Free Security Policy Generator
If your organisation does not have a documented security policy, regulators in Australia, the European Union, the United States, and Canada already…
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721 posts on cloud, security, DevOps and AI.
Microsoft Defender and SEO Poisoning
Most people trust Google. That trust is exactly what makes SEO poisoning so effective, and it is one of the reasons Microsoft…
Free and Open Source AI Security Tools
The attack surface for AI systems has expanded faster than the tooling available to defend it. Security professionals deploying large language models,…
Insider Threats Moved Home. Your Program Didn’t.
When I started in security, the insider threat conversation always circled back to the same mental image. A disgruntled employee, a USB…
Testing Claude’s Safety with Microsoft PyRIT
What is Microsoft PyRIT? Microsoft PyRIT (Python Risk Identification Tool for generative AI) is an open-source red teaming framework built by Microsoft’s…
Microsoft Certification Path For Everyone
If you have spent any time in IT, you already know that credentials matter. Not in a box-ticking, HR-checkbox kind of way,…
TorBox + AIOStreams + Stremio: How to Guide
If you’ve been running Stremio with Real Debrid for years and suddenly noticed stream quality dropping or half your results disappearing, you’re…
APRA CPS 234 vs CPS 230
If your organisation is APRA-regulated, the question of CPS 234 vs CPS 230 is no longer theoretical. CPS 230 came into force…
ChatGPT Lockdown Mode Explained
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Lockdown Mode is a direct response to a documented and growing attack class: prompt injection attacks that use ChatGPT’s own…
Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 License compared
Microsoft 365 E3 costs $39 per user per month from July 2026. Microsoft 365 E5 costs $60. That $21 difference sounds simple…