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The Cyber Assessment Framework UK model, developed by the NCSC, is now the reference standard for demonstrating compliance with UK government cybersecurity and resilience expectations. In this blog we cover everything from why the UK Government has chosen this model, what it means for organisations in 2026 and the benefits of starting your CAF journey early.

Why are phishing attacks are so common? The simple answer is scale and accessibility. Every week, millions of workers around the world get emails, texts, Teams messages, and phone calls designed to trick them into making a mistake. These mistakes are how cyber-attackers often get initial access into networks. These are six of the common psychological tricks they play.

Embedded applications have become…well... embedded within our daily working life. Running inside host collaboration platforms like Microsoft Teams and Slack. OpenGates, our embedded app security platform ingests and evaluates app manifests (the apps’ origins and rule book), and informs security teams with actionable insight into the permissions an embedded app needs, the external domains it calls, and how it plans to operate. We take this rule book and apply a layered risk assessment, which crucially can be applied at scale.

Cyber Essentials focuses on basic but essential technical security controls that prevent the majority of common cyberattacks. These five areas are foundational, cost-effective, and significantly improve an organisation’s cyber resilience. Using AI driven automation, our Aegis platform accelerates and simplifies Cyber Essentials certification, while returning up to 50% of your teams' time.

As the world’s most widely recognised information security standard, ISO 27001 demonstrates to clients, partners, and regulators that you take information security seriously. Using AI driven automation, our Aegis platform accelerates and simplifies ISO 27001 certification, while returning up to 50% of your teams' time.