Cyber Security
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Protect Against Human Error with Phishing Simulation Testing
Phishing simulations test employees on how they would respond to a real-life phishing attack, without any compromise to data or risk to the organisation.
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The Journey to Zero Trust
‘Zero trust’ is a relatively new buzzword in cybersecurity. As an evolving approach to network design, the term means many different things to many different people.
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Don’t Get Phished, Get MFA
Phishing attempts are without a doubt increasing. While staff awareness is a great way to minimise phishing success, it only goes so far – sometimes you just need a more fool proof method.
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What are the Most Common Types of Cyber Attacks?
There are several different types of cyber attacks out there, however some hit the headlines far more than others. We’ve put together a short snippet about the most popular, to explain a bit more about what they do.
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5 Steps to Keep Your Information Secure
Educating your staff on security awareness is essential to protecting your organisation. We’ve put together 5 steps to keep your information secure.
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Top Tips: Passwords Are Like Underwear
An easy way to remember how to maintain safe and secure passwords is with the catchy phrase, ‘passwords are like underwear’.
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Increase Staff Security Awareness
One of the responsibilities of an employee is to help keep the organisation safe and protected from malicious activity. Here are our top tips to increase staff security awareness.
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Top Tips: Creating a Secure Password
‘Create a secure password’. We’ve all heard it a hundred times by now, but what is the definition of ‘secure’ when it comes to creating a password?
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Top Tips: Oversharing on Social Media
Oversharing personally on social media is equal in sentiment to a business thinking they’re too small to be subject to a cyber attack. See our top tips on how to be mindful of what you’re sharing.
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Top Tips for Spotting Phishing Emails
Phishing emails come in all shapes and sizes and there’s no ‘one size fits all’ way to spot them. Here are our top tips on what to look out for.
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Windows 7 is Going End of Life
You’ve probably heard talk about the Windows 7 operating system going ‘end of life’, but what does this really mean and how does it affect you and your business? Windows 7 is now in its final year of extended support, which will come to an end on 14th January 2020.
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What is Patch Management and Why Do You Need It?
The technical term ‘Patching’, is as literal as it sounds: applying a patch to fix a problem, just as you would a tear in a pair of jeans.
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Are you protecting your organisation from your employees?
If you’re invested in the cyber security field you’ll likely have come across many an article discussing the risk employees pose to an organisation’s security – without even meaning to.
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Why You Need Multi-Factor Authentication
The simple password as a security measure is no longer good enough for the world we live in today. The number of data breaches involving stolen or weak passwords has risen to 81%.
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Traditional vs Next-Generation Firewall
There is a new wave of enterprise firewall on the market, dubbed next-generation firewall (NGFW). A traditional firewall is usually defined as a device that is able to control the flow of traffic in and out of the network. These typically can only track traffic on layers 2-4. A NGFW can do far more than this. Although specific vendor offerings do differ, there are a selection of features which are generally seen as standard.