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2020-04-08 13:45:01
What is an SLA and Why Should My IT Provider Have One?
An SLA – or service level agreement – is the way you hold your service provider to account. Getting them right is, therefore, essential to ensuring you get the service you need – and will mean that you have the necessary mechanisms in place if things do go wrong.
2020-03-30 10:04:27
5 Security Tips When Working From Home
Some of us have always had the flexibility of working from home whereas others have had it forced upon them due to current circumstances.
2020-03-23 07:30:00
Remote Working – What You Need to Know
One of the major disruptions to business is unplanned employee availability. With the outbreak of Covid-19 (Coronavirus), more and more businesses are encouraging – some enforcing – remote working from home.
2020-03-09 08:30:29
Preparation and advice with COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
As we are all carefully watching the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation, Grant McGregor is actively taking steps to ensure the safety of our teams and the continuity of our operations. We’ve had disaster preparedness and business continuity plans in place for events such as COVID-19 for some time,...
2020-03-06 12:58:08
Why You Should be Using 2 Factor Authentication Right Now!
According to the Verizon 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report, 62% of breaches not involving an Error, Misuse, or Physical action (in other words, wounds that weren’t self-inflicted) involved the use of stolen credentials, brute force, or phishing.
2020-03-03 14:02:09
Is Your IT Support Still Right for Your Business?
Your business has developed - so has good IT support.
2020-02-24 08:30:00
The Importance of Online Backup for SMEs
The single best change you can make to your IT systems and processes this year? Investing in a suitable and effective backup solution for your business. If there is one thing we all learnt from the Travelex ransomware story in January, it’s that even some of world’s biggest organisations, dealing...
2020-02-17 08:30:42
What Can You Do about the New Phishing Threat?
Phishing attacks are on the rise – again. And attackers are trying new ways of targeting your organisation and your staff. How can you stay one step ahead? One in every 99 emails is a phishing attack, according to the Avanan Global Phish report. Frighteningly, that same report found that one in...
2020-02-12 16:17:25
The new security threats faced by every UK business
As 2020 gets well underway, the Grant McGregor team is taking the opportunity to ask: what are the security threats we need to be aware of now? Here’s our take on the security issues you should be thinking about in 2020. Facing off against the ever-changing IT security threat resembles a game of...
