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Digital Strategy Seminar – IT Management and Security
We’re really excited to announce our first Digital Strategy Seminar – IT Management and Security in partnership with Opportunity Peterborough. Wanting to enhance your knowledge on topics surrounding IT Management and Security? Looking for hints and tips to make a...
NetSupport is Cyber Essentials Certified!
Cyber Essentials is a UK government backed scheme to help businesses better protect themselves against cyber-attacks. It defines requirements and best practice for all areas of computer security, and the certification process puts the security of all our systems and...
NetSupport is a finalist in the Lincolnshire Technology & Innovation Awards!
The 2019 Lincolnshire Technology & Innovation Awards is dedicated to celebrating, rewarding and raising the profile of creatives, innovators and tech communities across the county. Having received an unprecedented amount of applications this year with 60...
Human error still to blame for majority of data breaches
Of the 89 per cent of surveyed UK organisations that have had their data security compromised, around two thirds said that the main cause of the event was down to human error. In addition, a recent survey from tech security hardware company, Apricorn**, discovered...
Bring your business back from the brink with Business Continuity
It’s not hard to imagine what a huge disaster such as fire, flood or long-term communications outage could do to a business, but research by Databarracks found that only 30% of small organizations, 54% of medium and 73% of large businesses have...
Tips for staying secure on public wi-fi
Accessing the internet outside your home is now easier than ever with an increasing number of places providing public wi-fi, enabling you to access the internet whenever you need it. A public wi-fi network, however, is much less secure than your personal one. This is...
Top 10 tips for keeping your email safe
One of the best places for hackers to start when trying to access information and data is your inbox. Here are 10 tips to help keep your email account secure as possible: Understand cybercrime – Make sure you are aware of how you/your business could be targeted by...
Cyber security breaches – 2018 statistics
Every year since 2016, the Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has commissioned the Cyber Security Breaches Survey of UK businesses as part of the National Cyber Security Programme. For organisations to be aware the range of threats they...
Calculating the cost of downtime
What is the cost per hour of major systems downtime at your organisation? Many businesses haven't worked out this figure – simply, of course, because nothing unforeseen is going to happen that will prevent them from operating! In statistics compiled by Information...
Business Continuity in action
One Saturday afternoon we were notified by one of our clients that they wanted to put us on alert due to losing all connectivity to their site. They were unable to continue with their business, as the majority of sales were done by telephone and internet. As soon as...