Compliance & Privacy
When a breach becomes a legal obligation: the NDB scheme explained
Australia's Notifiable Data Breaches scheme starts a clock the moment you suspect personal information was exposed. What triggers it, and what you must do.
Insights
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Choosing a Provider
What to ask before you hire an IT provider
Choosing an IT or security provider is hard when you can't judge the technical answers. These questions work anyway, because they test how a provider thinks.
Threats & Scams
Your security is only as good as your suppliers'
Most businesses have never listed who has access to their systems and data. That list is usually longer, and more surprising, than anyone expects.
Security Essentials
Securing remote and hybrid work without making everyone miserable
Remote work moved the security perimeter into people's homes. The fix is not more restrictions, it's protecting the things that actually moved.
Security Essentials
Securing Microsoft 365: the settings most businesses never turn on
Microsoft 365 ships secure enough to sell, not secure enough to defend. Here are the changes that matter most, roughly in the order we make them.
Security Essentials
SPF, DKIM and DMARC, explained without the acronym headache
Three DNS records decide whether your email reaches the inbox and whether criminals can send email pretending to be you. Here's what they do, in plain English.
Incident Response
What to do in the first hour of a cyber incident
When something goes wrong, the first hour shapes how bad it gets. A calm, non-technical playbook for business owners to act on before the experts arrive.
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