2020 – The Year of the Remote Worker

Having worked remotely for many many years (to the envy of many friends who had to do the daily commute) I truly believe that remote working is better. The important thing is to ensure you manage it right and success will follow, personally and in business. In 2021, we will see the vast majority ofContinue reading “2020 – The Year of the Remote Worker”

Challenges of Cloud Transformation – Digital Skills Gap

Many businesses who have started the transformation are faced with a major issue – the lack of internal knowledge and expertise.   A recent government report has found employers struggle to fill a third of vacancies last year due to lack of digital skills so the desire to outsource certainly allows companies to achieve a fasterContinue reading “Challenges of Cloud Transformation – Digital Skills Gap”

Challenges of Cloud Transformation – Change the Mindset of the Workforce

Ah yes, the challenges of cloud/digital transformation are in every CIOs DNA and the challenges fall to them to find solutions.  Changing the mindset of the workforce to understand the need to embrace new technologies to keep ahead in their industry is the first hurdle.  When you look at the investment people make personally orContinue reading “Challenges of Cloud Transformation – Change the Mindset of the Workforce”

Increasing Employee Engagement with Security Policies

Last week we touched on the importance of having a Cyber Hygiene Policy, but we wanted to explore this subject in a bit more detail. Many companies are unclear how to engage the workforce to understand everyone is responsible for protecting the corporate network. Within all businesses there are those who are engaged, focussed, performance-drivenContinue reading “Increasing Employee Engagement with Security Policies”

Mitigating Risk in a Pandemic – VPN & Cyber Hygiene

New collaborative tools have been implemented in record numbers this year, the main ones adopted are Zoom and MS Teams – but there are many more out there that may allow employees to perform and meet the expectations of clients/colleagues alike.  Companies do not want to hamper the creative abilities of their remote workforce butContinue reading “Mitigating Risk in a Pandemic – VPN & Cyber Hygiene”

Cybersecurity Threats this Year and Beyond

CIOs in 2020 continue to prioritise cybersecurity as the glue that allows organisations to take advantage of the amazing advancements in AI, 5G networks cloud computing, IOT, mobile devices etc.  Organisations empower their workforce to maximise on the technology options available to be create and innovate – but with every good, there appears to beContinue reading “Cybersecurity Threats this Year and Beyond”

AI and Protecting the Endpoint

Do you remember the film War Games?  Released in 1983, this film starred Matthew Broderick as a high school kid who hacked into a super computer to play games and almost started world war III – but here comes the spoiler – a game of tic tac toe (noughts & crosses for us Europeans) helpedContinue reading “AI and Protecting the Endpoint”

What Security Methods are right for Business?

Last week we focused on the remote working aspect of being cyber aware. so what more can businesses do to protect their intellectual property and corporate environment? Well, quite a few things – some may already be in place, but with the evolution of cyber-attacks/breaches growing exponentially, maybe a little recap is in order. Firewall FirewallsContinue reading “What Security Methods are right for Business?”

What security methods are right for working remotely?

We all need to take a level of responsibility for our cyber security when working remotely and how to protect our homes, small office networks, and the organisations we work for.  It looks like for the foreseeable many of us will have to work from home, so I thought as we are still in CyberContinue reading “What security methods are right for working remotely?”

Structured Cabling – ANSI and TIA Standards

Cabling – ah yes, that gathering of wires under desks, behind TVs and games consoles.  Do you remember those fancy cable tidy things that we ordered from the stationery catalogue as we believed they would keep all our cables nice and tidy – god, they were awful and thankfully short-lived. Cabling in the modern workplaceContinue reading “Structured Cabling – ANSI and TIA Standards”