Most small businesses don’t think of themselves as a cybersecurity risk. That isn’t denial, and it isn’t ignorance. It’s a perfectly reasonable conclusion based on lived experience. Nothing serious has happened. Systems seem to work. Clients are happy. Work gets done. From the outside, everything looks fine. Cybersecurity, meanwhile, is largely invisible when it’s working. […]
On 6 January 2026, the UK Government published the Government Cyber Action Plan, setting out how cyber resilience is expected to be strengthened across central government, local authorities, public services, and the suppliers they rely on. At face value, this is a delivery plan. It outlines how responsibility is organised, how capability will be developed, […]
There is a phrase that comes up again and again in conversations with small organisations, usually delivered calmly, often reasonably, and rarely with any sense of denial or bravado. “We’re too small to be a target.” It might be said during a discussion about training, while reviewing budgets, or when someone raises a question about […]
If you look closely at most cybersecurity incidents, a familiar pattern appears. The tools were in place. The policies existed. Training had been delivered. On paper, the organisation had done what it was supposed to do. And yet, something still went wrong. More often than not, the incident didn’t involve a technical failure or a […]
In our first two chapters, we explored how online life shapes the way we think and connect. Content showed how repetition turns misinformation into belief, while Contact revealed how digital relationships blur the lines between strangers and trust. Both reminded us that cybersecurity isn’t about code — it’s about people. Now we turn to Commerce, […]
