The Cyber Essentials Questionnnaire - A Helpful Summary
Apr 12th, 2022
Following our explanation of the Cyber Essentials programme, we are going to go into more detail about the 80 question questionnaire and the type of information that is required. A summary of the video is below Business Structure and Devices…
How To Get Cyber Essentials Certification
Mar 29th, 2022
What Is Cyber Essentials? Cyber Essentials is a basic yet effective government-backed programme that will help you be aware of cyber threats and help protect your business against these threats. You could think of Cyber Essentials like any kind of…
Next Generation Firewalls Explained
Dec 22nd, 2021
Pretty much everything you do with a computer in your business either involves connecting to the internet or connecting to services on the internet. Your internet connection has several components and security is one of the most important of those…
Why Multifactor Authentication Is Essential
Nov 23rd, 2021
These days having a password is not enough. If you want to protect your data from hackers then you need another layer of protection – this layer is multi-factor authentication or MFA. How would you describe MFA? Essentially, multi-factor authentication…
What Is Microsoft Secure Score?
Oct 19th, 2021
As a vendor for Microsoft 365, we spend a lot of time looking at the security of the system. The Microsoft 365 secure score is one of the most reliable sources that we have to help protect our clients against…
How To Recognise & Avoid A Cyber Attack
Sep 23rd, 2021
Cyber security starts with knowledge. Knowing which threats are out there and how to recognise them goes a long way to keeping your systems safe from attack. These videos demonstrate some of the most common types of cyber attack to…
Cyber Crime & Cyber Security Explained
Aug 12th, 2021
In simple terms, cyber security encompasses any action taken to protect your company data, personal and sensitive information which you store online, on a server or in the cloud. Cyber criminals are highly motivated to infiltrate any system where they…
4 Common Computer Performance Issues
Jun 7th, 2021
We support clients across Aberdeenshire, and that means that we spend a lot of time fixing irritating PC performance issues that interfere with people’s productivity and disrupt their day to day activities. To share the love and help you overcome…
The 4 Most Common Tech Support Problems
May 31st, 2021
As a managed service provider with a busy help desk, we come across all sorts of IT problems every day. Here are 4 of the most common issues that we encounter -- and some actionable advice on fixing them. 1.…
How Cyber Security Can Be Improved
Mar 1st, 2021
How Cyber Security Can Be Improved Cyber security is all too often an issue which business owners don’t spend a great deal of time thinking about until something goes wrong, by which time the damage has been done and the…
What Is A Business Continuity Plan?
Feb 15th, 2021
Can Your Business Afford Downtime? To what extent are you willing to risk your data and your staff’s time? If you and your team couldn’t access your data for an hour, a day, a week - what would you do?…
What are Managed IT Services?
Jan 28th, 2021
Managed Service Providers If your business does not have an in-house IT team and relies instead on tech-savvy employees being recruited to fix the inevitable tech issues that arise, you may benefit from outsourcing your IT infrastructure to a company…
How To Choose IT Support In Aberdeen
Jan 27th, 2021
What Are IT Support Services? In the context of business, the term IT Support Services generally refers to the provision of technology-related products and services that enable businesses to operate, compete and grow. As technology is now an integral part…
Preparing To Return To Your Workplace After Lockdown
May 7th, 2020
Are You Ready For Lockdown To End? The lockdown may still be in force, just now and who knows when it will end. That does not mean we should not be preparing for it now. At some point we will…
Work From Home - Video Calling Guide
Apr 22nd, 2020
What is Video Calling Video calling is just like a normal telephone call except you can see the person who is calling you, on you computer, tablet or phone. The great advantage of this is that you can continue to…
Bring Your Own Device - 7 Crucial Steps to Keep Your Company Data Safe On Your Staff's Devices
Apr 20th, 2020
Working from home has quickly become the new "normal", thanks to the current situation. The impact of this is that it's uncovered a whole new set of challenges for many businesses. Some of the biggest sit within the concept of…
Home Working, Set Up In Haste - Hacked At Leisure
Apr 16th, 2020
If you have had to set up home working for your employees in the last few weeks and it's something you've never done at scale before, then in the haste there is potential for people to cut corners where it…
Remote Working - Are You Ready For Self Isolation
Mar 9th, 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 is here whether we like it or not and the reality is that the effects could close your office or prevent some staff from attending the office. Remote working from home may be the only option for some.…
Panic Buying - It's Not Just Hand Gel and Loo Roll
Mar 8th, 2020
I don’t blog much, but I felt the need to share my take from our industry on Coronavirus COVID-19. We have a good relationship with our suppliers. While speaking to one of them yesterday, they told me that because of…
