Cybersecurity

I’ve been testing smart home gear for years, and door locks are the one device that makes me pause: they protect your physical space and they're now tied into cloud services, voice assistants and mobile apps. Integrating a consumer smart lock with Alexa or Google Home can be convenient — unlocking your door with voice or automating guest access — but it also raises real security and privacy questions. In this piece I walk through the...

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I’ve spent years helping small teams pick tools that actually make work safer and simpler, so when hybrid setups started becoming the norm I quickly realised the firewall conversation had to change. A firewall for a small business in 2025 isn’t just a box at the office edge — it’s the glue between on‑prem users, remote staff, cloud services and SaaS apps. Choosing the right one means balancing security, manageability and cost while...

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Running a small e‑commerce site means juggling product listings, payment flows, customer support and marketing — all while hoping the infrastructure quietly hums along. When something goes wrong, "let’s fix it" is not a plan. Over the years I’ve helped small teams translate that gut reaction into repeatable actions. Below I’ll walk you through a pragmatic incident response playbook tailored to a small e‑commerce business: what to...

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I get asked a lot which password manager will actually protect you from phishing, and the short answer is: some do a lot better than others — but only if you configure them correctly. Over the years I’ve tested and reviewed most major managers (1Password, Bitwarden, LastPass, Dashlane, Keeper, and the major browser-built managers), and the pattern is the same: a tool can only stop phishing reliably if you understand how its autofill and...

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