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Under Attack – The day cybercriminals launched an attack on me

By Steve Smith
on 17th June 2018

I think I am generally aware of the potential of a cyber-attack at all times. I also believe I know what to do in the event of an attack. However, the moment I realised I was under attack I...

Lightning – can we really protect against it?

By Steve Smith
on 29th May 2018

Many of us in the British Isles witnessed a spectacular display of lightning during what meteorologists referred to as the mother of all storms. Headlines reporting up 20,000 lightning strikes with some areas experiencing a month’s rainfall in one...

Just how safe is our National Telecommunications Infrastructure?

By Steve Smith
on 20th May 2018

Just how safe is our National Telecommunications Infrastructure? Can we trust any networking equipment? Alongside the relentless stream of attacks by cybercriminals lies the threat from hostile nations. Rogue governments may be less of a threat to your personal...

Home network devices: friend or foe?

By Steve Smith
on 16th May 2018

Home network devices: friend or foe? Our home maybe our castle, but just how safe are we with our home network devices spying on us? This week’s BBCs Panorama – Hacked: Smart Home Secrets – discussed the risk many...

Are our domestic IoT devices as just ‘devices’?

By Steve Smith
on 16th April 2018

Are our domestic IoT devices as just ‘devices’? Are we taking home automation IoT seriously? By Steve Smith When Rob and I founded Astro a significant element of our work involved building voice and telemetry systems for the offshore...

BT, The Hodge and the Rugby Legend

By Steve Hodges
on 8th March 2018

BT, The Hodge and the Rugby Legend Meeting a legend and being delighted, thank you BT for a fun morning, and for listening. By Steve Hodges It isn’t every day I get a call from my BT account team....

Who pressed the nation’s “it’s too difficult button”?

By Steve Hodges
on 1st March 2018

Who pressed the nation’s “it’s too difficult button”? Is it OK to just surrender to the Beast from the East? By Steve Hodges Firstly, let me be clear this blog is not targeted at the unfortunate people who have...

Coopetition – Because all boats rise in a high tide

By Steve Hodges
on 30th January 2018

Coopetition Because all boats rise in a high tide. By Steve Hodges I have seen too many positive examples of this so far this year for me to not want to share my thoughts on it. For the unfamiliar,...