Banning shadow IT rarely works. Here’s why the NCSC recommends a no-blame approach, what actually reduces unsanctioned tech, and how it changes what your penetration test should cover.
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IT teams drown in critical CVSS scores every month. Here’s what the score actually measures, how to read the severity bands, and how to prioritise patching when everything looks urgent.
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PSTI compliance bans default passwords and demands update transparency, but government testing shows compliant devices can still fail badly under real testing.
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Thinking about commissioning container penetration testing? What it covers, how it compares to a cloud pentest, what drives cost, and what to ask a provider first.
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Two pentest quotes, three times the price difference. Here’s how to tell a genuine manual penetration test from an automated scan with a PDF wrapper.
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Attack Surface Management Won’t Replace Your Penetration Test, Whatever the Sales Pitch Says
Attack surface management shows you what you expose. Penetration testing shows you what an attacker can do with it. Here is why one cannot substitute for the other.
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A zero-day vulnerability is a flaw attackers exploit before a fix exists. Here is what that means in practice and how UK businesses should respond.
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Business email compromise costs businesses billions a year without a single virus or hacked network. Here’s how BEC scams work, the main types, and the defences that actually stop them.
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A data breach is any incident where information is accessed, lost or exposed without authorisation. Here is what counts, how common they are in the UK, what they cost, and …
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CHECK penetration testing is the NCSC’s accreditation for testers working on UK government and CNI systems. Here’s why it exists, who must use it, and how it stacks up against …