As a Microsoft Gold Partner, we work closely with our customers from on-boarding new tenants and licences to everyday adds and changes to help them gain the most out of their Microsoft services and subscriptions.For this blog, I am concentrating on the network security and threat...

With cyber-attacks on the rise, more businesses are turning to insurance* to protect themselves in the same way we insure our cars, our lives and our homes. While we are all legally obliged to insure and MOT our cars, the same is not true of our IT systems.Yet data protection firm...

It goes without saying that in today’s day and age we take the internet for granted, for checking emails or browsing the internet to setting a kettle to boil on your way home from work. It is fair to say the internet has transformed the way we live our lives and run our...

We are asked for passwords every day to log into our computers, websites, portals, online banking, etc. It’s not easy to keep up with them all, especially as best practice tells us that we should have a different password for each application that we use.Even the comedian Lee Evans...

With its wide range of options and affordability, it’s not hard to see why more and more businesses are opting for disaster recovery as a service, or DRaaS. If you want to make sure your business doesn’t suffer when downtime strikes, make sure you get in touch with us.Watch our...

The National Cyber Security Centre has released new guidance warning UK businesses to bolster their security resilience in response to the cyber incidents involving Russia and Ukraine.There may be times when the cyber threat to a business is greater than usual and it’s our view...

Ever had the backup conversation? You’ve probably had sales calls to ask if and how you back up your data and IT systems. You may have even then spoken to your IT department or external consultant to ensure that you do have backups in place, perhaps even enquiring how often these...

The Christmas carol is supposed to go something like this: “’Tis the season to be jolly” but it’s more like “’Tis the season to make money” when it comes to cyber-crime. Offices left empty or minimally staffed in between Christmas and New Year make hackers rub their hands with...

Multiple cyber-crime surveys are undertaken every year to ascertain how many businesses are affected and how it has cost them. I have picked out two that both confirm that small businesses or SMEs are the most vulnerable. Research from Beaming revealed two thirds of UK companies,...

Ensuring your network is secure can become a constant struggle as your IT team applies the latest updates and patches while monitoring alerts to stop threats before they become an issue. The other side of security is monitoring the content staff are viewing to ensure they don't...