Notes from the bench.
Findings, post-mortems, scanner walkthroughs and the occasional opinion. Written by the operators on the engagement, not by the marketing team. No template-driven slop.
Cyber Security
Automated Penetration Testing For Your Firm’s Security
What automated penetration testing is, how it works and where it fits — a faster, repeatable way for firms to keep pace with constantly evolving threats.
Security
Ethical hacking and cyber security
What ethical hackers do and why demand for them keeps climbing — their role in modern defense, and how to find (or become) the right one for a business.
Cyber Security
WordPress security 2023 | complete guide
A practical 2023 checklist for WordPress security — version updates, strong credentials, dropping the default 'admin' username and keeping regular backups.
Cyber Security
What are the types of pen tests? Who performs pen tests?
Black, white and grey box; covert, external and internal — a clear rundown of the different types of penetration test and who actually performs each one.
Cyber Security
Understand the basics of web application security
The fundamentals of web application security for any business operating online — the core habits and safeguards that keep data breaches and malware at bay.
Security
Computer security: Keep your computer, script and system secure
The everyday essentials of keeping a computer secure — strong passwords, antivirus, firewalls, backups, timely updates and a healthy wariness of online scams.
Written by the operators
on the engagement.
We publish what we'd want to read on the train home. Reproducers, post-mortems, the occasional opinion. If a piece doesn't survive a peer review by the bench, it doesn't ship.