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Cleaning Up – Keeping Your Data Safe from Prying Eyes
We’ve had our eyes fixed to ITV’s six-part drama, Cleaning Up, over the past few weeks and it’s got us thinking: how well can you really trust everyone that comes in and out of your [...]
SMCR – Are you ready?
If there were a major cyber security breach at your company, what would happen? Chances are it would be very difficult to pinpoint the exact person or people responsible, meaning those involved could potentially get [...]
Spotlight: Meet the team
Like any business, it’s the people behind the ProDrive name that make it a success. Not just success in terms of business achievements, but in customer experience and commitment to making a difference. We’re all [...]
Don’t be A hacker’s dream come true – follow our essential tips!
Sharing our personal information is a fact of life nowadays. Very few of us would be willing to sacrifice the convenience of purchasing goods and signing up for services online. However, as most of us [...]
How to stop your email account getting hacked in 6 easy steps
You’re a sitting target, under immediate threat Cyber crime is on the increase, and criminals are developing increasingly sophisticated ways to break through security walls. All they need to find is a weak spot, a [...]
5 Nasty Gifts Cyber Criminals Have Planned for 2019
It’s the time of year when we’re looking for presents to give that will warm hearts and raise spirits. This all takes a bit of planning and looking ahead. The criminal world is planning too, [...]
Don’t Wait to Update: Run out-dated software at your peril
Perhaps updating your software is the last thing on your to-do list at this time of year? There’s lots going on and the last thing you need is your current task interrupted while you wait [...]
Is your data for sale on The Dark Web?
Most of us use the Internet many times a day, for both business and personal use. We have become very used to supplying whatever information is required, in order to access prod-ucts and services. This [...]
Why Accountants Need Cyber Essentials…
For those that may not be aware, there is a government backed standard for cyber security, called Cyber Essentials. It is, in simple terms, a way for businesses to demonstrate a responsible approach to cyber [...]
What lies beneath… Are you your own biggest security threat?
What’s the biggest risk to your company…IT security, poor software? No, people. The future security of your business and the sensitive information it possesses, all depends on those who use it. The GDPR has raised [...]
5 key IT policies and procedures you really should have in place
So you have company policies coming out of your ears, and now you have been told that you need a whole new bunch of IT paperwork on top of it all? Worse still - your [...]
Teams and Skype become one
Microsoft introduced their Office 365 based team collaboration app, very imaginatively called Teams, about a year ago now. Originally introduced as a competitor to Slack, and to provide a single interface for the many Office [...]
What’s all this about a new ribbon?
After 10 years of the now infamous 'ribbon' toolbar, Microsoft has decided it’s now time for a redesign of the interface for it’s office suite. Don't panic though, for those of you who are dreading [...]
Gone Phishing? How to deal with a phishing email
What is phishing? Technically speaking it is ‘the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information for malicious reasons, by disguising as a trustworthy contact, normally in an electronic communication such as email.’ Realistically it’s every business [...]
Road to recovery – top 5 immediate actions after a security breach
If you notice a breach in your business data, the first thing to do is identify how serious it is. Identifying whether information such as personal email addresses, dates of birth and payment accounts are [...]
The post GDPR landscape: Our findings
With the panic over to ‘comply’ with GDPR, it is seen as becoming more of a day to day compliance matter. Of course, this assumes that organisations have the correct processes embedded in their day [...]
Keeping your mobile workforce secure
Mobile workforce employees using company IT systems on the move may inadvertently be posing a risk to your company data that needs special attention. Something as simple as using web based or ‘Software as a [...]
5 Productivity apps for business
Many apps are designed to improve innovation, creativity and productivity in your workplace and personal life. App designers constantly break new ground with ideas we all gravitate towards. Can you remember the last time you [...]
Cyber security for small businesses
Every small business uses the internet to do business. The ways to communicate with customers and suppliers, investigate markets, conduct financial transactions, and advertise and sell are commonplace. Most employees in a business use their [...]
What is Cyber Essentials and why does my Law firm need to have it?
If you are reading this article there is a good chance you already know what Cyber Essentials is. For those that do not, Cyber Essentials is a UK Government backed standard for business cyber security [...]