If you work with the public sector, bid for government contracts, or simply want to show clients that you take cyber security seriously, Cyber Essentials is probably something you have heard mentioned, but may not have looked at properly. systemforce.co.uk/blog/2026/…

PHP2SHELL: Urgent PHP Vulnerabilities Put Millions of Websites at Risk The PHP community has issued an emergency security update after details emerged of two critical vulnerabilities that could allowattackers to execute malicious code on vulnerable systemforce.co.uk/blog/2026/…

The UK’s phone network changed in December 2025 In December 2025, BT and the major UK telecoms providers completed the PSTN switch-off. systemforce.co.uk/blog/2026/…

The UK’s copper telephone network will permanently shut down on 31 January 2027. Openreach – the company that owns and operates most of Britain’s telephone infrastructure – has confirmed that there will be no further extension to the deadline. systemforce.co.uk/blog/2026/…

In May 2026, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – the UK government’s official cyber security agency – issued guidance warning organisations across the UK to prepare for what it called a “vulnerability patch wave.” systemforce.co.uk/blog/2026/…

If your office uses PaperCut NG or PaperCut MF to manage printing, you need to know about two critical security flaws that are currently being used in real attacks. systemforce.co.uk/blog/2026/…

A vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server that was patched in July has come under active attack following the public release of working exploit code. systemforce.co.uk/blog/2026/…

Most IT support providers are set up to handle business IT: laptops, Microsoft 365, email, and office networks. That is a perfectly good foundation – but for a manufacturing business, it rarely tells the whole story. systemforce.co.uk/blog/2026/…

Most small and mid-sized businesses in the UK do not have a formal IT budget. Technology spending tends to happen reactively – a laptop breaks, a subscription renews, something stops working and needs replacing urgently. systemforce.co.uk/blog/2026/…

You have probably seen “ISO 27001 certified” on an IT company’s website or in a supplier questionnaire. But what does it actually mean, and why does it matter who has it and who does not? systemforce.co.uk/blog/2026/…