Cyber Essentials

Integral IT - What is Cyber Essentials and how can it benefit my accountancy firm?

What is Cyber Essentials and how can it benefit my accountancy firm? 

Cyber Essentials is a scheme backed by the government devised specifically to help businesses better defend themselves from cyber-attacks. It was introduced by the National Cyber Security Centre in 2014 and recently updated in 2022; it’s a simple but effective set of protocols to defend your organisation better. By gaining Cyber Essentials, businesses of any …

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Hackers are Beating Multi-Factor Authentication

Just when your thought your cloud applications were secure by implementing multi-factor authentication, hackers are developing strategies to beat this defence. If you didn’t already know, Multi-factor authentication is an essential part of your IT security for logging into your devices and cloud applications. With multi-factor authentication, you need to enter your username and password …

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Integral IT - 5 common ways your business gets hacked and how to prevent it

5 Common Ways Your Business Gets Hacked And How To Prevent It

This month, a Joint Cyber Security Advisory has been released. In this advisory, they have said that cybercriminals are using five main processes to hack into your network. They have also provided information on the best methods to protect your business from these attacks and their consequences. A joint advisory is when lots of cyber …

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Integral IT - 5 Benefits of Cyber Essentials

Five Benefits Of the Cyber Essentials Scheme

Cyber Essential is a government-backed scheme aiming to help businesses become more cyber secure. As hacking and cybercrime are rising with the rise of technology, companies must be able to protect their data.  Here are five huge reasons your business would benefit from getting a Cyber Essentials certification. Basic Cyber-Security This assessment includes over 35 …

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Integral IT - What is Cyber Essentials?

What is Cyber Essentials?

Cybercrime is everywhere, but how, as a business, how can you begin to start to protect your data online? We recommend getting the Cyber Essentials Certification for every business. This blog is all about what Cyber Essentials is, the levels of certification, cost and benefits. So what is it? Cyber Essentials is a government-funded scheme …

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Integral IT - Cyber Essential Changes From January 2022

Cyber Essential Changes from January 2022

Cyber Essential is a government-backed scheme in the UK designed to help businesses avoid cyber-attacks. It covers the basics that every business should have in order to protect itself, such as: Firewall Secure Configuration User Access Control Malware Protection Patron Management We have a separate blog on these as well as a YouTube video. As …

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