Adopting Multi-Factor Authentication

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A clear, practical walkthrough of MFA — why it matters, how it works, and how to roll it out across your business without disrupting your team.

Why You Should Never Reuse Passwords (and What to Do Instead)

We’ve all done it. The same password — maybe a pet’s name with a few numbers — used across email, online banking, work logins, and shopping accounts. It’s easy to remember, sure. But it’s also a serious risk to your personal and professional security. Here’s why password reuse is a big problem and how to […]

How to Spot a Phishing Email in Under 10 Seconds

Because the faster you spot it, the safer your business is. In today’s digital world, phishing emails are one of the most common — and effective — cyber threats. But here’s the good news: you don’t need to be a tech expert to catch them before they cause damage. In fact, you can spot most […]

Scammer Comes After My Credit Card…And Fails

Working in the IT industry and dealing with security really does hone some of your skills, especially when you see some of the evil genius that people get up to. The call Scammers really do make fraud an art form, one not to love but some of the craftmanship and psychological tricks that are employed […]

Protect Your Business With A Digital Moat

The game is afoot. Attack versus defence has run throughout history across every battleground imaginable — from sport to warfare, from commerce to statecraft. And your business is no different. The castle as a model When we have something to protect — especially something that holds real value — we put measures in place to […]

Playing The Access Game With Multi Factor Authentication (MFA)

When it comes to gaining access to your accounts we have to play the access game, proving who you are, where you’re from and what you had for lunch three weeks yesterday. The three ways to prove it’s you Proving your identity is there for the right reasons, after all you would not want the […]

Passwords And The Complexity Myth

Or should that be the pain of password complexity? Maybe even just the pain of passwords in general. The complexity problem It’s time to login. OK, so it’s an upper case letter, a lower case letter, a number and a special character but how many characters for this particular password? We’ve all felt that well […]

Email Scams And How To Keep Safe

Over the years the Internet has provided a wide variety of cons, hoodwinks, flimflams and just down right skulduggery. Many a classic email rouse have been seen and they will only keep getting better as AI is utilised to attempt to catch people out and lead unsuspecting people down a murky path. The pleasures of […]