Cipher ⁽³⁸⁾

In the last post I looked at all the different methods of multi factor authentication, and evaluated the strength of each type. Passkeys came out as a clear winner, as they mitigate both fake domains and users being tricked into giving out their one time…

It's 2026, and identity is the new perimeter. The Crowdstrike Global Threat Report 2025 focuses heavily on the identity and key methods used to compromise accounts. Sure, attackers and bots are still hammering away at public IP addresses, looking for that RDP server you forgot…

I'm currently locked in a battle with a senior member of our organisation who is annoyed that someone they contact regularly at another organisation gets quarantined by our email security. Do you want to know why? They are not sending from an IP address specified…

Fibre optic cables are the backbone of the world as we know it. Because the data is transmitted by light and not electricity, they can travel further and faster than copper cables. In 2025, we reached approximately 1.6 million kilometres of undersea fibre optic cable,…

It seems fitting that the first post of this blog is being written (if not published) on the first day of a new year. I've toyed with idea the of starting a blog for a long time now but I finally decided it was time…