Compliance is all about people
In our article ‘Navigating a steep learning curve’ we explored tools and processes to ensure your employees remained compliant. Compliance is all about people. However, you can go a long way towards avoiding accidental data breaches by training up your employees. Employees need to understand the requirements to remain compliant and therefore, avoiding simple mistakes. […]
Data – Navigating a Steep Learning Curve
Navigating a Steep Learning Curve Ensuring your business remains compliant with the GDPR will require you to implement measures to protect and secure your data, more than most organisations are taking at present. Companies must re-think how they engage with Customers. Information regarding an individual’s data must now be transparent. Regulators will have new enforcement […]
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 […]
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 […]
Beware of email with malicious intent
Beware of email with malicious intent It has come to our attention that there is currently an ‘Email Scam’ with malicious intent is doing the rounds. The malicious email appears to come from ‘CPS Enforcement Northern Ltd’ and has several hyperlinks to click onto. DO NOT CLICK THESE – your machine will become infected. This is […]
Is Your Business Protected Against User Error?
Is Your Business Protected Against User Error? You may have protected your business against disasters such as: – fire flood vandalism theft but is it protected against User error? Can you trust your employees to be vigilant before opening documents received by email or clicking those links without thinking? You can never be totally safe, […]
The birth of Big Data and the revolution of analytics
The birth of Big Data and the revolution of analytics Together with the revolution of analytics, the most commonly heard buzzwords in business today are ‘Big Data’. Using Big Data provides excellent insights from the volume of data created across industries such as: – banking finance healthcare education manufacturing government Most importantly, it’s as relevant […]
The dangers of Ransomware infections
The dangers of Ransomware infections British people paid over £4.5million in Ransomware infections demands to cyber criminals in the last year alone. It is quite frightening that Malware is still widespread with such devastating results. See our cyber security tips for you and your business below for further guidance. Ransomware infections Ransomware is a type […]
Virtual working has never been more cost effective or easy to implement
Virtual working has never been more cost effective or easy to implement How can you begin creating your virtual workforce? A plethora of technological advances have put the possibility of creating a virtual workforce within reach for most companies. No longer is the virtual workforce only relevant to international organisations or businesses that depend primarily […]
Beware we have seen an email with malicious content today
Beware we have seen an email with malicious content today It has come to our attention there is currently an ‘Email Scam’ doing the rounds. WARNING the email contains malicious content. The email appears to come from ‘Fed Ex and sent with a .zip file attachment. DO NOT OPEN THIS because your machine will […]