Practical guides, threat intelligence and post-webinar summaries from System Force IT.
A practical guide for UK SMEs and their suppliers to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill — the most significant UK cyber-security legislation in a decade. Direct, indirect and cascading scope; the 24/72-hour reporting duty; a 12-step readiness framework; a 20-question self-assessment; and a phased 90-day / 6-month / 12-month roadmap.
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August 2026
July 2026 cyber threat intelligence from System Force IT: a SharePoint exploitation wave and Microsoft's largest-ever Patch Tuesday (500+ CVEs, three zero-days); the NCSC exposed the Russian LAUNDRY BEAR zero-click email-theft campaign against Zimbra users; Qilin surged back near the top of the ransomware charts; and the ICO handed a council worker a suspended sentence for insider data misuse.
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July 2026
June 2026 cyber threat intelligence from System Force IT: data-theft extortion overtook encryption as ShinyHunters ran a pay-or-leak campaign via an Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day; Microsoft shipped its largest-ever Patch Tuesday; CISA added 23 exploited vulnerabilities; and 707 ransomware victims were listed across 63 groups, with The Gentlemen ending Qilin's five-month run. Plus a UK focus: FortiBleed, the University of Nottingham breach, the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2026 and ICO enforcement.
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June 2026
Four ready-to-use templates to help your business meet the new data protection complaints duty from 19 June 2026: a complaints handling policy, a complaints log, a 30-day acknowledgement email and a readiness checklist.
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June 2026
May 2026 monthly cyber threat intelligence summary from System Force IT: critical CVEs across edge devices and domain controllers, supply-chain industrialisation via the TeamPCP contest, the GitHub repository breach, and 704 ransomware victims led by Qilin, The Gentlemen and DragonForce. Includes deep dives on M3RX ransomware, Evelyn Stealer and Aur0ra ransomware, plus the Gentlemen RaaS infrastructure breach.
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May 2026
Everything UK SMEs need to plan, cost and deliver a successful VoIP migration before the January 2027 PSTN switch-off. Written for business owners, office managers and operations leaders, not telecoms specialists.
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May 2026
What every UK SME owner should calculate before the next outage. Framework, worked example, and a worksheet you can complete in ten minutes. The number that justifies the resilience investment.
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May 2026
How to defend against the number one attack vector facing UK businesses in 2026. Technical controls, awareness programme design, and the first hour after a click, written for IT leaders, business owners and operations directors.
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May 2026
Ten high-impact security actions every UK business running Microsoft 365 should take this quarter. Aligned with Microsoft, NCSC and Zero Trust principles. Most can be applied in hours, not weeks.
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May 2026
What ISO 27001 actually involves at UK SME scale, what it costs, and the realistic 12-18 month path to certification. Written for IT directors, business owners and operations leaders making the decision, not for compliance specialists.
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May 2026
What your current IT provider is really costing you beyond the contract. A practical benchmarking guide for business owners, finance directors and operations leaders considering a switch.
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May 2026
Useful-life economics, Windows 10 end-of-life, lease vs buy, and how to plan a rolling refresh that does not strand productivity or break the budget cycle.
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May 2026
What cyber insurance underwriters actually want to see before they quote in 2026. MFA, EDR, immutable backups, patching, and the evidence that gets your premium down, or your application declined.
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