When My Plans Failed and I Called It Wisdom
Hey there, Next week the year turns. The summer solstice falls on the night of the 20th, and by one of those alignments I've stopped calling coincidence, our bu
11 June 2026 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
The Askara Solutions Blog
Source Journal
Weekly reflections and personal insights
The Case for Doing Less as a Founder
Hey there, The first week back is always its own strange thing. You step off the plane carrying the rhythm of where you've been, and for a few days it sits awkw
3 June 2026 · Ben Visser · 6 min read
What China Taught Me About Leading a Team
Hey there, We went to China for a wedding. Two weeks, Chengdu then Beijing, with the deliberate intention of disconnecting from everything Askara. No AI, no pro
27 May 2026 · Ben Visser · 3 min read
The Most Important Infrastructure Is Human
Hey there, Seven months ago I walked into the first day of the Tehnopol Cyber Accelerator with a vision that had only just crystallised, a team still finding it
4 May 2026 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
Why I Track Moon Cycles Alongside Product Cycles
Hey there, I'm writing this from a plane on Wednesday morning, somewhere over the Baltic. Tomorrow evening I deliver the pitch that formally closes our seven-mo
16 April 2026 · Ben Visser · 6 min read
Dispatches
Short-form updates from the field
Articles
In-depth articles and technical writing
The Stakeholder Triangle
When an organisation decides it needs ISO 27001, the first instinct is almost always the same: find the most technical person in the building and hand them the
11 June 2026 · Ben Visser · 5 min read
You're Choosing a Person, Not a Certificate
Most companies choose a certification body the way they choose a courier. Get three quotes, glance at the logos, pick the one that looks reputable and lands in
11 June 2026 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
The Last Attack Surface
There is a bug in OpenBSD that sat undetected for 27 years. It could remotely crash any server running the software. A few weeks ago, an AI found it. The same A
8 April 2026 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
The Compliance Speed Trap
I wrote something a few weeks ago that I haven't been able to shake. When the whole architecture of compliance is optimised for producing evidence rather than p
25 March 2026 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
The Attack Surface Nobody Models
Ask most security teams where their biggest risk lives and they'll tell you the same thing: people. Phishing. Misconfiguration. The department that keeps workin
18 March 2026 · Ben Visser · 3 min read