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Is this YOUR password, too?

Source: Nitya Rajan (The Huffington Post UK) The Worst Passwords Of 2015 Revealed! Some internet users give precious little thought to online security, and this was made frighteningly apparent on a recent blog via The Huffington Post. Discover the worst password combinations of 2015 … The most popular (and worst) passwords of 2015 have been […]

Latest Scam – Fraudsters Claiming To Be Your Colleague

Source: Katie Morley (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Treat emails from senior members of staff asking you to transfer money with extreme caution. Workers are falling for a new email scam in which fraudsters impersonate a senior member of their company to trick them into transferring money, according to police intelligence. Financial Fraud Action UK has warned that conmen […]

How Hackers Steal Your ID

Hackers have stolen the personal details of millions of customers from companies like Talk Talk. So how do cybercriminals get hold of our data?               Panorama Reporter Daniel Foggo meets a group of hackers that can break into any website, and finds out how criminals profit from our information. […]

Are You Proactive Or Reactive With Your IT?

A good IT support company will be proactive, and it’s their job to do that for you. Not only will they offer monitoring services, so that they can detect problems before they become large issues,  but they will offer  this on a 24/7 service, so that they are working hard to make sure that the […]

Response-abilities…

Probably one of the most critical elements to having an IT support provider is how quickly they can respond when you have a problem, a query or an emergency. Most providers will categorise these into three different types of response. Critical, High Priority and Normal Priority: Critical: Meaning anything that is affecting the business from […]

Know Your Needs…

Before you start your journey to choosing your perfect IT support provider, it’s important to know exactly what service levels are important to your business. For example: Will you require 24/7 support? May you need someone on-site on a regular basis? Or are you happy to have a purely remote monitoring service? It is always […]

Useful Excel Nuggets…

Now Excel has never been my strong point, when it comes to creating a spreadsheet I usually try to avoid it for as long as possible… Microsoft Excel can seem like a complicated program until you’ve got used to all the menus and functions involved in its use. If you have to create spreadsheets often, […]

4 Things That Kill Your Website…

We know that your website is your shop front, your brand on display and an essential sales and marketing tool. You spent a lot of money building it and attracting visitors. It is business critical: it would be a disaster if that shop front were smashed, your reputation was tarnished and visitors stopped coming. This […]

The Power To Destroy….

Last year saw a huge increase on data breaches, even the big corporate companies suffered. There was the Apple Cloud hack, then Google even Domino’s was under attack. With the New Year upon us it’s time for a fresh start, that’s why its vital that you have a clear view of how secure your data […]