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industry insights<br />
THE NEW ORDER<br />
IS NOW THE PERFECT TIME TO GET YOUR (I.T.) HOUSE IN ORDER?<br />
PAUL HARRIS, MANAGING DIRECTOR, PENTEST, OFFERS HIS THOUGHTS<br />
There's a lightbulb in the bathroom<br />
at home that's been burnt out for<br />
about eight months. It's always been<br />
on the list of things to fix, but I've either<br />
forgotten about it when at the shops or<br />
had more pressing things to do; after all,<br />
it wasn't really a big deal, especially when<br />
there are plenty of other bulbs working in<br />
the bathroom.<br />
I say 'wasn't' a big deal, as things<br />
changed. Lockdown happened.<br />
Spending all your time at home makes<br />
you more aware of the small, and not so<br />
small, jobs that need to be done around<br />
the house. Previously insignificant home<br />
improvement jobs start to play on your<br />
mind. The clock on the oven is out by<br />
three minutes, the living room door isn't<br />
quite sitting correctly, there's a small<br />
crack in one of the bathroom tiles, one<br />
of the kitchen chairs has been wobbly for<br />
years. Things you could easily dismiss and<br />
ignore before suddenly start to play on<br />
your mind, growing until they become<br />
critical issues. It's no surprise that people<br />
were queuing outside Ikea for over two<br />
hours on the first day after lockdown was<br />
eased. (To clarify, I wasn't one of them!)<br />
I usually go to great lengths to avoid<br />
doing the home improvement jobs,<br />
hence why the lightbulb has been out for<br />
so long, but during lockdown they have<br />
often given me a welcome distraction<br />
from what's going on in the outside<br />
world. I've even got around to tackling<br />
the big jobs, the ones I really hate, like<br />
cleaning out the garage.<br />
Paul Harris, managing director, Pentest.<br />
It's amazing the stuff you find when you<br />
do that: old games consoles you've not<br />
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