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Email Friend and Foe! #BeCyberSmart
Diana and I have undertaken to write a cybersecurity blog on our news site, SmartThinking.Solutions every day in October. We both chose to start the project by writing about the cybersecurity threat posed by that ordinary business tool, we all use day in and day out – email. Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart. – Smart Thinking…
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Advanced Threat Protection
Many of you will know Anti-Virus as a program that scans your hard drive for nasties, hopefully removes them and then occasionally pops up asking for money. This has been the typical experience for many users for decades with malicious programs playing cat and mouse with anti-virus in a battle of developers taking place inside…
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Running on fumes
Last year’s lockdowns made many businesses adapt to a remote working situation, and for many small and medium businesses this was quite simple. The high utilisation of Microsoft 365 Business and its cloud-based technology, designed around collaboration for multiple teams and external organisations, just meant not seeing our colleagues in person for many months. Some large organisations rapidly implemented sterile working conditions and…
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iOS 15 is very close but…
As the launch of Apple’s iOS 15 gets closer there is an issue with what originally looked like a very good idea. I have an article on Smart Thinking Solutions that any user of an iOS device or Apple’s iCloud should look at and think about. Apple will scan your images – but don’t worry!…
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There will always be a Zero-Day
A Zero-Day cyber attack is one that happens in the gap between the hackers discovering a vulnerability and putting an exploit out in the wild and the software vendors developing a fix and getting it out to you. I have an article on Smart Thinking Solutions looking at this gap in all our security strategies.…
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Bored and then Not Bored thanks to Modern Family and a Lost Connection
A look at why the new Apple iPhone 13 is only as good as the one from 2015 and why I am bored.
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Here is the man who wanted a flying car…
It was announced yesterday that the inventor and computer pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair died at his home in London after a long illness. Although according to his daughter he was still inventing last week. Sir Clive Sinclair: Computing pioneer dies aged 81 – BBC News If you follow the link to the article above you…
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Employee experience building blocks
As an employer you want to make sure your team members feel valued and needed; you want them to be happy in the work environment and do their best each day. So, you hear their voice, recognise and reward their effort; you offer benefits and pay increases, and you make sure they further develop professionally…
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Get this done now! – iPhone Vulnerability
Get this done now! – iPhone Vulnerability NO I mean really get this done now! There has been talk about a “zero-click” vulnerability in iOS for a while on tech channels and now Apple has a patch. I will say more after you go to your iPhone/iPad/iPod and do this: Settings – General – Software…
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Cool stuff about Microsoft 365 for Business
Recently we have been producing articles telling you about the benefits of the tools in our 365R package – but sometimes we forget that at the heart of the system is Microsoft 365 for Business. We wrap some great security and compliance tools around Microsoft’s software and add our experienced IT support staff to give…
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Technologiczna transformacja
Od początku pandemii świat biznesu się zmienił. Dla niektórych firm ostatnie dwa lata stworzyły liczne możliwości biznesowe i stabilne dochody. Co więcej, lata 2020 i 2021 przyniosły gigantyczną transformację cyfrową wielu firmom na całym świecie. Sprzedaż towarów i zakupy online nie są już niczym niezwykłym, a wirtualna komunikacja i współpraca to rutyna. Nawet jeśli transformacja…
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Your data is king!
As the digital world evolves and changes are you sure your technology is up-to-date and reliable? Are you confident your data is safe and accessible? Studies found that if you have a computer powered 24/7 the battery will come to an early end. You should never keep your computer in sleep mode, instead shut…
