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 […]

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 […]

Ransomware is as pervasive as it is dangerous. Learn how to protect your business from ransomware with this infographic. Source: Protect your business from ransomware | Malwarebytes Labs

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 […]

The UK’s National Crime Agency has advised that it has identified the gang behind prevalent virus, Gameover Zeus, and warned users that they have a two week window to ensure their computers are secure, before it can be expected that the cybercriminals regain control and potentially unleash a large scale cyber-attack. The warning comes after the NCA, […]