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Plain-English notes on running IT in a small or mid-sized business. What I'd check, what I'd fix first, and what I'd leave alone.

  1. Securing your business network: where to start

    Five areas to check on your firewall, devices and accounts, plus backups, based on the Cyber Essentials requirements. Written for owners, not engineers.

  2. Shadow AI: what small businesses should do when staff use AI tools

    Staff may already be pasting work into AI tools nobody has approved. What the NCSC says the risks are, and six steps that work better than a ban.

  3. Why a part-time IT director works for small businesses

    What a part-time IT director does, why it suits a business that has outgrown "the person who knows computers", and when it doesn't work.

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mark@marknoble.co.uk