Resources

Resources

Clear insights on monitoring, cybersecurity and compliance, written for Belgian SMEs, without jargon.

Monitoring

The real cost of downtime: more than the hours it's offline

Downtime costs more than the lost sales during the outage. A reckoning of the visible and hidden costs, and why detection makes the difference between minutes and hours.

30 August 2026 Read more →
Monitoring

Monitor it yourself or outsource it: an honest weighing

CheckMK is open source, so you can do this yourself. The question is whether you should want to. An honest look at what DIY costs, what outsourcing costs, and where the tipping point sits.

23 August 2026 Read more →
NIS2

Cybersecurity for law firms: professional privilege doesn't stop at the server

A law firm keeps secrets for a living. What that means for your IT, why mail is the weakest point, and how to prove confidentiality is more than a word.

16 August 2026 Read more →
NIS2

Cybersecurity for medical practices: patient data is not ordinary data

Group practices and medical centres manage the most sensitive data there is, often without an IT person on staff. What the minimum setup looks like, and why monitoring is its foundation.

9 August 2026 Read more →
NIS2

Why accounting firms need monitoring (and usually don't have it)

An accounting firm runs on trust and deadlines. What happens when systems falter during VAT season, and why your clients will soon be asking about your security.

2 August 2026 Read more →
Monitoring

Incident detection for SMEs: the difference between 02:14 and 09:30

Most SMEs discover an outage through a customer. How detection within a minute works, what poor tuning costs you in false alarms, and where to start.

26 July 2026 Read more →
CyFun

Asset inventory: you can't protect what you don't know you have

Every security standard starts with the same question: what is actually running in your environment? Why a living inventory is the foundation, and how monitoring keeps it up to date for free.

19 July 2026 Read more →
Monitoring

IT monitoring as compliance evidence: from checkbox to dashboard

Compliance doesn't ask for promises but for proof. How a solid monitoring setup covers four CyFun requirements at once, and what that concretely delivers on paper.

12 July 2026 Read more →
CyFun

The CyFun Basic checklist: where your SME should actually start

CyFun Basic sounds abstract, but it boils down to a handful of concrete measures. This is the order that works for an SME, and what you can comfortably outsource.

28 June 2026 Read more →
NIS2

NIS2 and your supply chain: why that questionnaire from your client is no coincidence

Your SME isn't in scope of NIS2, but your biggest client is? Then the law comes in through the back door. What your clients are allowed to demand, and how to answer without panic.

14 June 2026 Read more →
CyFun

CyberFundamentals (CyFun) explained: Belgium's roadmap to cybersecurity

CyFun is the CCB's cybersecurity framework and the practical route to NIS2 compliance. The four levels, the six functions, and where to start as an SME, explained clearly.

1 June 2026 Read more →
NIS2

NIS2 explained: what the cybersecurity law means for your SME

NIS2 has been in force in Belgium since October 2024. What does the law say, is your SME covered, and why does the supply chain change everything? A clear explanation, without the jargon.

31 May 2026 Read more →