Introduction to Cybersecurity: What Every Client Should Know Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting systems, networks, and data from digital attacks, damage, and unauthorised access. For any organisation with a digital presence ̵...

OWASP Top 10: The Security Risks We Protect Against The OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) Top 10 is the most widely recognised standard for web application security risks. We build protection against all OWASP Top 10 risks int...

Authentication Best Practices: Passwords, MFA & SSO Authentication is how your system verifies that users are who they claim to be. Weak authentication is responsible for the majority of account compromises. This article explains the ...

SQL Injection: What It Is and How We Prevent It SQL injection is one of the oldest and most dangerous web application vulnerabilities. Despite being well understood for over 20 years, it remains in the OWASP Top 10 because it continues to...

Encryption in Transit and at Rest Explained Encryption is the process of converting data into a format that cannot be read without the correct decryption key. Two forms are essential for data security: encryption in transit and encryption...

API Security Best Practices APIs are the interfaces through which systems communicate. A poorly secured API is a wide-open door into your data and systems. This article explains the security practices we apply to every API we build. ...

GDPR Technical Requirements: A Developer Checklist UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 impose specific technical requirements on systems that process personal data. This article summarises the key technical requirements we implement ...

Cloud Security: The Shared Responsibility Model When you host applications in the cloud, security responsibilities are divided between the cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP) and you (and us, as your development partner). Understanding this ...

Penetration Testing: What to Expect A penetration test (pentest) is an authorised, simulated cyberattack on your systems conducted by security professionals. The goal is to find vulnerabilities before malicious attackers do. This article ...

Security Incident Response: What Happens When Things Go Wrong Despite best efforts, security incidents can occur. How you respond determines the impact. A well-prepared incident response capability significantly reduces the damage from an...

Zero Trust Security Architecture Explained Zero Trust is a security model built on the principle of "never trust, always verify". It abandons the traditional perimeter-based security model (which trusted everything inside the network) in ...

Secrets Management: Keeping Credentials Safe Secrets are any sensitive credentials that grant access to systems: API keys, database passwords, private keys, OAuth client secrets, and service account credentials. How you store, manage, and...

Web Application Firewall (WAF): How It Protects You A Web Application Firewall (WAF) inspects HTTP/HTTPS traffic between users and your web application, filtering and blocking malicious requests before they reach your application. It is a...

DDoS Protection: Defending Against Denial of Service Attacks A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack attempts to overwhelm a system with traffic, making it unavailable to legitimate users. Understanding how they work and how we defe...

Security Logging, Monitoring & Audit Trails Security logging is the practice of recording events in your systems so that you can detect attacks, investigate incidents, and demonstrate compliance. Without adequate logging, security inc...

Dependency Security: Managing Vulnerable Libraries Modern applications depend on hundreds of open-source libraries. Each dependency is a potential security vulnerability — vulnerabilities in widely used libraries (like Log4Shell in ...

Cyber Essentials: What It Covers and How We Help Cyber Essentials is a UK government-backed certification scheme that helps organisations protect against the most common cyber threats. It is increasingly required for government contracts ...

ISO 27001: Aligning Your Project to Information Security Standards ISO 27001 is the internationally recognised standard for Information Security Management Systems (ISMS). It specifies the requirements for establishing, implementing, main...

Supply Chain Security: Managing Third-Party Risk Supply chain security refers to the risk posed by your suppliers, partners, and the software components they provide. High-profile attacks like SolarWinds and Log4Shell demonstrated that at...

Social Engineering and Phishing: Protecting Your Team Social engineering attacks target people rather than technology — exploiting human psychology to trick individuals into revealing credentials, transferring funds, or installing m...

Penetration Testing: What to Expect A penetration test (or pen test) is an authorised simulated attack on your systems, conducted by security specialists to identify exploitable vulnerabilities before real attackers do. It goes beyond aut...

PCI-DSS Compliance: What Developers Need to Know The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) is a set of security requirements for organisations that store, process, or transmit credit card data. Non-compliance can result i...

GDPR Article 25: Privacy by Design and by Default Article 25 of the UK GDPR requires data protection to be considered from the beginning of a project — not added as an afterthought. Privacy by Design means incorporating data protect...

DevSecOps: Integrating Security into Your Development Pipeline DevSecOps (Development, Security, Operations) is the practice of integrating security throughout the software development lifecycle — rather than treating it as a separa...

Threat Modelling: Proactively Identifying Security Risks Threat modelling is a structured approach to identifying, understanding, and mitigating security threats during the design phase of a system — before any code is written. It s...

Business Continuity Planning in a Security Context Business Continuity Planning (BCP) in a security context addresses how your organisation continues to operate during and after a security incident — from ransomware attacks and data...

Secure Session Management in Web Applications Session management is the mechanism that maintains a user's authenticated state across multiple requests. Flaws in session management are among the most impactful vulnerabilities — a com...

Identity and Access Management (IAM) Best Practices Identity and Access Management (IAM) is the framework for ensuring the right people have the right access to the right resources — and no more. Poor IAM is a leading cause of secur...

Data Retention and Secure Deletion Policies Data that is no longer needed is a liability — it occupies storage, creates GDPR obligations, and increases the impact of a breach. A well-designed data retention policy defines how long d...

Vulnerability Management and Patch Cycles Vulnerability management is the ongoing process of identifying, evaluating, prioritising, and remediating security vulnerabilities in your systems. Given the volume of new vulnerabilities disclose...

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS): Prevention in Modern Applications Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a vulnerability where attackers inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. It is consistently in the OWASP Top 10 and can lead...

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Protection Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) tricks an authenticated user into unknowingly submitting a request to a web application where they are already authenticated. The attacker's site causes the vi...

Security Headers: Protecting Your Application at the HTTP Layer HTTP security headers instruct browsers how to behave when handling your application's responses. They provide a low-cost, high-value layer of defence against common attacks....

Container Security: Docker and Kubernetes Best Practices Containers (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes) have transformed software deployment — but they introduce their own security considerations. Misconfigured contain...

Network Security: VPCs, Firewalls and Security Groups Network security controls restrict which traffic can reach your systems — acting as the outermost layer of defence. Cloud-hosted systems require careful network architecture to p...

Security in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Integrating security into the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) — rather than appending it as a final audit — dramatically reduces the cost and impact of security vulne...

Bug Bounty Programmes: An Introduction A bug bounty programme invites external security researchers to find and report vulnerabilities in your systems in exchange for recognition or financial rewards. It is a structured way to leverage th...

Intrusion Detection Systems: Monitoring for Active Threats An Intrusion Detection System (IDS) monitors network traffic or system activity for suspicious patterns and alerts when potential attacks or policy violations are detected. Unlike...

Authorisation and Access Control in Application Design Authorisation determines what an authenticated user is allowed to do. Broken access control is the OWASP Top 10 number one vulnerability — more common and impactful than almost ...

Security Awareness Training: Building a Security Culture Technology cannot defend against every security threat — employees and contractors who understand security risks are a critical line of defence. Security awareness training bu...