-house vs outsourced penetration testing as an either-or choice misses the point, and the hybrid model most UK businesses should actually run.

A practical guide to choosing between SAST, DAST and penetration testing, based on what you actually run, what you need to prove, and where to spend your first pound of …

Most penetration test disputes trace back to a thin scope of work. Here is what a proper one pins down, why vague scoping backfires, and how it differs from your …

Continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) is a genuinely useful framework buried under heavy marketing. Here’s what it actually requires, and where a dashboard alone falls short.

Threat modelling is how you work out where a system could be attacked before it’s built or tested. Here’s how it works, the main methodologies, and how it relates to …

A practical walkthrough of external attack surface management: how discovery actually works, how it feeds into vulnerability scanning and penetration testing, and how to do it without enterprise tooling.

Most security budgets still assume the job is keeping attackers out. Lateral movement is why that assumption fails, and what actually stops a breach from spreading.

Privilege escalation rarely needs a clever exploit. Most real cases trace back to one boring, forgotten access right that nobody ever took back.