The Octagon Team

Over 40% of cyber-attacks target small businesses. Don’t worry you don’t have to be an expert in this area, but you need to keep up to date with the cyber risks and vulnerabilities of your business so that you can take action and protect your business.  Here are some actions you should implement when aiming […]

WordPress websites are great, looking fantastic and relatively easy to manage but because it is a platform and you store important information there a WordPress website can be hacked! Also, there are other things that can go wrong with your “all-singing and dancing site.” What would you do if you lost your content through lack

For anyone who has had their WordPress website hacked, they know just how unpleasant that can be – including getting unlisted from blacklists to going through the process of cleansing the site of malware, trojans and viruses, which is an expensive, specialist exercise. And for those who have lost their content through lack of backups

Of interest to members of organisations that use Microsoft 365 for Business  The default setting in Teams is to hold anyone from outside your organisation in the “lobby” when they join your meeting – and it then requires someone to let them in. This option was set as default to put a barrier up for

We do not come across many wild turtles in the United Kingdom, but nevertheless it is important to think about them on their international day.  They are the longest living species on the planet, and nobody knows quite how long they can live – the oldest living land animal in the world is believed to

Where is your personal and business data stored?  I am writing this to let you all know that if you are currently using Office 365 to store your data you should really think about backing it up.  Microsoft states that you are responsible for protecting the security of your data and identities this means you

COVID-19 has changed the way we run our businesses. The term “business as usual” no longer exists. Businesses have been made to operate from home, which means that data privacy and security should be the first thought for every company. Here are top factors you should consider to keep your data secure and private when

COVID-19 has changed the way we run our businesses. Millions of businesses have been made to operate from home which means many more cyber-attack opportunities for the bad guys. We have put together a series of online seminars (Free Fridays) simply because we want you to work effectively out of the office and think about

Working from home means accessing your data online from outside of the office. That also means a lot more cyber-attack opportunities for the bad guys too.   Here are top tips on how you can protect yourself: Do frequent security updates Change default Wi-Fi passwords Segment home networks Enable two-factor authentication Add VPN on phones