What to Expect When You Hire an IT Company in Northland
The first thing a good IT company does at a new client is not fix anything. It goes looking. What ...
27 Controls. Every One Passed.
A Northland business owner asked how he could actually prove his business was secure. So we ran him through SMB1001 Gold - 27 controls, one at a time. Here is what it checks, including the AI policy most owners have never thought about.
Forget the Virus. The Hackers Want Your Identity Now
A virus is loud. Someone quietly reading your email for a fortnight is not - and that is the scam emptying bank accounts in Northland. Here is how it works and the simple rule that stops it.
What Every Northland Business Should Know About Cyber Security in 2026
Most of the businesses we help in Northland are not big banks — they are the local accountant, the building ...
SMB1001 Gold for NZ SMBs: What It Is & How to Pass
Your insurer just asked for evidence your business is cyber-safe. Now what? That question is landing in Kiwi inboxes every ...
351 Million Security Events, 30 Real Incidents: What Your SOC Actually Does
351 million. That’s how many security events our SOC analysed across our clients this quarter. (SOC = security operations centre. ...
MSP 4.0: AI Just Broke How IT Providers Price Their Work
MSP 1.0 was break-fix. MSP 2.0 was managed services. MSP 3.0 was per user, per device. AI has just forced ...
Buying Second-Hand Desk Phones on TradeMe? Your Phone System Is Telling You Something
A Northland business owner rang me last week. He’s been buying second-hand desk phones on TradeMe. Not because he’s a ...
A Senior Lawyer Marked Our AI’s Homework. Verdict: “Perfect, True, Complete and Accurate”
Last week a senior lawyer marked my AI’s homework. His written verdict: “perfect, true, complete, and accurate.” He runs a ...
Stop Prompting, Start Building AI Skills
If you use AI at work, answer me this: are you typing the same instructions in every single time? Most ...