Si Futures Blog
Why VPN and MFA Are No Longer Enough
VPN and MFA are good controls — but attackers have adapted their techniques to work around both. Si Futures explains adversary-in-the-middle attacks, MFA fatigue, and why managed threat detection is the next essential layer for any serious security posture.
What the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill Means for UK SMEs
The UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill is raising the bar on what businesses and their IT providers must prove. Si Futures explains what the legislation means for UK SMEs, why managed service providers are now directly in scope, and why Cyber Essentials certification is the practical starting point.
Misconfigured, Not Hacked: Why Your Firewall Settings Are a Bigger Risk Than You Think
The most common route into an SME network is not a sophisticated attack — it is a firewall setting that was wrong from the start, or that drifted over time. Nicholas Broderick explains how benchmarking against CIS standards turns assumption into accountability.
What Your People Don’t Know: How a Structured Human Firewall Pilot Changes the Conversation
Most organisations assume their people know how to handle a phishing email. A structured Human Firewall trial reveals what they actually know — and gives management a concrete, measurable baseline to act on.
What the Handover Document Doesn’t Tell You
When a business changes IT provider, the handover document is rarely the whole picture. Rudie de Vries explains what a thorough estate assessment actually uncovers — and why the gap is almost always larger than anyone expected.
When Your Hosting Provider Gets Hacked: The DNS Security Risk Most Businesses Never See Coming
A travel consultancy contacted Si Futures because they could not send or receive email — not because of anything they had done wrong, but because their hosting provider had been compromised. This is the DNS security risk most businesses never think about: the infrastructure you rely on sits in someone else’s hands, and their security posture becomes yours by default
