Fortinet has removed SSL VPN tunnel mode from FortiOS 7.6.3, and an unplanned upgrade can leave remote staff without a connection. Jacques van der Merwe explains why Si Futures is migrating clients to IPsec VPN roughly a year ahead, how running both side by side protects users, and what to check before you upgrade.
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What Your Contract Doesn’t Tell You About Your Data
Most businesses only think about their contracts when something goes wrong. Geordie Hogarth on why UK data transfer compliance and GDPR compliance for UK SMEs belong in every agreement.
What To Do When Your Email Account Is Compromised
A quiet email account compromise can run for weeks before anyone notices. This piece walks through the practical, ordered steps that limit damage and stop attackers finding a second way back in.
Why Good Patch Management Is About More Than Installing Updates
Why Good Patch Management Is About More Than Installing Updates Managed Cybersecurity • IT Support...
We Used to Trust Our Gut on LTE. Now We Have the Data.
A SIM that is technically online isn’t necessarily reliable. Here’s how deploying real-time LTE signal telemetry — signal-to-noise ratio, RSSI, and trend data — is changing how we manage backup and primary LTE connectivity for client sites.
What Is the Team Working On Right Now?
The honest answer to “what is the team working on?” used to depend on who you asked. Here’s how structured operational visibility — connecting projects, tickets, and alerts in real time — changes what a managed IT team can actually deliver.
When Your Vendor Upgrades on Their Schedule, Not Yours
Cloud-hosted security vendors upgrade on their own schedule — your configuration doesn’t always survive the transition. A Fortinet EMS incident this week shows what proactive managed security monitoring looks like when it matters most.
When 600 Addresses Isn’t Enough: Building a Smarter Threat Feed
How do you manage firewall threat intelligence when your block lists outgrow the firewall’s limits? Si Futures built a dynamic threat feed to replace static Fortinet address groups — cutting overhead and scaling without limit.
Who Is Checking the AI’s Work?
AI can write code faster than any developer. The question is whether anyone is checking what it actually produced — and whether it is secure, not just functional. Si Futures ran penetration tests against their own services to find out.
