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This week's episode is supported by NordLayer. NordLayer. And before anyone says anything, no, it's not NordVPN. I wasn't going to say that. You were absolutely going to say that, Joe. They are both from NordSecurity, but NordLayer is a completely different product. NordVPN is for individuals. NordLayer is a network security platform built for businesses. Right. So what does NordLayer actually do? Well, think about how your team works today. People logging in from home, from hotel Wi-Fi, from coffee shops, from wherever. From a sun lounger, hopefully. You'd be lucky. And the moment someone logs into a company network over an unsecured connection, you've got a problem. Credentials intercepted, phishing attacks, unauthorised access. It's a scary world out there for travelling workers. So NordLayer fixes that. It gives you encrypted connectivity for your whole team from anywhere up to one gigabyte per second with zero additional hardware required. But it goes well beyond just encrypting the connection. You get centralized control over who can access what based on their identity, their device, whether their device is actually compliant. And if someone leaves the company, you revoke their access immediately. No more ex-employees still wandering around your system six months later. No more of that. And it will block malicious sites, risky downloads, dangerous domains, and it can even detect shadow apps. So if someone on your team has started using some AI tool that your security team hasn't approved... I'd never do that. Yeah, well, whatever. NordLayer can spot that too. And there's no complex infrastructure to set up. Apparently, you can be up and running in just about 10 minutes. 10 minutes. 10 minutes. Plans start from just $8 per user per month. And right now, there is a summer sale. New customers get up to 20% off annual plans until the end of August 2026. Use the code NLSUMMER26 at checkout. Whoa, all I have to do is type in that code at nordplayer.com slash smashing and I can get a great deal. Let me write that down. Yep, go ahead, write it down. What's the code again? I forgot. Oh, Joe, NL summer 26. Got it. Off to nordlayer.com slash smashing I go. And thanks to Nordlayer for supporting the show.

Well, we've got time now to talk about one of today's sponsors, Vanta. Joe, what keeps you up at two o'clock in the morning? The dog next door, mostly. Oh, right. Well, yeah, but I'm talking professionally what keeps you up. Oh, whether we've got the right security controls in place, whether our vendors are secure, how to escape the nightmare of outdated tools and endless manual processes. Exactly. Which is where today's sponsor comes in. It's Vanta. Vanta, the fizzy orange drink. How can this possibly be true? No, Joe, it's a vanter with a V. It's a trust management platform. It's not a drink full of sugar. It automates all of that tedious manual compliance work. So you can stop drowning in spreadsheets, chasing all the evidence and filling out questionnaire after questionnaire. Lush? I hate questionnaires. Well, who doesn't? Vanta continuously monitors your systems. It centralises your security data. It keeps your program audit ready all of the time. It also uses AI to streamline evidence collection and flag risks. It automates compliance for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR and more. So basically it handles the boring stuff so we can focus on the interesting stuff. Exactly, precisely that. And for a limited time, new customers can get $1,000 off. $1,000? Yep, $1,000. Head to Vanta.com slash smashing. That's V-A-N-T-A dot com slash smashing and get started today. And maybe get a decent night's sleep for once. Oh, and unlike fizzy drinks, Vanta isn't bad for you. That was a fruit twist.

This episode is sponsored by Proton Pass. Proton Pass, the password manager from the team behind ProtonMail, the world's largest end to end encrypted email service. Now, you and I both know the grubby little secret of how a lot of businesses actually share passwords. Spreadsheet? A Post-it note. Sending it to a colleague via Slack and hoping for the best. That's pretty much it. All of the above. And every one of them is a breach waiting to happen. Proton Pass is built to fix exactly that, letting teams store and share credentials securely with end to end encryption baked into every feature. It's open source and fully auditable. It runs on Swiss infrastructure, so your data sits outside US jurisdiction, and it's backed by a nonprofit. No venture capitalists. No pressure to chase a quick exit.

This episode is sponsored by Proton Pass. Proton Pass, the password manager from the team behind ProtonMail, the world's largest end to end encrypted email service. Now, you and I both know the grubby little secret of how a lot of businesses actually share passwords. Spreadsheet? A Post-it note. Sending it to a colleague via Slack and hoping for the best. That's pretty much it. All of the above. And every one of them is a breach waiting to happen. Proton Pass is built to fix exactly that, letting teams store and share credentials securely with end to end encryption baked into every feature. It's open source and fully auditable. It runs on Swiss infrastructure, so your data sits outside US jurisdiction, and it's backed by a nonprofit. No venture capitalists. No pressure to chase a quick exit.

This episode is sponsored by Proton Pass. Proton Pass, the password manager from the team behind ProtonMail, the world's largest end to end encrypted email service. You and I both know the grubby little secret of how a lot of businesses actually share passwords. Spreadsheet? A Post-it note. Sending it to a colleague via Slack and hoping for the best. That's pretty much it. All of the above. And every one of them is a breach waiting to happen. Proton Pass is built to fix exactly that, letting teams store and share credentials securely with end to end encryption baked into every feature. It's open source and fully auditable. It runs on Swiss infrastructure, so your data sits outside US jurisdiction, and it's backed by a nonprofit. No venture capitalists. No pressure to chase a quick exit.

This episode is sponsored by Proton Pass. Proton Pass, the password manager from the team behind ProtonMail, the world's largest end to end encrypted email service. Now, you and I both know the grubby little secret of how a lot of businesses actually share passwords. Spreadsheet? A Post-it note. Sending it to a colleague via Slack and hoping for the best. That's pretty much it. All of the above. And every one of them is a breach waiting to happen. Proton Pass is built to fix exactly that, letting teams store and share credentials securely with end to end encryption baked into every feature. It's open source and fully auditable. It runs on Swiss infrastructure, so your data sits outside US jurisdiction, and it's backed by a nonprofit. No venture capitalists. No pressure to chase a quick exit.

password manager from the team behind ProtonMail, the world's largest end-to-end encrypted email service. Joe, you and I both know the grubby little secret of how a lot of businesses actually share passwords. Spreadsheet? A Post-it note. Sending it to a colleague via Slack and hoping for the best. That's pretty much it. All of the above. Every one of them is a breach waiting to happen. Proton Pass is built to fix exactly that, letting teams store and share credentials securely with end-to-end encryption baked into every feature. It's open source and fully auditable. It runs on Swiss infrastructure, so your data sits outside US jurisdiction, and it's backed by a nonprofit. No venture capitalists. No pressure to chase a quick exit. Which is the bit I like. It's built to serve you, not investors. So never be pressured to cut security corners or rush towards a liquidity event that could change ownership, pricing, or priorities overnight. It's trusted by over 100,000,000 people, ISO 27,001 certified, SOC two audited, and it helps you tick the boxes for NIST two, DORA, and The UK's cybersecurity and resilience bill. And crucially, people actually use it. One Swiss customer told Proton, and I quote, it works.

Proton Pass is a password manager from the team behind ProtonMail, the world's largest end-to-end encrypted email service. You and I both know the grubby little secret of how a lot of businesses actually share passwords — spreadsheets, Post-it notes, sending credentials via Slack and hoping for the best. Every one of them is a breach waiting to happen. Proton Pass is built to fix exactly that, letting teams store and share credentials securely with end-to-end encryption baked into every feature. It's open source and fully auditable. It runs on Swiss infrastructure, so your data sits outside US jurisdiction, and it's backed by a nonprofit — no venture capitalists, no pressure to chase a quick exit. It's built to serve you, not investors, so you'll never be pressured to cut security corners or rush towards a liquidity event that could change ownership, pricing, or priorities overnight. It's trusted by over 100,000,000 people, ISO 27,001 certified, SOC 2 audited, and it helps you tick the boxes for NIST 2, DORA, and the UK's Cybersecurity and Resilience Bill. And crucially, people actually use it. One Swiss customer told Proton: "It works. It works perfectly."

It's built to serve you, not investors. Never be pressured to cut security corners or rush towards a liquidity event that could change ownership, pricing, or priorities overnight. It's trusted by over 100,000,000 people, ISO 27,001 certified, SOC 2 audited, and it helps you tick the boxes for NIST 2, DORA, and the UK's cybersecurity and resilience bill. And crucially, people actually use it. One Swiss customer told Proton, and I quote, it works. It works perfectly. High praise indeed. So why not start your business's free trial right now at proton.me/smashing. And thanks to Proton Pass for supporting the show.

It's trusted by over 100,000,000 people, ISO 27,001 certified, SOC 2 audited, and it helps you tick the boxes for NIST 2, DORA, and the UK's cybersecurity and resilience bill. Crucially, people actually use it. One Swiss customer told Proton, and I quote, "it works. It works perfectly." High praise indeed. So why not start your business's free trial right now at proton.me/smashing. And thanks to Proton Pass for supporting the show.