Do you know who has access to your IT systems?
You control access to your office. Why not your IT? The last time an employee left your business, did you revoke their access to your IT systems? Are you sure? Do you have a way to check? What kind of…
Why all passwords should be unique
Are all your accounts secured with unique passwords? They should be! If you use the same password for multiple systems—online shopping, email, your company’s cloud bookkeeping solution, etc.—you’re not alone. Even Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg did that. And in 2016…
1.2TB Data Breach – Why password managers are essential
On Wednesday 9th of May a hacking group accidently revealed that a 1.2 terabyte batch of data which contained 26 Million logon passwords 1.1 million unique email addresses and over a million images were up for sale across the dark…
18,000 organisations infected with state-sponsored malware
Organisations around the world have had a backdoor planted by Russian sponsored hackers Cozy Bear. Around 18,000 organisations downloaded infected builds of network management tool SolarWinds Orion between March and June of this year. It is believed the backdoor was…
Using Microsoft Bookings to get my hair cut
I'm sure many will agree with me when I say "I NEED a haircut now", unfortunately a lot of the barbers aren't geared up for the changes they're going to have to make to implement an appointment based service. I…
What a week
Wow, what a week this has been. We were already seeing a ramp up in remote access requests, but this week has been crazy. Couple that with extra laptop and workstation deployments to send home we've been the busiest we've…
Microsoft 365 Business (Nonprofit) – Free for first 10 licenses
Microsoft have always been great with the amount they give away to charities with various licensing. But up until now you couldn't get a copy of the Office desktop applications for free, the best you could get was via Charity…
IASME Consortium confirmed as Cyber Essentials Partner
IASME will be taking over full responsibility for Cyber Essentials from April 1st 2020. Alongside this there will be some changes around how Cyber Essentials operates: a new streamlined certification process the introduction of a minimum criteria for Certification Bodies…
Phish Alert
Please be aware there is an ongoing chain of phishing attacks spreading through Jersey Businesses. These e-mails are using the accounts they compromise to spread onto new targets. Therefore e-mails will come from legitimate email addresses and will likely be…
Cisco pays out $8.6m for sitting on critical security bug
Cisco is paying out $8.6 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit regarding claims they knowingly sold vulnerable video surveillance systems with major security flaws to US government agencies. Whistleblower James Glenn claims he reported the critical vulnerability to Cisco in 2008…