The festive period is a fun and often busy time for people and businesses. But it is also a time in which it is very easy to let your guard down and fall for scams that normally you would not think twice about, especially when you are online. The BBC has helpfully published a guide…
New data released today as part of the third Lloyds’s Risk Index reveals that businesses see high taxation as their greatest threat. This has shot up from 13th in the list two years ago to claim the top spot. Higher taxes replaced loss of customers as the biggest risk, which has now slipped to second…
Protect your Emails: Because you can be contacted by anyone in the world, email systems are extremely prone to malware, viruses, spyware downloads and phishing attacks. To protect against downloadable email viruses and spam slowing down your computer, opt for IT security solutions hosted in the cloud as they doesn’t clog up your device memory.…
Small businesses often take a lot of seemingly unneeded risks when it comes to data storage. Until they lose vital information that affects their business in some tangible way, many enterprises have a totally lax approach to data management. How would your business cope if your contact list suddenly disappeared because it was stored entirely…
Five national cyber-police-forces are investigating the biggest Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack in history, according to the BBC. The ongoing attack is causing global internet slowdown. The sheer scale of this attack has never been seen before and it has been going on for well over a week. It has been targeted at a…
Top 5 Tips posts from the SME Blog are always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Make sure that your employees are aware of the risks that your business faces if they compromise your security and the serious consequences they would face. 2. Social media education might be…
