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For years, the UK's core cyber security legislation for businesses outside government and critical national infrastructure has been light touch: UK GDPR obligations around personal data, and the Netwo...

When a business moves from roughly £3m to £30m in revenue, almost everything changes at once. Headcount doubles. New markets open. The sales pipeline fills faster than delivery can keep up with it. In...

For most businesses, security is a supporting function protecting the thing they sell. For a SaaS business, security protects the thing that often is the sale. Customers are trusting a SaaS provider w...

Most businesses don't decide to go without security leadership. They simply keep deferring the decision until a customer, an insurer, or an incident forces their hand. By the time that happens, the hi...

Every security budget conversation eventually comes down to the same question: is this spend worth it? Founders and finance leaders are right to ask it. The honest answer requires putting a number on ...

Security posture, audit readiness and customer trust often get treated as three separate problems, tackled by three separate initiatives. In practice they're controlled by the same handful of levers. ...

Most boards get one of two things when they ask about security: a slide that says "we're on top of it", or a document so technical it can't be usefully questioned. Neither gives a board what it actual...

AI has changed the security conversation in two directions at once. It's making attacks more convincing and easier to scale, and it's introducing a new category of risk through how businesses adopt AI...

Cybersecurity has moved from an IT concern to a board-level risk. Regulators expect it, insurers require it, clients ask about it in procurement questionnaires, and investors scrutinise it during due ...

In today’s hyper-connected world, the importance of cybersecurity can no longer be relegated to the IT department alone. It is a strategic priority that permeates every layer of an organisation, from ...

As a CEO of a scaling startup or SME, you wear many hats: strategist, visionary, and sometimes, even firefighter. One hat you must not neglect is that of the cybersecurity steward. In today’s digital ...

As a CEO of a scaling startup or SME, the task of securing your business’s digital assets can seem daunting. The stakes are high, especially in tech-driven sectors like fintech, healthtech, and SaaS, ...