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2022-07-12 11:22:23
Is LinkedIn the safe space you think it is?
Last month, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in the USA issued a warning about fraudsters using the professional social network LinkedIn to target victims. Are you and your colleagues as aware of the risks as you need to be? Through the pandemic, the activities of hackers and cyber...
2022-07-06 11:26:50
12 questions to ask your web developer about cyber security
Our team is focused on business support and cyber security rather than web design. Nevertheless, the security of your website is important to us. In this blog, we’ll outline some of the questions you should be asking your website developer to ensure that your website is as protected as it needs to...
2022-06-29 14:34:07
Protect your business from these common financial phishing scams
The average office worker sends and receives around 121 emails every day. And while that sounds like a lot, you may be shocked to learn that 3 billion phishing emails are sent each day. They account for 1% of all email traffic. What’s a phishing email? It’s an email sent by cyber criminals that...
2022-06-23 06:46:37
Your business is losing hundreds of hours to spam every year
Spam emails. Everyone hates them.
2022-06-16 20:00:00
Grant McGregor Listed on “Tech Industry’s Most Prestigious International List of Managed Service Providers”
Grant McGregor has once again been named as one of the world’s premier Managed Service Providers (MSPs) in the prestigious 2022 Channel Futures MSP 501 rankings.
2022-06-08 11:40:12
What does the UK Government’s national cyber strategy 2022 mean for SMEs?
In December, the UK Government released its National Cyber Strategy for 2022. We take a look at its scope and ask what impact will it have on UK businesses and organisations. The 2022 Cyber Strategy seeks to “pioneer a new cyber strategy with the whole of the UK”. In the main, the document...
2022-05-30 14:32:53
Your guide to creating an effective enrolment policy for users and devices
People are often said to be the “weakest link” or the “first line of defence” in your cyber strategy. But what happens when they aren’t there? But all their connected devices and accounts are? That’s why an effective enrolment policy is essential. What happens in your organisation when someone...
2022-05-23 11:01:21
Can we really achieve Net Zero in our data centres?
Today’s organisations hold vast quantities of digital information. The ease and low price-point of modern cloud storage solutions makes it far too easy to accept that situation – but we must recognise that it doesn’t come without a cost. Most businesses could defensibly delete much of the data they...
2022-05-16 11:54:57
The New Password Rules: 2022 Update
It’s a while since the Grant McGregor team shared information about password best practice – and a lot has changed. Not least in terms of the new guidance in the UK Government’s Cyber Essentials scheme, but also in terms of the technology solutions now available to strengthen security. Earlier this...
