I guess it's true that everything that's old is new again.

I always assumed that in the world of security things didn't work that way. Every step was supposed to be a step forward, an onwards march that learns from everything that has happened before. OK, let me step back and explain.

For those...

What a day.

Today the nation's largest retail carrier is making headlines for all - the wrong - reasons.

If you're not interested in clicking through the linked articles above let me summarise things:

• In the early hours of this morning Telstra suffered a nationwide network outage
• B...

I feel it was only yesterday that I sat down with a coffee and a laptop and decided to talk about backup Internet in a business context. Turns out it was the 26th of December - Yep Boxing Day - because when you're running a small business there's never really a time to stop. If you're dependent...

At secureAF, we don’t usually write hardware reviews. Our mission is typically centred on providing the strategy, security consulting, and network design that keeps Australian small businesses resilient. We’ve hinted at the tools of the trade before - discussing how to stay secure on the road, the...

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...

I feel like I’ve seen this movie somewhere before.

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...

On more than one occasion we've spoken about redundant internet. Why you may not want to put all your eggs in one basket. Here and here to be precise.

Often this all boils down to one very practical question: "If my internet goes down right now, how much money am I losing?" Whether you’re ru...

As I write this, I’m sitting in beautiful Bright, Victoria. The Christmas rush is just around the corner, but right now, the weather is absolutely perfect. The Ovens River is flowing clear, the trees are green, and the coffee is hot. It is the ideal setting for a bit of remote work before the holida...

I feel like we only just finished our five part in-depth series (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) on Australia's shift to hybrid work and suddenly the ground is shifting under our feet. Again.

Greetings from my holiday. I’m writing this post from a beautiful, remote part of our country. The scenery is stunning, the air is clean, and the digital infrastructure is, to put it mildly, an abomination. I’m talking, of course, about NBN’s Sky Muster satellite service.

The dream of the modern p...