Once-a-Year Crisis Training Is Not a Resilience Strategy

Once-a-Year Crisis Training Is Not a Resilience Strategy

In the military they have a saying: ‘train hard, fight easy’. It applies just as well to crisis preparation. Yes, an exercise matters. It tests decisions under pressure and reveals gaps that are easy to miss in a meeting room. But confidence after a successful...
Do I Need a CISO to Get Into Government?

Do I Need a CISO to Get Into Government?

You’re a fast-growing tech or SaaS firm. You’ve won interest from government or defence agencies. The commercial terms look attractive. But then comes procurement, risk, legal and they ask for security leadership, oversight, compliance, and resilience. Suddenly you...
The Vendor, the Hacker, and the Hospital Tech Hustle

The Vendor, the Hacker, and the Hospital Tech Hustle

Opening Scene: London. Rain. Vape smoke. Cut to a chaotic office. Phones ringing. Deals flying. Enter “The Client”, a fast-growing healthtech firm with more ambition than process. Their business? Scalable, digital, disrupting healthcare. Their Achilles’ heel? A dodgy...
The Resilience Playbook: The Checklist Job

The Resilience Playbook: The Checklist Job

Opening Scene London. Early morning. Mist on the Thames. Cut to: a city office, 28th floor. Boardroom in chaos. Laptops open, phones buzzing, executives red-faced. Voiceover (Jason Statham growl): “Business resilience. Sounds like a corporate yoga class, doesn’t it?...
Cyber Incident Training: The Great Con Job

Cyber Incident Training: The Great Con Job

Opening Scene London. Grey skies. Cheap coffee. Cut to a bored office training room. Fluorescent lights hum. Plastic chairs squeak. A projector flickers to life, spitting out a PowerPoint slide titled: “Cyber Security Awareness – Mandatory Training”. Voiceover (think...
Cyber ROI: The Cost of Doing Nothing

Cyber ROI: The Cost of Doing Nothing

Opening Scene East End warehouse. Poker game. Stale cigars, piles of chips. A nervous CFO sits at the table, sweating bullets. Voiceover (Vinnie Jones this time): “Cyber security budgets. Everyone wants the shiny toys—AI firewalls, blockchain buzzwords, gadgets that...