The countdown has begun… In October 2023, Windows Server 2012 R2 becomes end of life. So, what does this mean for your business, and should you be worried? The first question is – Does your business still run servers within your office? Over the past couple of years, a huge shift of businesses have pulled …
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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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 …
We all know that cybercriminals hack into applications, but how can they get our passwords in the first place? They need the passwords to get into these online applications, and there are as many as nine different methods that they can use to obtain passwords. Social Engineering This first method includes things such as phishing …
Cybercriminals are no longer attacking only via computer through Email Phishing; more recently, cell phones are a massive target for these hackers. As smartphones have been growing in popularity rapidly over the years, almost everyone has a smartphone no matter if it’s apple or android. Phones are an ideal target for these cyber-criminals. Many people …
The Internet allows businesses of all sizes and locations to reach new and larger markets and provides opportunities to work more efficiently using computer-based tools. Whether a company is thinking of adopting cloud computing or just using email and maintaining a website, cybersecurity should be a part of the plan. The theft of digital information …
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