Guides, analysis and ‘first hours’ briefings on artificial intelligence, security, data, business crises, reputation and foreign markets.
Companies subject to NIS2 must assess and check the suppliers that touch their systems. For suppliers, it all arrives as questionnaires and contract clauses. Here is what customers ask, and how to prepare answers that stand up.
17 September 2026Once connected to email, archives and the ERP, an AI assistant finds everything that the permissions leave open. These are the rules on access, logs and data routes to settle before it goes live.
16 September 2026In the first hours of a cyber incident, management does not do the technical work. It takes three decisions that only it can take. It decides who leads the response, who speaks for the company and what must be preserved.
16 September 2026Encrypted files and a ransom demand. The technical moves for the first four hours, from isolating systems to protecting the backups, from evidence to sizing up the damage, through to the most delicate choice of all, the ransom.
30 August 2026Counterparty, trade mark, sanctions, finances, people and security. These are the five checks a company should complete before opening an office or signing with a foreign partner, with the official sources to consult.
21 August 2026Email, diary, reminders and documents. The repetitive work an artificial intelligence assistant can take off an executive’s plate, what stays with people, and how to assess one before you start.
20 August 2026A full-time DBA costs money all year round, while work on Oracle databases comes in waves. How to weigh the real hours, the risks and continuity before you choose in-house, outsourced or both.
13 August 2026When a conflict between shareholders is out in the open, a lawsuit is not the only route. How mediation, negotiated exit and arbitration work, when they can be used, and what they can and cannot achieve.
12 August 2026A public grant lowers the cost, but it does not make the choices for the company. Here are the schemes that fund cybersecurity, what they really cover and the questions to ask the supplier before you sign.
6 August 2026Many intrusions leave traces outside the company before they show any sign inside: credentials for sale, domains imitating the brand, suppliers that have been hit. Which signals to check and what to do when they appear.
5 August 2026The successor signs, but suppliers, banks and staff still look for the founder. We explain why it happens, which signs show the transition is stalling and how powers, relationships and roles are really handed over.
4 August 2026Damaged blocks and the ORA-01578 error. Stop whatever is writing, keep the messages, measure the damage with Oracle’s own tools and only then choose the remedy. The sequence for the first hours.
4 August 2026A critical Oracle database can be moved with only brief downtime if the heavy work is done beforehand, while the system is running. We cover techniques, licences, rehearsals and the fallback plan, starting from the moment of switchover.
30 July 2026
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