We spend our weekends thinking about security and resilience for small and micro business so you don't have to
Sometimes data disposal gets physical. I was reminded of this yesterday as I finally dismantled my old server racks and prepared everything to be taken to a resource recovery centre (even the tip gets a fancy title now!). My servers pre-date secureAF, they date back to a time when I was running tech...
I've written the start to this post about 5 or 6 times now. There's actually so much I want to say my head feels like it's buzzing. Instead I want to go back to the our blog's tagline:
We spend our weekends thinking about security and resilience for small and micro business so you don't have to....
If 2026 has shown us anything, it's that every time something sounds like the plot of a "direct to DVD" movie (or I guess direct to streaming now) - it could be reality. Today's plot revolves around a date, the 1st of March 2027. It's a date that has cybersecurity folk (such as myself) nervously wat...
A small note before we get started today. This isn't the normal carefully worded blog post. Today it's a passionate post fueled by coffee and deep concern. If you're running a small to micro business, this post is for you. If you're running a small to micro business and have been putting off hardwar...
I wasn't planning to come back to this topic so soon, but I guess lots of unexpected things are happening in the world today.
I want to start this topic by acknowledging our previous post on AI as a research tool. I'm acknowledging it because I'm also sharing this document generated by AI. It'...
Just a few years ago, the idea of an entire workforce upending their commute and setting up at the kitchen table seemed like the plot of a sci-fi thriller (thriller? fizzer?). Then, almost overnight, it became our reality. We learned to navigate Z...
This post is going to be a doozy. I started out considering our core focus - I was writing a blog on the security implications of AI use in small to micro busiro businesses. That alone is quite a serious topic, but the more I wrote, the more I found I needed to write. So today, we’re branching beyon...
It’s official: the global hardware market has hit a bit of a snag, and it’s being driven by what industry experts are calling the "AI Tax."
I’ve spent the last few days digging into the data, and the landscape for 2026 is looking... well, gloomy. Between Western Digital and Seagate already selli...
It has been a few months since the 14 October 2025 deadline passed, and the dust is finally starting to settle on the Windows 10 End-of-Life (EoL) transition. As a keen observer watching it all happen, the lead-up to that date felt like a slow-motion car crash: do homes and small businesses fork out...
Windows, Windows, Windows - I feel like it's all I've posted about recently. Unfortunately that's all for good reason.
The date has come and gone. For years, Australian businesses have had the 14th of October 2025 circled on their calendars - the official end-of-life date for Windows 10. Now tha...