What’s the actual risk of using AI?
Lewis Barry We keep being told AI is dangerous, that we should be careful, and invest in loads of ramp up projects and tools to help us “adopt” AI, but what does…
Lewis Barry
Does M365 E3 help a scaling business?
July 2026 Licensing updates: M365 E3 will contain Defender for Office 365 P1. Meaning the only step-up required to match BP levels of endpoint security is related to EDR. Back…
Some policies I use in Conditional Access
This site is called Conditional Access, and yet surprisingly, it has very little advice on what you should do for CA policies. I’ve stayed away from this subject on purpose;…
How to prevent ransomware attacks using M365 Business Premium
To the average person who isn’t in the IT space, the world seems like a scary place when news coverage keeps talking about the number of “sophisticated” attacks which are…
The Cyber Essentials Guide for Windows OS and Driver Patching: Intune Edition
I’ve previously written about Windows Autopatch, and now that it’s included in Business Premium and EDU licenses, it made sense to write an updated post for MSPs to use to…
Is a SOC service really what you need?
Security Operations Centre Their primary focus isn’t preventative protection. They are actually Monitoring, Detecting and Responding to threats. A SOC’s core expertise is not in security hardening practices; this element…
Securing access to Windows 365 from a BYOD/Personal Device
Scenario: You have employees or contractors you’ve given a Windows 365 license to, Intune is managing those cloud devices just fine, but you want to ensure access to them is…
How to deploy Defender for Endpoint: Windows
With Microsoft making a bigger name for itself in the security space in recent years, more and more are looking to utilise what they already pay for in their bundle…
Allowing the Sonos app via an Intune Firewall configuration
Your office just got some new speakers, but you can’t get the Windows app to talk to it? This serves as a dual guide, firstly on how to create and…
How to become CIS compliant
To most, the Center for Internet Security (CIS) are a provider of benchmarks and standards that one might wish to follow to increase the security of their IT environment. It’s…