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Why the Managed Digital Workspace must place security at its very heart
While most organisations have embraced remote working, the one area that is proving to be the weakest link is security. The fact is that for most organisations, working from home is a new and ultimately foreign concept. The technology, operations, and policies they...
How Managed Services can help your IT staff avoid burnout
The move to remote working caused by the pandemic caught virtually every organisation completely by surprise and struggling to cope with this unprecedented situation. Not surprisingly the IT department bore the brunt of the fallout. As well as maintaining the smooth...
Why shadow IT is fast becoming one of your organisation’s greatest threats
The dangers that shadow IT can present to your organisation have been growing for years. For the uninitiated, shadow IT is the use of any software, app, or even hardware, without the approval and support of your organisation’s IT department. This can cover anything...
Zero-trust security. It’s time
Securing your remote workforce with a zero-trust strategy starts today and starts here. The reason for the immediacy is because it’s impossible to stress just how dangerous the current situation is with regard to cyber security. If you doubt our word, then take a look...
5 critical security elements of our Managed Digital Workspace
The rapid adoption of remote working has provided hacking groups with new and growing means with which to gain access to accounts and networks. Failure to ensure that every corporate device is continually updated, patched, protected, and connected securely to the...
Securing your remote workforce is going to cost you. But not nearly as much as failing to do so
According to a recent survey by 451 Research, almost 80% of organisations have now implemented remote work policies, and nearly 70% believe that it will be permanent. Like it or not, remote working is here to stay. And while it has been welcomed by many employees and...
Could an IT security breach cost you your job?
Ever since the lockdown, millions of employees have been accessing their company’s data from remote locations, more often than not using unsecured internet access. As a direct result, it has provided hackers with a golden opportunity to gain access to corporate...
Why over half of UK organisations think the public cloud is over-hyped and overpriced
No one is doubting the lure of the cloud. But a recent report by Capita has revealed that the majority of UK organisations are becoming increasingly disillusioned by their decision to move to the cloud. The research which covered 200 decision makers across the IT...
If you think your data is safe on the public cloud, think again
With its promise of increased efficiency, scalability and agility, more and more organisations are adopting public cloud services. Yet many security professionals are voicing their concerns loudly and clearly; citing security issues such as data loss, data privacy,...
It’s time to tear up the Disaster Recovery Plan rule book
Threats such as viruses, ransomware, and natural disasters that can cause significant downtime are growing by the day. More and more organisations are waking up to the fact that IT uptime is synonymous with business uptime; any outages not only hit the bottom line they can also have a potentially catastrophic effect on your brand.