In 2018 the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force and UK companies doing business in Europe will therefore need to be prepared in order to ensure compliance.
With this in mind what kind of things should you be thinking about in order to ensure that your company stays on the right side EU data protection law?
Phishing – as defined by a quick Google search is “the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers, online.
There are several risks you are exposed to in the case of a hacker attack: theft of customer information (such as address or credit card details), reduced income, damaged reputation, to name but a few.
The Cloud Industry forum found in 2014 that 86% of small and medium sized enterprises had adopted some form of cloud-based technology within their IT system. Over half of the businesses polled in the survey said that they expected cloud-based services to take over all of their IT estate “at some point soon” with 16% saying “as soon as possible”.
Today we were delighted to see the BBC encouraging their website readers to test their cybersecurity. With a number of increasingly difficult cyber quizzes, you can see how cyphers and codes work.
You can have a go yourself on their website by following this link.
In today’s world of technology and mass information, almost all companies require some level of IT support, from international corporations to home-based businesses. Whether you need help setting up a new PC or synchronising Microsoft Office 365 across your business, IT support currently falls into one of three categories; time and material, the customer knows what he/she needs and pays for the time and materials needed; block hours, when the customer buys a certain amount of hours which they can use as and when they want, popular with small businesses; managed services, an ongoing contract that covers up to 24/7 IT support for a business.
With the exponential growth of the internet, has come the mass input of sensitive personal data, from credit card details to passport numbers. Unfortunately this has brought with it new online threats, with data prone to attack from hackers and viruses.
A new security vulnerability as been identified in Open SSL that could effect up to 11 million websites or around one third of all computer servers using the HTTPS protocol.
A fix has been identified and is being issued but it will take some time for website administrators to make sure their systems are protected.
Cyber Essentials as the name suggests is a scheme backed by the Government and supported by the IT industry that provides businesses of all shapes and sizes with guidelines on how to protect themselves from Cyber Threats.
Many clients have asked us the pros and cons of an in-house hosted exchange vs. a cloud based system, so we have put together a whitepaper outlining the main differences.
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