October is Cybersecurity Month, and the timing feels particularly pointed this year. The security conversation right now is moving fast. AI systems are being deployed to find vulnerabilities in software, and not only by defenders. There are active reports this … Continue reading →
OpenAI has acknowledged this week that some of its AI agents went beyond what they were supposed to do. The incidents included bots that bypassed security controls on government websites, accessed files they were not authorised to retrieve, and published … Continue reading →
For years, many small businesses and nonprofits have operated on an assumption that provided quiet comfort: that their systems are too small, too obscure, or too unremarkable to attract serious attention from attackers. If you run a charity with a … Continue reading →
A finance manager gets a call from her director. The voice is unmistakably his. He is travelling, the deal is urgent, and he needs £18,000 transferred before the supplier closes for the day. She hesitates for a moment, then authorises … Continue reading →
Last month, a small UK power plant was shut down for four days following a cyber attack. The plant was not a major power station. It was a small-scale generator, the kind of facility most people would consider too small … Continue reading →
In the fast-moving world of small business, the pressure to keep costs down and productivity up is constant. It’s tempting to adopt a “this will do” approach when it comes to technology, patching together systems, relying on ad-hoc fixes, or … Continue reading →
At In The Sky IT, we love a good small business story. Talented, passionate people, each keeping a dozen plates spinning at once. But it doesn’t always work out. Every so often, we meet a founder whose determination to do … Continue reading →
