Did you know, around 87% of small businesses still think they won’t be targeted by cyber attackers. Yeah that’s right. 87%. You might even be reading this now thinking, “Yeah, yeah, but it still won’t happen to me. I’ll take my chances.” So here’s a bold challenge for you. I’m confident that if I were…
Google is undoubtedly one of the biggest search engines worldwide. It will therefore come as no surprise that they take their users security very seriously and made a pledge to flag all unencrypted websites by the end of 2018. If you don’t have an SSL certificate on your website, Google will flag to users that…
Business Email Commerce (BEC), also known as CEO Fraud, is a relatively new form of scam, providing fast results for hackers and creating maximum damage within your business. These emails are much harder to spot and end up costing millions in fraudulent transfers. They use social engineering tools to carefully select their next targets, impersonating…
Emma stated “We finally have some comfort that when a technical issue does arise it will be dealt with in a timely fashion by individuals who have a personal drive to finding the solution. Overall, we couldn’t have asked for a better standard of service that really reflects what we stand for as a business”.
The new comprehensive data protection law, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) comes into force on the 25th May 2018. Whoa, that time went fast… And so here we are, in a post-GDPR world. It’s now law. And there’s a chance that your business – like most UK businesses – is breaking some of the new laws…
“Previously, we had to put work arounds in our business to cope with the problems and the lack of contact from our old support provider. This isn’t the proactive approach we want to take with our business” said Vernon. A substantial investment has been made by Wards to bring their IT solutions up to a level that they are comfortable with and this shows that unlike many businesses, Wards take their stability and operation seriously. We asked Vernon to summarise the impact of the work that we have collectively carried out and he said: “We finally have some comfort that our systems are working in the right way for us, rather than the other way around. Our business is safe and our IT problems, when they rarely occur, are dealt with in a timely fashion.”
Cyber security is a topic that frequently gets discussed within the news, with big companies releasing information about their security breaches and what precautions they’re taking to protect themselves in the future. A password is sometimes the primary defence against a hacker being able to access your information. But how secure is your password? Is…
GDPR is coming on the 25th May and businesses should be prepared. Many are seeing this date a deadline, however it is actually a go live date of when GDPR starts and the old DPA (Data Protection Act) finishes. The GDPR, much like the Health and Safety act, requires you to be proactive about what…
