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Simplifying Cyber Security
You’re on this page, so it’s no leap of faith to assume that you have a lot of questions surrounding cyber security. What is it? How does it affect my business? What are my obligations? Where do I start?
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What is IT?
Confused? There’s no need to be. We aim to simplify IT for small to medium sized businesses and provide access to enterprise level IT services.
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Cyber Certification Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between the Cyber Essentials scheme and the IASME Governance scheme? Cyber Essentials is a Government scheme that helps organisations to guard against common cyber threats and demonstrate commitment to cyber security. It covers five main technical controls which will protect companies against an estimated 80% of Read more…
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Webinar: Your Cyber questions answered from Gerry’s back room
Date: May 21, 2020 Time: 09:50am through to 11:15 am In partnership with CeeD, we would like to invite you to our interactive discussion webinar on your Cyber challenges. Unlike Franklin D. Roosevelt’s famous sessions, I’m afraid that our chat will not be fireside. Like everyone else just now we Read more…
Blogs
SPOTTING A PHISH
These really are strange times that we are living in just now. As Albert Einstein once said, “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity” and this pandemic has presented lots of opportunity to cyber criminals. From fake emails from organisations such as The World Health Organisation claiming to give advice Read more…
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HOME WORKING – CYBER SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS FOR BUSINESS
By Gerry Grant, CSO. There are lots of articles and advice around home working currently being shared and most of it is pretty decent. While home working might be nothing new for your organisation, the scale of rollout will likely be unprecedented and it’s important that we get as much Read more…
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COVID-19 PLAN
Converged Communication Solutions COVID-19 Plan 1 – How we protect employees Covid-19 is believed to spread largely through respiratory droplets from coughing and sneezing, and it seems to spread easily. It may also be possible to become infected by touching a contaminated surface or object and then touching one’s nose or mouth. Stay Read more…
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WHAT LESSONS CAN WE LEARN FROM VIRGIN MEDIA?
By Gerry Grant, Chief Security Officer On the 5th March it was reported that Virgin Media had left a database containing over 900,000 customers and potential customers details accessible online. The database didn’t even have a password on it. It transpired that the database had been online for 10 months and over that Read more…
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DON’T GET MORE THAN YOU BARGAINED FOR
By Gerry Grant, Chief Security Officer It’s that time of year again when our email inbox gets flooded with special offers and not to be missed deals. That’s right, the Boxing Day & New Year’s sales are upon us again and there can be lots of bargains to be had. Read more…
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WHAT IS THE DARK WEB?
By Gerry Grant, Chief Security Officer Every city has certain areas that you wouldn’t be happy walking around in the middle of the night on your own. The internet is similar. We often hear about a dark, dangerous, lawless place called the ‘Dark Web’, but what or where exactly is Read more…