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Notes from the engineers

No filler and no sales pitch — just the explanations we end up giving on site, written down. Twenty-five years of supporting Yorkshire businesses tends to produce opinions.

Working with YBS7 min read

Switching IT providers without disruption: what a proper handover looks like, and the access no one tells you to keep

The fear of switching IT provider is really the fear of the unknown. Here is what a proper handover pack contains, what to audit before you give notice, and the keys an outgoing provider sometimes quietly holds.

22 September 2026Read
Compliance7 min read

Cyber Essentials explained: what it is, why clients and insurers keep asking for it, and what it actually takes to pass

Cyber Essentials is five controls, not a mountain of paperwork. Here is what the scheme is, the difference between Cyber Essentials and Plus, and what it genuinely takes to pass cleanly the first time.

8 September 2026Read
Cloud & collaboration7 min read

SharePoint explained: what it is, why it matters, and why it beats an on-premise file server for compliance

What SharePoint actually is in plain English, the day-to-day benefits for a small business, and why it makes security and compliance far easier to evidence than a server in the cupboard.

14 July 2026Read
Security8 min read

Email security: real-world exploits, and how our TitanHQ stack shuts them down

Around nine in ten breaches start with an email. Here are the attacks we actually see against Yorkshire businesses, and the layers of TitanHQ protection we deploy against each one.

28 July 2026Read
Networking7 min read

Firewalls vs routers: what the difference really is, and where a Zyxel device pulls ahead

Your ISP router is not a firewall. Here is what each device actually does, the protection a business-grade Zyxel adds, and how to tell which one is guarding your network right now.

11 August 2026Read

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