Category Archives: Technology Explained

Clear, jargon-free explanations of IT concepts, helping you understand the technology your business relies on every day.

To SIEM Or Not To SIEM? Wazuh Is the Question

To Siem Or Not To Siem

“To SIEM, or not to SIEM? Wazuh is the question.” If William Shakespeare had traded his quill for a keyboard and found himself managing IT Infrastructure for a living instead of writing beautiful sonnets, I suspect this would have been his opening line. Modern IT environments whether in a growing small business, or a complex

DOH is Not a Deer, a Female Deer

Dns Over Https

When you first hear DOH, you might think of the famous song from a very well-known film, or maybe that Simpsons exclamation, but in tech DOH stands for DNS over HTTPS. And while it may sound like something complicated, it’s really important for your online privacy and security and easier to understand than you might

Setting Up DuckDNS On Your Raspberry Pi

DuckDNS

Setting up DuckDNS on your Raspberry Pi is a great way to automatically update your external IP address. Allowing you to host services in your network. What is DuckDNS? well, it’s a way to automatically update a name server (in this case, DuckDNS) in real-time with your external IP address. Most home and small business

NextDNS, Great Content Filtering, And Ad Blocking

NextDNS the new firewall for the modern internet

Protecting your home or business network from security threats and inappropriate material is crucial, there are many providers of these services but NextDNS is now our service of choice. NextDNS provide a really powerful set of features well above the usual content filtering, not only can you block websites containing adult material, violence, gambling, and