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Hacking Humans: How to protect against social engineering attacks
When considering attack methods a cybercriminal may use to gain access to a network or business’s IT system, the most obvious are cracking passwords, hacking computers or exploiting software vulnerabilities. However, when businesses are trying to increase their...
1 Simple Tip To NEVER Get Scammed!
Scam emails are a threat to everyone nowadays. Everyone has heard tales of a fake email from your bank account leading you to give away your bank details, or even a business owner promising a huge profit if you invest in their products. Phishing and Spam emails have...
How Can I Protect My Business From Cybercrime In 2021?
Ransomware gangs will reportedly conduct more financially motivated cyberattacks next year. Why this is happening? How can we predict future movements of these criminals? What does all this even mean for you? In 2021, Financial cybercrime will evolve. Researchers...
MacOS Update November 2020
As of the Microsoft 365 for Mac November 2020 update, macOS 10.14 Mojave or later is required to receive updates to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote. If you continue with an older version of macOS, your Office apps will continue to work but you will no...
What’s your plan for flexible working?
As the world reopens, it becomes apparent that many businesses are reluctant to revert fully to pre-COVID operations. Flexible working is being widely adopted for the longer term, despite governments encouraging a return to the office. Social distancing has been...
The phone system that follows you anywhere
The working world as we know it has changed. Few employees now work full-time at an office desk, instead operating more flexibly; from home or on the go. For businesses whose employees are splitting their time between office and remote working, the need for a more...
Build a complete remote working solution with Microsoft
Returning to the office probably feels great for many temporary home workers who believe that their office desk set-up can’t be replicated. Getting back to the full office set-up is perfect for the right now, but we are facing uncertain times and contingency...
Cloud spend set to soar this year, but what about security?
It will come as no surprise that global spend on cloud technology is going to be much higher this year compared to previous years. Businesses globally have had to adapt to a world where remote working is more of a necessity than a flexible alternative, and things...
Why Microsoft Teams is winning in the remote working era
Ever since the world went into lock down, businesses and employees stuck at home have been relying on internet-based video calling platforms. Does the term ”Teams” ring any bells? Microsoft has taken full advantage of the home working phase when it first surfaced in...
One in three Britons targeted by COVID-19 scams
With coronavirus never out of the news and concern for protecting self, family, livelihood and business the main priority, scammers are increasingly using Covid-19 as their hook. The legal charity, Citizens Advice, is reporting a 19% increase in visitors requesting...
Best Password Practices for 2020 – How To Protect Your Account!
We've had a lot of questions recently about cybersecurity and changing passwords, so we thought it would be a good idea to put some information together about the best practices for protecting passwords for your business. People often think that they're great at...
Protecting your business from cyberattacks post-COVID-19
Following the most recent government announcement further relaxing the lockdown measures in the UK, thousands of businesses are re-opening and returning to offices. But, with so many businesses getting their systems back up and running at full capacity again,...
How to get the most out of your Microsoft Teams meetings
Since the global pandemic first forced companies to transition to remote working, the number of Microsoft Teams virtual meetings taking place has increased exponentially. Microsoft Teams has seen a whopping 134% increase in daily active users since March; proof...
Jalapeno Expanding Our Team!
I’m excited to tell you about some changes at Jalapeno – changes that will directly benefit your business. On 1 July Paul Cook and Rowan Burley from DLSR will join the team based out of Newark. Paul and Rowan have a combined 10+ years of experience behind them,...
How to survive home schooling and working from home
Working from home has been a huge adjustment for able businesses across the UK in the last two months. And yet, for many people, this is just one side of the coin; home schooling their children is the other side. Now that children have ‘returned to school’ after the...
Have you protected your business from Covid-19?
Have you protected your business from Covid-19? The UK lockdown is moving swiftly towards its second month and, with no clear indication on when things might return to ‘normal’, businesses are settling into remote working for the long haul. No company was prepared for...
Where in the house do you work from home?
Have you selected the study? Do you like the living room? Maybe you’re keen on the kitchen? With week 4 of the UK lockdown well underway, and little sign of the current ‘stay at home’ rules being lifted any time soon, many people have now established an office set up...
Make home working work for you with Microsoft Teams
Make home working work for you with Microsoft Teams Working from home has been a new experience for businesses across the globe over the last month. And, amid the coronavirus crisis, working from home is going to be the new ‘norm’ for a while. For many, the prospect...
3 Interesting Angles on Remote Working in 2020
These past few weeks have been crazy for most businesses. Some have had to close down completely; some are working harder than ever. Most have had to set up remote working in a short period of time. There's a small group however - the extremely good business people,...
3 Ways You Can Grow Your Business During The COVID-19 Lockdown
The coronavirus pandemic continues to expand. With ministers soon to discuss a review of the UK lockdown, it doesn't look like isolation will be ending any time soon. Vaughan Gething has confirmed this, saying there is "virtually zero prospect" of government...
Why you shouldn’t panic during the Covid-19 pandemic
Last week was an incredibly busy week for me. There has been a massive increase in demand for remote working systems for businesses. For a lot of my client, this was already installed and running so there was no problem, but for many new ones, there was lots of work...
Working from Home – How can Parliament do this?
With news of the Corona Virus spreading, it's no surprise that most businesses and organisations are looking for ways to allow uninterrupted work while suffering a decrease in productivity due to illness. It was revealed that up to a fifth of all UK works could be off...
Too Good To Be True: Don’t Fall For Scam Emails
Of the many risks present in the modern, digital world, online fraud is one of the most pernicious. Not only that but the number of cases of online fraud on the rise with the HMRC calculating a value of £506.4m through remote fraud alone in 2018. One of the most...
To VPN or not to VPN?
A Virtual Private Network, or VPN, is a connection method that’s designed to give your network an added layer of security when using the internet. They’re commonly used by larger corporations that store and transfer large amounts of sensitive data online. However, the...
Think your Apple Mac is safe from cyber-crime? Think again!
There seems to be a general belief out there that Apple Macs are somehow ‘immune’ to viruses and other cyber threats such as hacking, spyware and ransomware. And whilst it is true that the Mac Operating System (MacOS) is less vulnerable than Windows, the number of...
