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 …
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The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill never says the words penetration test, yet regulators will expect one. Here is the gap between the law and what it actually means for …
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Cyber Essentials is a self-signed questionnaire. Cyber Essentials Plus is what happens when someone actually checks it. An honest look at what each proves, what CE+ tests, and who really …
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Most incident response plans fail not because they’re badly written, but because nobody rehearsed them. Here’s what actually makes one survive a real breach.
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The NCSC has warned about internet-exposed edge devices three times since April. The failures are basic. The problem is nobody owns fixing them.
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An insider threat comes from anyone with legitimate access to your systems, whether they mean harm or not. Here’s how to spot one and reduce your risk.
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A vulnerability assessment scans your IT systems for known security weaknesses, rates each one by severity, and produces a prioritised fix list. This guide explains how the process works, what …
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The FortiBleed Fortinet VPN breach compromised 74,000 firewalls, many running current firmware. The real failures were exposed management interfaces, legacy password hashing, and no MFA. Here is the harder lesson.
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Three-quarters of UK critical infrastructure incidents last year were state-sponsored. Here is what the NCSC recommends and why most businesses are in the threat picture.