Wall of Fame – twitter hashtags
TWITTER HASHTAGS Used strategically, twitter hashtags provide many benefits, and can be used to ensure your content is shown to a larger audience. This helps to raise awareness about your brand. It can also target a specific group of people too. Using hot trends and topics will also boost your SEO. Hashtags are important because […]
Is your business protected against a cyberattack?
What cybersecurity risks does your business face? The cyberattack in May 2017 affected 40 hospitals and 24 NHS Trusts, as A&E departments across the country were forced to shut their doors to patients in need. High profile attacks like this have brought cybercrime to the forefront of public discourse. But many business owners, especially of small […]
Would your Business survive a Cyber-Attack?
Cyber-Attack Many small or medium sized firms don’t consider themselves a likely target for a cyber-attack. Due to the increase of business done online and sensitive information being stored electronically these businesses are an attractive target! Cyber-Security Policy (CSP) Cyber security breaches affect all businesses. Recent research showing that 52% of breaches were indeed caused […]
How Cyber Aware are your employees?
Are your employees cyber aware? Would you like help to educate your employees to strengthen their skills when working with your IT systems both inside and outside of the Office? Did you know in 2016 the average cost of a Cyber breach was £3 million! This figure is only going to increase hence the reason […]
What benefits can you gain from outsourcing your IT Support?
What benefits can you gain from outsourcing your IT Support? All businesses are interested in saving money wherever possible and often this will include their annual IT expenditure. Outsourcing their IT support could for instance save anywhere between 25% – 50%. In the past small firms may have had a dedicated IT person or someone […]
What to expect from the General Data Protection Regulation
What to expect from the General Data Protection Regulation Regardless of the effects of Brexit, UK SMEs and large organisations alike that process data regarding EU individuals will be subject to the General Data Protection (GDPR) ‘Processing’ of data refers to obtaining, disclosing, recording, holding, using, deleting or destroying personal information. A wider reach than […]
5 Security Tips To Share With Your Employees
5 Security Tips To Share With Your Employees Nowadays, everyone needs to stay alert and be aware of IT Security systems. Below are 5 security tips to share with your employees. PASSWORDS These should be at least 10 characters long with a mix of lower and upper case letters, numbers and symbols BROWSERS Ensure secure browsers […]
Company Data – the consequences of non compliance
The consequences of non-compliance Is your company data compliant? It makes sense to implement appropriate processes and systems for data along with document management. Personal Data More than ever organisations now process personal data about Staff, Customers and Suppliers. The Data Protection Act (DPA) is legislation that generates the highest number of compliance challenges for […]
Data Loss – do you have a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)
Data Loss – do you have a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) Data Loss Did you know, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find Companies that can tolerate data loss between the time of their last backup and the time of a disaster. System Outages System outages are unpredictable and in many cases unavoidable. However, they […]
Are you ransomware ready?
Are you ransomware ready? We’ve all heard about ransomware and know that it is a type of malware that prevents you from accessing your data until you pay a ransom. However, did you know that only 4% of organisations say they are confident of their ability to protect themselves against Ransomware attacks. By deduction this […]