Cyber Essentials Certification Scheme

Cyber Essentials Certification Scheme

Overview of the Cyber Essentials Certification Scheme The Cyber Essentials certification scheme is backed by the UK government. Its aim is that the certification will help organisations of any size stay protected against a range of common cyber-attacks.  The Cyber...
What is Cyber Awareness Training?

What is Cyber Awareness Training?

What is cyber awareness? Cyber awareness is a term that refers to how much an end-user knows about cybersecurity best practices and the cyber threats that can affect their network/organisation every day. The term cyber awareness can also be associated with what the...
Does a padlock mean a website is safe?

Does a padlock mean a website is safe?

Do you see that little padlock just before the start of the website address in your browser? It means you’re secure and you can trust the website right? Well, not exactly. What does the padlock do? The padlock icon means that the website you are visiting has been...
Changes to the ISO 27001 certification

Changes to the ISO 27001 certification

ISO 27001 is an international standard on how to manage information security and helps organisations to monitor, review and continually improve their Information Security Management System. The standard was jointly published in 2005 and then later revised in 2013 by...
Hacking your way into a Career

Hacking your way into a Career

It’s the beginning of 2022, what better time could there be to start hacking your way to a career? Breaking into the InfoSec space can be a daunting experience, especially if you’re a fresh graduate or someone who is currently in education and is aspiring to pave...
Pwning the Network with Responder

Pwning the Network with Responder

Recently, we were requested to be on-site for a short pentest engagement carrying out an internal test on an Active Directory environment and a bit of WiFi testing. The network was fairly small-medium sized as all staff members within the company worked through...