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…

Ever wondered how your router knows your iPhone from your smart fridge, or how coffee shop Wi-Fi remembers you? It all comes down to the MAC (Media Access Control) Address. While an IP address is like your mailing address (where you are currently located), a…