Android 13 is safer for your business

We all use our phones for a lot more than sending messages and making the occasional call. And that means most of your staff are probably using their personal mobile for work now and then. Everyone does it. The downside of this is it puts your business data at risk. If it can be accessed on a personal mobile and … Read More

Which Form of MFA Is the Most Secure? Which Is the Most Convenient?

Registration, Log In, Keyboard, Hand, Write

Credential theft is now at an all-time high and is responsible for more data breaches than any other type of attack. With data and business processes now largely cloud-based, a user’s password is the quickest and easiest way to conduct many different types of dangerous activities. Being logged in as a user (especially if they have admin privileges) can allow … Read More

Your business’s Windows updates might be failing because of this one simple thing…

If you’re the kind of person who installs security updates on all of your devices as soon as they become available, don’t start polishing your halo just yet. Because Microsoft’s just released a piece of information which might explain why your Windows machine is STILL out-of-date… despite all your care. Updates are crucial for all of our devices. They’re released … Read More

Password Managers – 3 ways they can help your staff

Password Manager

There are lots of benefits in using a password manager. It can make you more secure, encourage increased best practice for your passwords, adding a whole layer of cyber-security to your business This short video shows three ways a Password Manager can help you, your staff and your business

GDPR – 1 Week to go

Following on from a couple of recent internal briefings on GDPR I jointly presented at Chiltern Business Connections, its good to see the ICO (https://ico.org.uk) are putting more focus on small and micro business and sole traders.  they have released an advisory document entitled “Getting ready for the new UK data protection law – Eight practical steps for micro business owners and sole traders”. … Read More

Watch out ! Watch out ! Phishermen are about….still !

Hi all, for those of you that don’t know, Phishing is a practice that potential scammers/fraudsters carry out to dupe you into giving out your bank/card details.  It’s been widely published and still it happens. Officially – “Phishing is the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, … Read More

Is your Home Network secure ? what about your NAS

The following article was posed on the BBC website, written by Mark Ward – Technology correspondent, BBC News. I have re-posted it here as it touches on a subject near to my heart.  Data security and backup these days is becoming more and more key.  I have a friend who religiously backed up all his data to an external hard drive. … Read More