IT & Cloud RTO vs RPO: What's the difference?

RTO (Recovery Time Objective) measures how quickly you need to recover after an outage. RPO (Recovery Point Objective) measures how much data you can... Read more

IT & Cloud What does IT downtime cost your business?

Even a short period of IT downtime can quickly become expensive once you account for lost revenue, idle staff time, recovery costs, and customer... Read more

IT & Cloud Outsourced vs co-managed IT support: What's the difference?

The main difference between outsourced and co-managed IT support is that outsourced IT transfers day-to-day IT operations to a provider, while... Read more

Our Team 5 minutes with Jacques Taljaard

Meet Jacques Taljaard- Senior Security Services Architect At The Missing Link, our people are what set us apart. Their expertise, curiosity, and... Read more

IT & Cloud How legacy IT puts your cyber resilience at risk

Every business depends on technology. But what happens when the systems you rely on are still running while the security protecting them has fallen... Read more

Cyber Security How passwordless authentication changes the identity security model

Passwordless authentication replaces passwords with device-bound cryptographic credentials, such as passkeys and FIDO2 security keys. Unlike... Read more

Cyber Security Why MFA alone won't stop modern identity attacks

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) significantly reduces the risk of password theft, but it doesn't stop modern identity attacks that target the... Read more

Cyber Security Passwords are now your biggest identity risk

Passwords remain one of the biggest identity risks because they rely on reusable shared secrets that attackers can steal, phish, or reuse. Password... Read more

IT & Cloud 5 factors to consider when choosing a managed service provider

Choosing the right managed service provider (MSP) shapes how reliable, secure, and scalable your IT environment will be for years to come. The best... Read more

Cyber Security Exposure management: From 10,000 critical findings to a 3-7 day remediation cycle

Part 3 of a three-part series based on a session by Ruchit Deshpande, The Missing Link's Security Solutions Director at Tenable ExposureCon,... Read more

Cyber Security Why exposure management programs stall, and how to operationalise them

Part 2 of a three-part series based on a session by Ruchit Deshpande, The Missing Link's Security Solutions Director at Tenable ExposureCon,... Read more

Cyber Security Why vulnerability management isn't reducing cyber risk

Part 1 of a three-part series based on a session by Ruchit Deshpande, The Missing Link's Security Solutions Director at Tenable ExposureCon,... Read more