How losing your mobile phone could turn out to be a terrible nightmare

2024-08-14T17:26:07+01:00August 14th, 2024|Accountants, Financial Services, Law, Remote Working, Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

Imagine this… You wake up in the morning and your mobile phone is dead. It died during the night. Hardware can fail at any time and these amazing devices take a daily battering in pockets / bags / coats. Perhaps you woke up late because your alarm didn’t go off? If, like me, you [...]

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Why Multifactor Authentication is no longer enough to keep your firm secure

2024-04-15T14:29:17+01:00April 15th, 2024|Cyber Security, Security and Threats|

Lots of changes have happened to the way we use IT over recent years, but one that most people will remember is the need to use multifactor authentication (or MFA as it has become known) when logging in to IT systems.  It certainly made logging on to your IT when starting work more time [...]

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What is DMARC and why is it so important to protect your business?

2024-03-04T15:17:45+00:00February 13th, 2024|Cyber Security, Security and Threats, Technology News|

In the world of email and cyber security DMARC is a hot topic.  But what exactly is it, and what does it do for your business? Pro Drive’s Technical Director Matt attempts to demystify it for you. What does DMARC do? In an industry full of acronyms, at Pro Drive we do our best [...]

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Four reasons why you should use a Password Manager

2024-01-11T11:44:33+00:00January 11th, 2024|Cyber Security, Productivity, Security and Threats|

Passwords are the keys to your online accounts, and they should be kept safe and secure. However, with so many websites and services requiring you to create and remember passwords, it can be hard to manage them all. That’s why you should use a password manager - a program or application that helps you [...]

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Four risky ways staff record passwords in businesses – and why you will regret allowing them

2024-01-11T11:51:45+00:00January 2nd, 2024|Cyber Security, Productivity, Security and Threats|

In the modern tech enabled world, most office workers now have more passwords to use than they can remember.  If they do not, they are likely committing the grave error of using the same password in more than one system – something that they and your business will live to regret. Most firms still [...]

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Pro Drive’s summary of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre annual review

2023-12-11T15:58:03+00:00November 29th, 2023|Cyber Essentials, Cyber Security, Energy, Security and Threats|

The UK's National Cyber Security Centre has just released its annual review covering the period from 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023. You can read the report yourself by visiting the NCSC website. However, if you are short on time, Pro Drive has summarized the key points that SME businesses should be aware [...]

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Don’t let the move to cloud-based accountancy software make you complacent about your cyber security

2023-11-10T15:44:55+00:00November 10th, 2023|Accountants, Cloud Services, Cyber Security, Security and Threats|

Accountants have accelerated their transition from paper-based to digital-based systems, particularly embracing modern cloud-based bookkeeping and practice management software. However, accountants remain highly appealing targets for cybercriminals: Many SME firms lack the resources to review their systems and adequately train their staff to reduce cyber risks. Accountants often handle transactions involving substantial sums of [...]

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How to create a questionnaire to audit your suppliers’ cyber security in 15 minutes

2023-09-28T17:38:34+01:00September 28th, 2023|Accountants, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Security, Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

We recently wrote about the increase in ‘supply chain cyber attacks’ and how the UK and EU governments are terrified about their impact on the economy. If you are a professional services firm, you may be the target of a ‘supply chain attack’ with cyber criminals looking to use data you hold to run [...]

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I’ve got a security questionnaire from my client – what next?

2023-08-25T15:38:51+01:00August 25th, 2023|Accountants, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Security, Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

We recently wrote about the increase in ‘supply chain cyber attacks’ and how the UK and EU governments are terrified about their impact on the economy. This has been on the radar of larger businesses for some time, but now many firms in the SME sector are waking up to the potential threats from [...]

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The government is terrified about ‘supply chain’ cyber-attacks. And you should be too.

2023-08-25T15:37:34+01:00August 15th, 2023|Accountants, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Security, Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

The UK government has identified supply chain security as being a key risk to the UK economy. As reported by the National Cyber Security Centre, cyber-attacks launched on businesses via their suppliers have significantly increased, but very few businesses still review the cyber security of their suppliers. Why are supply chain attacks growing: Large [...]

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