DfE has confirmed a cyber attack on its helpdesk and Turing Scheme portal systems, affecting around 607,000 records — names, job titles, emails and phone numbers, with no financial data taken. DfE has referred itself to the ICO and is working with the NCSC and NCA. Schools don’t need to [...]
Ransomware attacks on UK businesses and educational institutions are no longer a question of if. They are a question of when. For IT managers already stretched across infrastructure, compliance, and day-to-day operations, that reality demands a backup strategy that actually works when it matters most. Yet most organisations discover a [...]
Running a professional services firm with 20 to 100 staff means juggling competing priorities every single day. Client delivery, compliance obligations, operational efficiency; the list never shortens. Against that backdrop, it’s tempting to treat cyber security for SMEs as a problem that belongs to larger organisations with deeper pockets and [...]
The 2026 changes to Cyber Essentials took effect on 26 April. Here is what has changed and what your organisation needs to do before the transition window closes on 26 October 2026. If your organisation holds or is working towards Cyber Essentials certification, you need to know about the changes [...]
The GDPR Compliance checklist for IT Managers and reduce your risk of data breaches with proven processes. The breach itself is rarely what catches the regulator’s attention. What catches attention is what the breach reveals about how the organisation was being run beforehand. Did processes exist. Were they followed. Could [...]
Cyber Essentials for Legal Firms: What Criminal Practices Must Do Now the Deadline Has Passed Cyber Essentials for legal firms has become a critical requirement, especially for criminal law practices handling sensitive information. The certification deadline passed on 1 October, leaving many firms unsure about their current compliance status and [...]
Strengthening Access Control with a Password Management Solution Passwords remain one of the biggest weaknesses in cyber security. Whether in education, business, or the public sector, managing credentials securely is essential to protecting systems and data. A password management solution brings order, consistency, and accountability to what is often a [...]
