Cyber Security

Why is 2FA/MFA Important?

by Robyn Garcia | Nov 19, 2019 | Cyber Security

What is 2FA/MFA and Why is it important? Simply put, 2FA is an extra layer of protection on the account or platform you are using. To login to an account you would usually have a username or account number followed by a password which would be the first layer. The...

Watch the Webinar: How Has Cyber Security Changed and What Should You Know?

by Robyn Garcia | Oct 30, 2019 | Cyber Security

The threat and consequences of cyber threats is increasing year on year as cyber criminals are becoming more and more sophisticated. Cast your minds back to the “Happy New Year 1999” virus that stormed computer screens with “innocent” imaginary...

Is your business prepared for a cyber attack?

by Robyn Garcia | Oct 28, 2019 | Cyber Security

Whether our clients are IT professionals themselves or not, they look to us for news and ideas that can benefit their business but just because something is known to us or second nature, doesn’t mean it is known to our clients. A good example would be that...

How do I use social media safely?

by Robyn Garcia | Oct 17, 2019 | Cyber Security

The Good Communication. Social media is a great communication tool, it helps you stay connected with friends and family and even helps ignite long lost friendships. You can have a voice and communicate your thoughts, feelings and opinions, create photo albums of...

How to protect your business against malware

by Robyn Garcia | Oct 16, 2019 | Cyber Security

Malware is software that has been specifically created to cause damage, disrupt or gain unauthorised access to a computer/ computer system. Malware can be referred to as a computer virus, worms, trojan horses and scareware, among other terms. As always we recommend a...

Are apps on the app store safe?

by Robyn Garcia | Oct 9, 2019 | Cyber Security

A lot of us use the same 3 apps everyday and the other 24 apps on our phones are just sitting there gathering dust. It’s good to have a clean up of apps, deleting the ones you don’t use as sometimes apps can be infected with malware. Anything that...

Changes which make the need for cyber security a priority

by Robyn Garcia | Oct 7, 2019 | Cyber Security

Aftershave, Perfume and Baked Beans. Commuting routes and Jobs. Brexit. People dread change in their day to day lives. Windows XP – no one wanted to give that up, and now we are seeing the same reluctance with Windows 7 – Just shows how right Microsoft can get it...

What is email spoofing? Business email compromise? CEO fraud?

by Robyn Garcia | Sep 30, 2019 | Cyber Security

Emailing spoofing is a form of cyber attack. There are many ways in which a criminal will conduct an email attack/email scam/phishing email and one method is known as business email compromise which is also known as CEO fraud. The attack is based on trickery and...