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Despite the fact that Windows Home is designed for use in domestic environments, we regularly bring on new clients who use it for their business. Historically, Microsoft has been pretty relaxed about these breaches of their user agreement, but while you can use it to operate commercially, should you? Typically, users have the Home edition of […]

As a business committed to our own cybersecurity and that of our clients, we take pride in external certifications that independently audit and validate our exacting standards. As well as being Cyber Essentials certified, we were one of the first companies in the country to gain the ISO27001:2013 certification after its 2013 overhaul. The ISO27001 […]

In September 2021, there have been very few security incidents in the UK compared to normal. What’s more,  despite 97 security incidents, comprising 91,127,815 million breached records, there is something unusual in that a single incident accounted for most of those records – 61 million – which were exposed via an unsecured database: Fitness Tracker […]

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, for which we are proud ambassadors. As we all get stuck in to learning and sharing everything we need to know about Cyber Defences, our MD Claire has written an article over on LinkedIn, highlighting the importance of creating the right culture for security to thrive. “Shame is best friends […]

As part of their evolution in performance, security, and infrastructure, the major operating system (OS) providers – Microsoft, Apple etc. – provide an updated version of their OS at fairly regular intervals. Most commonly provided as a free upgrade to existing users, it will feature a unique set of enhancements compared with the previous version. […]

August 2021 has been a ‘quiet’ month with very few reported cyber-attacks and data breaches, compared to some previous months. August only saw 84 incidents accounting for 60,865,828 breached records, and that figure would be a lot less if not for the attack on T-Mobile. The T-Mobile incident was  originally reported as only affecting 7.8 […]

As businesses face the choice between DIY IT systems and credible IT support, many opt for the ‘cheaper’ option to do it all themselves. The question is, is it really cost-effective, or does it undermine your overall billing strategy for the month? Our MD Claire takes a look at the key questions you should be […]

Whenever we complete one of our IT security and upgrade audits, to help businesses determine potential vulnerabilities and plan future capital expenditure, we tend to find either exclusively Microsoft 365 Business Licenses, OR that 70% or more of a business’s users have Microsoft 365 Home/Family Licenses installed. When asked, it’s commonly because the two products […]

There has been a big jump in the number of breaches recorded in July compared with June, with 33,727,641 breaches recorded and 86 security incidents in July 2021. That makes the overall total of security incidents stand at 815 and the total number of breached records at 3,980,757,735. Oxford City Council Data Breach Oxford City […]