It’s OK to say!
How about a fun song on workplace security to round off the week! Video created by the CPNI: https://www.cpni.gov.uk/
Hyper-V stuck “Connecting to Virtual Machine Management service…”
We’ve recently run into an issue where, following Windows Updates and a reboot, 2016 Hyper-V servers are unable to connect to the vmms service and don’t display any VMs in the Hyper-V console. If Hyper-V is in this state following…
Wi-Fi for Archirondel Tower
Well you can't say our work is not varied....I found myself install a UniFi wi-fi and networking infrastructure in to the historic Archirondel Tower this morning. Having recently been refurbished as another wonderfully unique Jersey Heritage let, it needed wi-fi…
We’re looking for an Office 365 person to join our team
We're looking for someone who knows their stuff with Office 365 as we continually expand and look to migrate more customers. You must have some Microsoft Office 365 qualifications under your belt. If you’re customer driven and love tech then get…
Protecting your email domain name using DMARC
If you've been in the IT managed services industry for long enough you will have, at some point, had to explain to a client that email isn't secure and that if someone wanted to, then then could pretend to be…
Looking for good people
We're always looking for good IT support people but this time we're also looking for a couple of roles that will be more focused. Procurement Manager We're looking for someone to handle our procurement processes. This means spec'ing everything from…
AmpliFi
We've just setup our first AmpliFi HD Mesh Router and Antenna. It's a beautiful system, not only does it have great visuals, but it's so easy and intuitive to setup. Although we got this one for a client, I think…
We’ve attained Cyber Essentials Standard
We've completed an important phase of a Cyber Security in passing the Cyber Essentials standard, having received the following email today: "Hi Focused IT Limited, Our assessor has finished grading the answers provided for your Cyber Essentials 2018 assessment. Congratulations…
Check your AutoForwards
We're seeing an increase in phishing attempts leading to stealing of credentials and then on to ex-filtrating data out of Exchange, on-premise or Office 365, via AutoForward either at a mailbox level or rule level. Unless you've got a good…
Critical bug in 7-Zip
A critical bug has been found in 7-zip we recommend you upgrade to the latest version, which is v18.05 as of May 2018, https://www.7-zip.org/download.html More details can of the vulnerability can be found on Sophos security blog https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/05/09/critical-bug-in-7-zip-make-sure-youre-up-to-date/