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Alarming Phishing Attack Trends to Beware of in 2022

Alarming Phishing Attack Trends to Beware of in 2022 In 2020, 75% of companies around the world experienced a phishing attack. Phishing remains one of the biggest dangers to your business’s health and wellbeing because it’s the main delivery method for all types of cyberattacks. One phishing email can be responsible for a company succumbing […]

5 Things You Should Never Do on a Work Computer

5 Things You Should Never Do on a Work Computer Whether you work remotely or in an office, the line between personal and work tasks can become blurred when working on your company computer. If you’re in front of a computer for most of your time during work, then it’s not unusual to get attached […]

Top 5 Cybersecurity Mistakes That Leave Your Data at Risk

Top 5 Cybersecurity Mistakes That Leave Your Data at Risk The global damage of cybercrime has risen to an average of $11 million USD per minute, which is a cost of $190,000 each second. 60% of small and mid-sized companies that have a data breach end up closing their doors within six months because they […]

Finding the Right IT Provider: Avoid These 8 Mistakes

Finding the Right IT Provider: Avoid These 8 Mistakes Your business can benefit a lot from working with an IT provider. However, you need to avoid several key mistakes when choosing your team. Time spent on trying to figure out the technology you use in your business can be costly. While doing that, you can’t […]

Enhance Your Server Management With These 8 Tips

Enhance Your Server Management With These 8 Tips You may have state-of-the-art servers, but their efficiency can diminish over time. Managing them is key to optimizing your business operations. Numerous organizations rely on servers for various IT functions, such as applications, emails, hosting websites, and data storage.  Although many companies have turned to cloud-based services […]

Cybercriminals can take advantage of various vulnerabilities in your company. Patching them up is crucial to protecting your reputation.

Cybercriminals can take advantage of various vulnerabilities in your company. Patching them up is crucial to protecting your reputation. Taking your cybersecurity seriously is essential regardless of your organisation. Otherwise, criminals can easily halt your operations.  Take the University of Sunderland as an example.  At first, it seemed like they had a standard IT issue […]

Amshire gains Cyber Essentials certification

Amshire has achieved the Cyber Essentials accreditation, a UK government backed standard for companies taking all necessary steps to protect themselves from cyber-attacks and to keep customer data safe. Cyber Essentials accreditation is also a requirement for all businesses planning to bid for government contracts that involve handling personal information. Certification is included as part […]

Beware Locky is back with new variants

Locky, thought to be dead, was one of the first major forms of ransomware to achieve global notoriety.  However, it appears to have risen from the crypt with new variants, Lukitus and Diablo. Notorious attacks have returned with distribution through the Necurs botnet, one of the largest botnets in use today! Recent activity shows that it […]

GDPR and the Future of your Data Security

GDPR and the Future of your Data Security EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The date set for the EU’s GDPR to come into force is 25th May 2018. For businesses, this means a stricter code of conduct in terms of data protection.  The GDPR will supersede the current UK Data Protection Act (DPA) that […]