Keeping your mobile workforce secure

2018-08-29T17:28:52+01:00August 29th, 2018|Security and Threats, Tips and Advice|

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 Service’ apps, along with free hot spot services could accidentally be providing cyber criminals easy access to your confidential business [...]

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Cyber security for small businesses

2018-09-26T10:36:05+01:00August 6th, 2018|Security and Threats|

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 IT systems intuitively. A few experts in IT around the office usually advise how to be cyber-aware and cyber-safe, but [...]

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What is Cyber Essentials and why does my Law firm need to have it?

2020-07-16T09:21:13+01:00July 26th, 2018|Compliance, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Security, GDPR, Law, Security and Threats|

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 which helps you guard against the most common Cyber Security threats. In fact experts believe that by adopting Cyber Essentials [...]

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Is email still a safe way to exchange data?

2018-07-09T11:48:14+01:00June 22nd, 2018|Security and Threats|

With cyber crimes on the increase and the vulnerability of data at an all-time high, knowing how to send data securely is imperative in keeping your business safe. So, is email still a safe way to exchange data? When you send an email, the message leaves your provider’s server; you have no idea how many [...]

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Is 2018 Set To Be The Worst Year Yet For Cybercrime?

2020-12-15T11:48:55+00:00April 26th, 2018|Security and Threats|

New research shows that 2018 could be the worst year so far for cybercrime. In 2015, ransomware costs businesses $5 billion. Analysts are expecting this to reach $11 billion in 2018, with this trend showing no sign of slowing down. Cybersecurity Ventures predicts in 2020 that businesses could be attacked every 14 seconds. Some analysts [...]

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Biometrics: The Future of Data and Cyber Security?

2018-04-26T17:45:46+01:00April 26th, 2018|Security and Threats|

Personal data is power. Decades ago, to steal data criminals would have to break in and take physical files or download data onto floppy disks or burn onto CD. Now our data is taken from social media profiles, emails, from hacking into organisations' systems and data stores, and by intercepting data from our mobile devices. [...]

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Why your anti-virus is getting smarter

2018-03-28T11:26:49+01:00March 28th, 2018|Security and Threats|

Anti-virus software needs to get smarter, quickly. Traditional antivirus software can’t keep pace with today’s rising tide of threats.  From shady state actors to cybercriminals and hackers, the size, volume and complexity of threats facing organisations is getting worse. Much anti-virus (AV) technology simply isn’t smart enough to catch every threat. Even with the most [...]

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Accountants beware: Bad Rabbit Ransomware!

2018-07-09T11:35:35+01:00November 28th, 2017|Security and Threats|

What is it? Despite the name, it's not an influx of demented furry critters sent to destroy you by North Korea, but the latest Ransomware that could well be targeting UK businesses. Bad Rabbit has spread from Eastern Europe and Turkey via Germany where a mixture of businesses, including accountants were infected. Hot on the [...]

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Password Hygiene: Protecting the Creative Industry

2017-11-28T11:57:07+00:00November 13th, 2017|Security and Threats|

Creative and marketing companies generally have to manage a large number of different passwords. There are numerous apps and SaaS tools available that creatives and marketers use day-in-day-out to create work, promote their businesses and, most importantly, manage their client accounts. These all require users to create an account to login, making them only as [...]

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Cyber Security: Criminals Target The Accounting Industry

2020-12-15T11:30:21+00:00October 5th, 2017|Security and Threats|

Last month accountancy firm Deloitte confirmed that it had been a victim of a cyber attack that breached the company email system and has potentially compromised usernames, passwords, IP addresses, architectural diagrams for businesses and health information, and sensitive client information contained in email attachments. The breach was discovered in March this year, but it [...]

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