Unveiling ‘Elementary’: A New Escape Room Experience.

Welcome to “Elementary,” our latest escape room adventure that transports you to the heart of Victorian London. Immerse yourself in an intriguing mystery where every clue, every puzzle, and every detail draws you deeper into a thrilling narrative inspired by the legendary detective, Sherlock Holmes. THE STORYLINE. The year is 1843. Mr. Edward Hawthorne, the…

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‘THE MEETING’ CYBER ESCAPE ROOM LAUNCHES IN JOHANNESBURG.

Guess who’s back, back again… no, not Eminem (although that Houdini track is pretty f*cking cool)… it’s US. We’re back. With a brand new Cyber Escape Room scenario called “The Meeting” which launched at Roosevelt High School in Johannesburg on 9th July. This exciting new scenario is designed to highlight the importance of cyber security…

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Security is Everyone’s Issue.

We’ve recently seen some rhetoric stating that security is NOT everyone’s issue and that we should be looking at our security teams to protect us. We disagree. A lot. So we thought we’d lay out some thoughts about why security is everyone’s issue and how we can support our people with becoming more security savvy.…

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Users Are The Weakest Link.

i’m fucking kidding. obviously. I would never say this. Except in jest. But why is it that as an industry, we’re so obsessed with this trope?! We wheel it out every time there’s a cyber attack. A “sophisticated” cyber attack. You know, the ones where someone got phished and it brought the whole business to…

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OSINT: Cindy’s Challenge.

We’re switching it up this week. Today’s Fool Around content focuses on OSINT, or Open Source Intelligence. For the uninitiated, OSINT challenges are a great way of practicing your investigation skills. As part of a cyber attack, threat actors may perform OSINT on specific targets to identify information that will help them social engineer someone…

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5 Essential Security Awareness Training Tips.

In today’s digital age, where cyber threats are exponentially on the rise, ensuring the security of your organisation’s data and systems is essential. One of the most critical aspects of this is providing a comprehensive security awareness training programme for your employees. By educating your staff on the key principles of cybersecurity, you empower them…

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Churchill’s War Rooms with CAE Technology Services

In July this year, we partnered up with the absolutely fabulous CAE Technology Services to support their Beat the Hacker event. It was a fantastic two days working with a wonderful team and delivering escape rooms to over eighty participants, including the wonderful James Coker from Infosecurity Magazine. “Why are you mentioning James specifically?”, I…

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Escape Traditional Team Building.

When you say the phrase ‘team building’, what happens next? Eye roll? Sigh? Conjuring excuses to skip work that day and somehow just turn up for the drinking bit at the end? Team-building activities have been a staple in the corporate world for years but many employees and managers now view them as mundane, uninspiring,…

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Herd Immunity.

In this article, we consider one of the fatal flaws in using traditional phishing tests as part of end user training and how herd immunity is the answer.

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