Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot are becoming more common in work environments. For accountants, lawyers, and financial services professionals, with high workload and pressure from deadline, the promise of using AI to save time is attractive. However few people are trained on using AI properly and it's difficult to know [...]
Pro Drive IT recently ran a roundtable exercise titled “How to avoid cyber annihilation of your firm”, which as the name suggest was designed to educate the attendees on the cyber security risks to their business and to give them some practical advice and tips on how to respond if (when!) an incident occurs [...]
If you are a regular follower of this blog or our newsletters, you will have noticed that we have published a lot of content on Microsoft Copilot and more generally on generative AI over the past 12 months. So why are we so excited about Copilot? Well, generative AI as a whole makes the [...]
For years now the choice of processor when buying a windows laptop was limited to just two main options - Intel or AMD. Intel were seen as the safe choice, with AMD usually coming in slightly cheaper and offering better value pound for pound. In recent years laptops with ARM processors, similar to those [...]
Did you know that Microsoft includes generative AI chat based on ChatGPT as part of your Microsoft 365 plan? What’s more, it includes Enterprise Data Protection as standard – something you need to pay at least £500 per annum for with ChatGPT. If you are not using this already, read on to find out [...]
Pro Drive IT, a leading provider of IT support and cybersecurity services for businesses in London and the Southeast and a specialist in working with Accountancy Practices, is excited to announce their participation in the upcoming Accountex London Exhibition taking place on 14th and the 15th May 2025 at ExCeL London. The Accountex Exhibition [...]
We recently wrote about the danger of impersonation scams and highlighted how generative AI is making these scams more convincing, in particular ‘Vishing’ which usually centres around telephone based scams. A more recent development, particularly worrying for professional and financial services firms, is voice cloning. This might sound like something from the Terminator but [...]
The last couple of years have seen a significant increase in digital impersonation scams specifically targeting professional services, accountancy, and law firms, and their clients. These scams exploit human error and IT related vulnerabilities, and their impacts can be devastating, ranging from financial loss to reputational damage. Why Law and Accountancy Firms Are Prime [...]
Accountancy firms have good reason to ensure they are reviewing and mitigating cyber security risks in their practices. They are prime targets for cyber criminals, in part due to the valuable financial data they hold on other companies and the significant payments they make on behalf of clients, for example, for payroll activities. The [...]
‘Quishing’ is a relatively new form of cyber scam, which is based on the familiar ‘phishing’ technique but instead uses fake QR codes to trick victims into disclosing confidential details to waiting cyber criminals. Why are so many people falling victim to Quishing? In recent years QR codes have become prolific both in consumer [...]
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