What is it and why does it matter? In the age of digital dominance, where data reigns supreme and cyber threats lurk around every corner, UK businesses must take steps to mitigate their vulnerabilities. One vital step that organisations can take to help protect themselves is the acquisition of Cyber Essentials Certification, a government-backed scheme
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How strong is your password? A recent report from NordPass contains a list of the most commonly used passwords in the US and 29 other countries. The report shows that people are still frequently using weak passwords like ‘guest,‘123456’, Password1, ‘a1b2c3’ and ‘qwerty’ to protect their accounts. Worryingly, 83% of these passwords can be cracked
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Introduction In October 2023, a major shake-up of email configuration was announced (initially by Google and Yahoo), particularly in relation to its use for mass-mailing services such as Constant Contact, Mailchimp and Hubspot. The issue relates to email authorization changes happening with these service providers, all related to DKIM, DMARC, and SPF. The objective of
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The Law is clear … The Data Protection Act 2018 is the UK’s implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR post-Brexit). Everyone responsible for using personal data has to follow strict rules to make sure the information is: Used fairly, lawfully and transparently. Used for specified, explicit purposes. Used in a way that
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Cybercrime is on the rise! Simple and/or outdated security systems are no match for modern threats and attacks. For companies dealing with sensitive data, such as health care organisations, loss of data represents a breach of GDPR, which can have devastating consequences. Unfortunately, it is often the users who are targeted, with their log in
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During its 10-year lifespan, Windows 7 has become one of the most successful operating systems in Microsoft’s history – earning loyalty from its users because of its robust and stable characteristics. Support for Windows 7 by Microsoft ends on January 14th 2020. From that date, there will be no more maintenance or security patches for
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Over the last week or so, many of our clients and friends have been caught out by a change to the Windows 10 upgrade notifications that have been appearing on their computers. While previously it was ‘OK’ to not make a decision about upgrading to Windows 10 or choosing a scheduled upgrade by clicking on
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On the 18th May 2016, 117 Million LinkedIn passwords have been put up for sale online. This follows the huge leak of LinkedIn passwords back in 2012 where over 6.5 Million passwords were leaked online. To assist our clients we have put this basic article together to provide some basic instructions of how to change
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The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which defines UK law on the processing of data on identifiable living people. It is the main piece of legislation that governs the protection of personal data in the UK. The data Protection Act
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UPDATE (07/11/12) – Fresh reports, some directly from PayPal, now suggest that the attack described in the article below was not directed towards PayPal and instead was directed towards a company called ZPanel. Many of the leading news organisations are now reporting this retraction and therefore the original claims are not accurate. However changing your
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