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”
Category Archives: Security
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?”
October is all about Cybersecurity
You may have seen an uplift on social media regarding playing you part in Cybersecurity – mainly because October is the month of Cybersecurity Awareness both in Europe and Beyond. One of our partners – Security Scorecard are heavily involved in this year’s awareness with their tips of the day, so as we are basedContinue reading “October is all about Cybersecurity”
Defining and Managing Access in the Enterprise Network
Gone are the days of being in the same job for 20+ years, I certainly have moved about a lot and for the majority of my generation and those after, the average time spent within a role is between 2-3 years. At this point, they may be promoted, move to another department, leave for anotherContinue reading “Defining and Managing Access in the Enterprise Network”
Working from Home – Remote Working is it the Right Choice Moving Forward?
One of the main business talking points this Autumn is the impact on office workers who are successfully working from home. I find this subject fascinating as having worked from home for many years, it does not really impact me, but interestingly some of my peers who have the daily commute to an office, workContinue reading “Working from Home – Remote Working is it the Right Choice Moving Forward?”