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Notes from the security team

What we are seeing in engagements, written for the people who have to act on it. No vendor pitch, no recycled threat statistics.

Threat Intelligence15 min read

Understanding prompt injection: the 'holy grail' of LLM vulnerabilities

How prompt injection attacks work, why they top the OWASP list for LLM applications, and what actually reduces the risk in production systems.

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Threat Intelligence8 min read

The rise of AI-powered cyber attacks: what you need to know

Attackers adopted machine learning before most defenders did. Here is what has genuinely changed about the threat landscape, and what has not.

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Security Architecture12 min read

Zero trust architecture: a practical implementation guide

Zero trust is an architectural direction, not a product you buy. A staged approach that delivers value at each step rather than after a two-year programme.

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VAPT10 min read

VAPT essentials: vulnerability assessment versus penetration testing

The two are routinely sold as one service and confused in procurement. They answer different questions, and buying the wrong one is expensive.

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Cloud Security9 min read

Cloud security: the misconfigurations that cause real incidents

Cloud breaches rarely involve a provider vulnerability. They involve identity, storage, and network configuration — and the same handful of mistakes recur.

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Application Security9 min read

API security: where modern applications actually leak

APIs fail differently from web applications. Authorisation, not injection, is where the serious findings concentrate — and it is the hardest thing to automate.

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Incident Response11 min read

Ransomware defence: the controls that actually change outcomes

Ransomware response is decided long before the ransom note appears. What separates a bad week from an existential event is preparation.

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