Talking to my clients on a daily basis, it seems that many of them still think cyber crime only ever happens to somebody else! However, the reality is that cyber crime is now more profitable than the illegal drug trade. This is partly because entry into a life of cyber crime is a lot easier and less [...]
Here is the low down on two of the most common ransomware scams that you need to know about. The pay rise/redundancy scam Cyber criminals create an email that looks similar to that of a director. For example, joe.bloggs@acme.co.uk is changed to joe.bloggs@acme.com. Sometimes the email is also 'spoofed' so that it appears in your inbox as [...]
When a major IT incident occurs, disaster recovery and business continuity plans come into their own. With a cool head CEOs, CIOs, IT directors and other key people can do a lot towards limiting damage to the business, exposure to threats, and managing the outcome of the IT incident. As part of disaster planning it [...]
Most of us in the IT industry are constantly being reminded that the 'Internet of Things' is the next big thing. It is a concept that is somewhat perplexing for us IT people and no doubt more confusing for the wider public. We explored what the term means in a recent blog article essentially it is a [...]
What kind of business protection do you have in place? Public liability insurance, business premises and assets insurance, professional indemnity insurance? No doubt your business has a host of insurance policies, but what about your information technology – what’s protecting that? When something goes wrong - whether it’s a natural disaster such as flood or [...]
Pro Drive will be joining in at the Kelly's Cross Country Challenge on Sunday 16th October, located in the beautiful grounds of Loseley Park - the home of our offices. There are plenty of options from walks, children’s races all the way through to a half marathon for the energetic amongst us. Please come along and join [...]
Pro Drive are absolutely delighted to have been recognised by MSP Mentor in the MSPmentor 501 top 501 IT Managed Service Providers for the third year running. The MSPmentor 501 is a distinguished list identifying the world’s top 501 IT Managed Service Providers and is based on data from MSPmentor’s global online survey conducted during Q4 2014. [...]
IT security analysts have reported a new wave of 'Spear Phishing' attacks on businesses, using the recent terror attacks to dupe victims out of substantial amounts of money. If you are not familiar with the term Spear Phishing, it is not a poorly spelled sporting pastime but more a method used by internet criminals to [...]
If you are reading this article then you may already have heard the news that the EU / US 'Safe Harbour' agreement has been declared invalid by the European Court of Justice. You may also have no idea what this means - or what, if any, relevance it has to you. Well read on and [...]
Your staff no longer want a company phone - they are fed up with carrying both their company and personal phones on them and want to use one device - and one that they can choose themselves - for all their communication. They want to keep the same phone number if they leave your business [...]
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