Notes on small-business security

Practical writing on Cyber Essentials, where personal data hides, keeping ordinary Windows machines patched, and what we learn building PCRiskPro. No dates for unreleased work, no scare stories.

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PCRiskPro Cyber Essentials module showing pass, warning and fail results per control

Cyber Essentials readiness: the self-check to do before you pay an assessor

The five Cyber Essentials controls, the three where small UK firms fail, and an afternoon’s self-check to run on every Windows device before the assessment.

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