A Sunday-night assessor query forced a full resubmission of our Cyber Essentials certification. This piece looks at why rebuilding the evidence properly, rather than patching it, was the only real option.
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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.
Cyber Essentials Is No Longer Optional: What UK SMEs Need to Know Before April 27
The UK Cyber Essentials scheme gets significantly stricter on April 27. Si Futures examines what the changes mean for UK SMEs, why certification is increasingly the price of entry in the UK market, and what businesses need to do before the deadline.
Managing Enterprise Security Across Continents: What Multi-Site Fortinet Deployment Really Requires
Anyone can obtain Fortinet certification. What certification doesn’t teach you is how Fortinet works in Ghana versus the UK, at a mining site hundreds of kilometres from the nearest fibre backhaul, or in rural Australia where satellite latency becomes a core security design consideration.
