How and why to help your staff development around cyber awareness?

Lets start with why: I was reading a post in a recent IT group chat. The poster wanted to know how to handle phishing issues they had recently in their company. Over 40 IT providers replied with technology solutions. Only 1 mentioned providing staff training. We need to arrive at the understanding and mindset that…

Don’t ever let your IT company do this to your computer network

Today, when companies need to be lean, nimble and brutally efficient to survive in a competitive marketplace, cutting unnecessary costs is paramount. Unfortunately, it can be easy when you’re on a tight budget to accidentally strip away components of your business that may seem unnecessary but are actually essential to your success. One of the…

3 IT investments you should always take seriously

What is standing between your business’s data and hackers a world away? What’s your plan when your on-site server fails? When you skimp on technology and IT solutions for your business, the answers to these two questions become simple: 1. There is nothing standing between your business’s sensitive data and people who want to take…

Last line of defence

We set up our backup years ago. We’re covered. I hear this sort of thing from so many businesses. Unfortunately, backup isn’t the type of thing you can just set and forget about. If your company finds itself compromised by a serious event like cyber-attack or an employee makes an innocent mistake, often your backup…

Virus Attacks

We have a Firewall and antivirus so we are safe. We’re covered.  I often hear this response. And to be fair, this is a good start. In fact, we had a similar line of thinking before we were brought in to diagnose what had happened to a company who was hit by a serious virus…