/NEW Conference

I’m really excited to have been invited to speak at the ../NEW conference being held here in my home town of Newcastle next week....

Why offsite backups are important

We all know why we need backups. Hard drives fail, files get corrupted or deleted yadda yadda yadda. And whilst (most!) people these days...
Burning Match

COVID-19 Update

Just a brief note to say that SMEE is essentially Business As Usual during this difficult time, although face-to-face meetings will not be held....

30DISC – The Weigh-In

After all the time, effort and money we’ve invested into this program, the question comes: was it worth it. Let’s do a person by...

30DISC – What happened?

So it’s been a very long time since the last post in this series, and I’ve had a few emails asking what happened. I...

Business is Hard, Parenting Harder Still

In 2004 I was living in Dublin and saw the movie “In Good Company”. It affected me profoundly, not because it was a particularly...

30DISC – Days 19 & 20 – Encrypt Your Data

If they can’t read it, it isn’t valuable. Today’s challenge – Encrypting Your Data – Direct Link to Guide Page By this time you probably...

30DISC – Day 18 – Secure Messaging

There’s secure, then there’s actually secure! Today’s challenge – Secure Messaging – Direct Link to Guide Page So after removing all those apps from your...

30DISC – Day 17 – Smartphone Security II

Always with the phone! Today’s challenge – Smartphone Security II – Direct Link to Guide Page Following on from yesterday’s Challenge, this time we’re looking...

30DISC – Day 16 – Smartphone Security I

Time to get moving! Today’s challenge – Smartphone Security I – Direct Link to Guide Page For once it’s really nice to see technology actually...

New website

I’m pleased to present the new and improved SM Evidence Experts website. This platform will make it much easier to update and keep abreast...