What if our most reliable career compass isn’t formal education or conventional advice but simply noticing what consistently draws our attention. Despite studying economics I found myself spending time on HackTheBox challenges, weekends hardening my…
This is an update with regards to a development within the cybersecurity industry concerning the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program – the database where new vulnerabilities are registered and classified that are then used…
March 2025 Newsletter ByBit Breach The FBI has identified North Korea as being behind the theft of approximately $1.5 billion of virtual assets (ETH) from the ByBit cryptocurrency exchange, making it the largest heist in…
North Korean Insider Threats March 2025: The rise in infiltrating organisations by embedding operatives as external consultants has increased significantly since the end of 2024 into 2025. North Korea is seen as the main exponent…
Incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into supply chain security is a game changer, streamlining and securing supply chains, but also introducing new risks that need careful navigation. AI is reshaping supply chains, predicting disruptions, and mitigating…
The challenge of managing risks within supply chains and third-party relationships has never been more critical. Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) and Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) are two practices at the forefront of addressing…
In September 2023, we launched the Sapphire penetration testing portal, a platform designed to simplify reporting, collaboration, and vulnerability management for our customers. Our goal was to create a seamless, end-to-end solution that helps organisations…
Here are my top 10 cyber security challenges for 2025. It would have been just as easy to write a top 20 or a top 50. The threats we have aren’t going away and the new threats…
I was conducting some lightweight research recently, reviewing past news articles about cyber attacks: the attack on the NHS this summer is still fresh in our memory, the TFL attack, the one on the British…
I think we can all agree, cyber security is hard. With vast and intricate modern IT ecosystems, the expanding attack surface and ever evolving threat landscape mean that it’s also an essential business requirement. Large…
Sapphire is thrilled to re-announce its long-standing partnership with Check Point, a global leader in cyber security. For over two decades, this relationship has been built on a shared commitment to delivering innovation and excellence…
Introduction For many organisations, compliance is a cornerstone that ensures companies operate within the legal frameworks and ethical boundaries set by regulatory bodies. As we move through the period 2024-2025, the landscape of compliance is…
Have you ever had a situation, either personally or professionally, where you’ve reflected, how you wish you’d had further information before making a decision. I think we probably all have. In the law enforcement world…
The UK Government launched the G-Cloud framework in 2012 to streamline how public sector organisations buy digital and cloud-based services. By 2013, G-Cloud had grown to over 700 suppliers under its second version (G-Cloud 2)….
Over 500 years ago the phrase ‘prevention is better than cure’ was first used by Dutch philosopher Desiderius Erasmus to describe how it is often easier to stop something happening in the first place than…
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