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    2022-03-10 10:58:16

    What Does the War in Ukraine Mean for Your Cyber Security?

    Hackers have been active on both sides in the conflict between Russian and Ukraine. The Grant McGregor team asks: should you be worried? Could your IT systems be caught in the crossfire in the cyberwar? And how can you protect your IT systems? We’ve all been shocked by the terrible events unfolding...

    2021-12-20 12:21:22

    Our review of the biggest tech stories of 2021

    What were the tech stories that got us all talking during the last twelve months? The Grant McGregor team looks back at some of the technology tales and IT intelligence that made headlines in 2021. #1. Poor practices put users at risk In May, security experts(1) revealed that more than 100 million...

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    2021-05-10 07:30:00

    New NCSC Research Shows Small Businesses Have Most to Gain from Cyber Essentials Scheme

    Small businesses typically benefit the most from a Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus certification, according to new research conducted for the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre. The NCSC commissioned BritainThinks to perform a baseline review of Cyber Essentials to look at how the scheme...

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    2021-04-12 07:30:00

    What Are the COVID-19 Keepers? Four of 2020’s Changes We Plan to Continue

    As we pass the year anniversary of the first lockdown, Grant McGregor asks: what are the COVID keepers? A lot has changed in the world of IT over the last twelve to eighteen months. The changes we’ve made to enable our organisations to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic have been far-reaching. And...

    2021-02-08 10:18:00

    The State of Email Security Update

    At the end of last year, security company Mimecast released the latest version of its annual state of email security report – and it revealed some worrying findings. What should organisations be doing to protect themselves from the current attack vectors? In this year’s report(1), Mimecast...

    2019-08-12 13:18:26

    Attention: How You’re Being Researched by Cyber Criminals

    We might think we know about the perils of social media: distraction from real life, difficulty switching off, anxiety, FOMO (fear of missing out) and heightened stress. But this misses perhaps the most dangerous peril: the use of the information you share by cyber criminals who want to target you.

    2019-06-25 10:26:02

    Doubling up: why two-factor authentication is your next step in digital security

    We’ve written about the need for additional layers of security for passwords, especially given the increased targeting of Microsoft’s Office 365 as more and more businesses and individuals migrate to the cloud, especially for email.

    2019-06-19 14:12:53

    Outlook – Cloudy

    We recently published an article relating to email and the evolution of cybercrime and another referring to the rising popularity of Microsoft’s Office 365 suite and the growing security risks associated with it.

    2018-10-29 15:33:58

    The FBI Warns of a New Cyber Security Threat

    Most cyber security news recently has focused on the revelation of Russian military intelligence service attacks, but there has been a recent announcement about cyber security practice to which organisations of all sizes including small businesses should be paying much greater attention.

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