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2018-03-12 14:59:51
### The Dangers of Over-Sharing Online
We’ve all heard some horror stories: the divorce lawyers trawling your social media accounts, the gift for any would-be stalker that is your Facebook Timeline – but what happens when the dangers of oversharing online cross into the professional realm?
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2018-03-05 07:30:53
### Best Practice Password Security
Passwords have an important role to play in any organisation’s cyber security – whether to protect user access to applications, data or email. So what should organisations be doing to ensure that the passwords and password policies being used are up to scratch?
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2018-02-28 16:50:09
### Is Employee Absence Affecting Your Business This Winter?
One of the biggest business disruptions is unplanned employee absence. During winter there is always a high probability of bad weather and there are plenty of colds and illnesses going round, resulting in many businesses advising employees to stay at home rather than share their germs with the rest...
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2018-02-26 09:42:01
### 5 Things Every BYOD Policy Needs
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies are rapidly gaining traction in the modern workplace owing to the flexibility and convenience they provide to both employees and their employers.
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2018-02-19 14:54:32
### Fed Up of Hearing About GDPR?
Are you suffering from GDPR overload?
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2018-02-12 07:30:27
### Could Social Media Be Your Security Weak Spot?
Social Media is so much a part of our lives these days, both personally and in business.
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2018-02-07 14:17:47
### 6 Things You Can Do This Year to Boost Your IT Performance in 2018
We take a look at six simple things you can do this year to boost IT performance and productivity in 2018.
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2018-01-29 12:46:27
### Why the Carphone Warehouse Data Breach Offers Lessons to us All...
Carphone Warehouse has just been fined £400,000 by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) as a result of a 2015 data breach.
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2018-01-22 12:37:56
### Could Co-Sourcing be the Solution You've Been Looking For?
Asset lean might be the new mantra, but can that really apply to critical IT services when you are a small or medium sized business? How do you keep costs to a minimum without jeopardising operational performance?
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