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Should You Be Storing Customer Credit Card Data?
Storing a customer's payment details can save time, improve the customer experience and is more convenient than asking for details each time. However, a recent scandal in September saw 53 million email addresses stolen from Home Depot in the US, and put 56 million...
Can Remote Workers Put Your Business At Risk?
The ability for employees to do work from home or other locations outside of the office is very useful, but there are risks associated with it. Especially if the correct security measures have not been put in place and communicated to the employee. Poor security and...
Huge List of Microsoft Patches for Windows and Office users in November
Software giant, Microsoft have recently released a large number of bug fixes on Patch Tuesday for their Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office users, in time for the big security update. The company marked six of the updates as ‘critical’ with concern to computer...
Is that USB Flash Drive a Security Risk?
USB Flash Drives are so useful and so commonly used by most of us today that it would be difficult to imagine a world of computers without them. However, in spite of their benefits, there is a possibility that they also pose a security threat by result of a...
The Cloud Is Convenient But Who Is Responsible If Data Goes Missing?
It’s difficult to deny how convenient The Cloud is, not only for businesses, but for general file storage too. In fact, over 70% of business professionals use cloud storage of some form. Gone are the days when employees can claim they couldn’t access a document...
Passwords and the Post It Note Culture
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the constant reminders about how important it is to keep online security at as a high a level as possible. However, even after this security obsession, we still continue to leave passwords to sensitive business systems...
Is your business clued-up on security threats?
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills have recently published their research into Information Security Breaches for 2014, which details the level of threat experienced by businesses during 2013 and the risks associated with having an online presence. Their...
The Shellshock Bash Bug: Is your Business Vulnerable?
This new bug is even bigger and even more serious than the ‘Heartbleed’ bug that we saw in April this year. Its severity has been rated a ten out of ten, yet its said to be fairly basic in terms of complexity: hackers can exploit it using merely three lines of code....
Ministry of Justice fined £180,000 for the loss of a hard drive.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) have reported today that The Ministry of Justice has been fined £180,000 for "serious failings" in the handling of confidential data. This is as a result of the loss of a hard drive containing the details of almost 3,000...
ICO Warns That Data Use Is Getting Complicated and Costly
The Information Commissioner has warned today that its role has never been more important and that the general public has to have an independent regulator overseeing the handling of people’s personal data. At the launch of the Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO)...
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How to Prevent a Data Breach at Your Business
With the introduction of the GDPR in May 2018, there has been much talk in the business community about protecting against a data breach, and the dire financial and reputational consequences facing a business who fails to do so. With this heightened interest and...
The Benefits of Hiring an ITAD Partner
It’s only natural that as your business grows and changes so will your IT needs, but it’s important that you deal with your redundant IT equipment effectively. Not only is this important for the sake of GDPR compliance, it’s also vital to protect your business data....
The Importance of IT Asset Disposal to Data Security
Not only is it important to take data security seriously for the sake of compliance with the GDPR, it’s also important for the sake of protecting your business from potential hacks and cyber attacks. There are many ways in which you can ensure data security, from...
How IT Asset Disposal Can Help to Protect Your Company Data
IT asset disposal does not come for free, but improperly disposing of your company's outdated IT assets can cost your business its reputation, as well as the astronomical fines which can now be imposed under the GDPR. If data bearing devices are re-sold, recycled, or...
What To Do If Your Company Falls Victim to a Data Breach
With the recent implementation of the GDPR, business owners and managers have heard plenty about data security, and the potential financial penalties of a data breach. For many business owners, a data breach is unthinkable, but according to a 2017 government report,...
The Cost of a Data Breach For Your Business in 2018
Scary news stories about massive data breaches and even bigger fines seem to be more and more common these days, with Dixons Carphone the latest big business to fall victim, in a breach which involved 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records....
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How to Prevent a Data Breach at Your Business
With the introduction of the GDPR in May 2018, there has been much...
The Benefits of Hiring an ITAD Partner
It’s only natural that as your business grows and changes so will...
The Importance of IT Asset Disposal to Data Security
Not only is it important to take data security seriously for the...
How IT Asset Disposal Can Help to Protect Your Company Data
IT asset disposal does not come for free, but improperly disposing...
What To Do If Your Company Falls Victim to a Data Breach
With the recent implementation of the GDPR, business owners and...
The Cost of a Data Breach For Your Business in 2018
Scary news stories about massive data breaches and even bigger fines...
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