Filings tagged: Infrastructure
Practical thinking on security, infrastructure, and AI. No thought leadership for the sake of it.
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The stuff you stopped using is still attacking you
· Security Infrastructure
The NCSC has published guidance on decommissioning assets. The headline is simple: things you no longer use stop being assets and start being liabilities. The boring work of switching them off is one of the highest-value security jobs most businesses skip.
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GoDaddy handed out a 27-year-old domain to a stranger in four minutes
· Security Infrastructure
Two-factor authentication on. Domain ownership protection on. GoDaddy transferred a non-profit's 27-year-old domain to a stranger in four minutes. The lesson is about the registrar layer most businesses never think about.
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Sovereign AI is only sovereign if you can actually switch
· AI Infrastructure Commentary
Two-thirds of UK IT leaders say they have an AI exit plan. Nearly half admit switching would seriously disrupt the business. A plan you can't execute is not a plan.
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AI just claimed your spinning disks too
· Infrastructure Commentary
Western Digital's entire HDD capacity for 2026 is sold out. Cloud is 89% of their revenue. HDD prices are up 46% since September. The window for sensible storage pricing is closing.
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When your payment processor can't send a valid email
· Infrastructure Commentary
Viva.com sends verification emails missing the Message-ID header. Google Workspace and Zoho reject them. The fix is one line of code.