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Entries by Katie Mansell
What to do when hit by ransomware
Do you remember the WannaCry attack from May 2017? How about the NotPetya attack in June 2017? While the WannaCry attack made national headlines, other attacks may have slipped your mind. But the $300 million lost by pharmaceutical giant Merck to NotPetya won’t be forgotten in a hurry. It goes without saying that businesses of […]
TheWorks.co.uk grows store capacity with IT improvements from eSpida
TheWorks.co.uk is set to continue growth in its ecommerce business as well as the number of physical stores it operates. Following a successful transition to a new IT infrastructure with the help of IT consultancy eSpida, TheWorks.co.uk was able to move to a new head office in Warwickshire at the start of 2017. The success […]
GDPR – 50 days and counting
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is being dubbed as “the greatest change in data privacy regulation in over 20 years”. It will replace the Data Protection Act 1998 and comes into play on May 25th 2018. With only a third of businesses said to be currently prepared for GDPR, many organisations are reportedly rushing […]
IT Security webex: How to protect your organisation
Our webinar brings you an update on IT security. With cybercrime on the rise, keeping your security strategy up to date is imperative to the protection of your organisation. And with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) May 2018 deadline looming, data security is now critical to legal compliance. Watch our webinar with our resident IT security […]
An Introduction to CASB and DLP
With the introduction of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) into the workplace, holes have appeared within many organisations’ security and compliance applications. Holes which some IT users are blind to. Software programs such as OneDrive, GoogleDrive and Dropbox that users install on their personal equipment to move files to work on outside of the workplace, […]
Have your customers given consent?
As new technologies are developed, consumers have multiple devices and channels to interact via, allowing marketers to access more data than ever. However with the general data protection regulation (GDPR) deadline nearing, marketing departments must consider how they collect, store and process any data moving forward in order to meet the required level of GDPR […]
Ransomware: headline news for the Oxford Dictionary, everyday news for IT teams
More than 1000 new words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) for 2018. Words such as hangry and mansplaining! But a word you might not be surprised to see in the latest OED is ransomware, which the OED has described as: A type of malicious software designed to block access to a […]
Security Best Practice
Most IT security professionals would agree that it is no longer a matter of if you get breached, it is a matter of when. And with the media awash with news informing us of businesses or government organisations suffering data breaches and high-profile attacks, security teams are being held accountable for addressing risks – externally […]
How flexible working via cloud can prevent businesses from “freezing”
Aside from the obvious benefits of cloud computing; cost savings; improved uptime; and the advantage of operating on the latest infrastructure platforms, as winter rears its ugly head one key benefit shifts to the forefront of the list – flexible working. A cloud system is always available. Snowy days and icy conditions can cause havoc […]