Earlier this week (March 2023) Matt our MD was invited along to an event hosted by Red Helix to talk about how to prepare your staff for a cyber attack.

For many organisations it is a case of "when" and not "if", although not all attacks of course are catastrophic. Some however, will leave organisations unable to function as normal, with the worry of bad press and ultimately a loss of revenue. Preparation will equip staff with the confidence and skills to act fast and effectively.

Having robust incident response policies and procedures in place will serve to save you:

⏰ time - the faster you respond and react the quicker the effects can be minimised and normal business can resume

💷 money - minimising damage and disruption to daily business

🌟 loss of reputation - quick robust action will help to maintain client/stakeholder trust

Helping organisations to prepare their team to be ready and confident to deal with cyber attacks is our bread and butter. It does not have to be massively expensive or complicated. Are you ready?

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## Are You Ready for the Impending Cyber Essentials Changes?

As of April 27th 2026, there are important changes to Cyber Essentials which all organisations holding, or looking to achieve Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus, must be aware of. These changes have come about to reflect what is being seen by IASME and the National Cyber Security Centre across real-world incidents, evolving cyber threats and feedback from assessments. The current question set is being updated to tighten certain criteria and to help organisations become prepared.

## The Fortis "Attack Mitigation Service": Cut cyber risk, reduce workload and simplify vulnerability management.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now being weaponised as threat actors leverage AI at every stage of the attack lifecycle to launch faster, more widespread and more damaging attacks on businesses. This fundamental shift in the threat landscape means cyber criminals can now automate their reconnaissance of businesses, scaling to the scanning of thousands of systems, enumerating software versions, analysing configurations, and pinpointing vulnerabilities in Internet-facing business systems.

## Supercharging Cyber Attacks: How AI has changed the threat landscape for businesses.

The AI Cyber Attack Threat Landscape It’s a sad state of affairs but Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now being weaponised as threat actors leverage AI at every stage of the attack lifecycle to launch faster, more widespread and more damaging attacks on businesses. Anthropic’s Threat Intelligence Report August 2025 found: AI models are now being used to carry out cyber-attacks at scale AI has lowered the barriers to entry with fewer technical skills required to launch cyber attacks.