We, at Matrix, have had an increase of tickets in the last week identifying potential phishing or fraudulent attacks delivered via email. The aim of this article is to provide you with the best practice in minimising these attacks for you and your staff and more importantly retraining users on what to look out for….
This week has shown just how agile the cloud is for small and medium businesses, allowing staff to pickup their belongings and move into their home office, kitchen table or lap. Most SMB’s will be using Microsoft Office 365 suite and as a Microsoft Gold Partner we, at Matrix, have put together the following security…
As Christmas approaches, amidst sore heads, panic buying for our partners and Brexit being all over the news, we now have to remember more passwords, to avoid our well earned money being syphoned out of our accounts through the internet. The list below, whilst not exhaustive, gives you a good start at protecting yourself against…
Money Laundering is the illegal obtainment of money which could include foreign banks and legitimate companies. Money laundering has been on an uprise within Hampshire. Hampshire police have made findings of cash and cash counting machines from house raids, A corrupt banker has been found by Hampshire police to have laundered by accepting £2 million…
Using different passwords for different sites is important because each account you have has personal information that is important to protect or keep hidden within the internet. Having the same passwords over multiple account makes your most secure site only as strong as the weakest. If you fear forgetting your multiple different password, than select…
The future is unpredictable. Anything can happen between ‘now’ and the so-called ‘then’ – whenever that may be. New challenges that we are not aware of at this moment of time will arise, whilst some existing challenges will remain pertinent. Here are our five challenges that we think will cause businesses the most problems in…
Your employees are the pinnacle of your business, but they are also the biggest cybersecurity threat. The likely cause of most cybersecurity breaches is still attributed to human error, so it is important employees are careful when operating in day-to-day business. Here are three key ways in which you can reduce the chance of a…
The importance of cybersecurity can never be properly justified. When it comes to protecting your business and the data that you have stored, it is important that you do everything you can to prevent cybercriminals from attacking. Research shows that more than half of board members recognise that cyber security threats are a top risk…
Backing up your data is critical for any business. Would your business be able to continue running if it suffered a loss of data? Downtime and data loss can have a substantial cost to your business both financially and to your reputation, highlighting the importance of your business being prepared for such catastrophe. It is…
A recent study shows that businesses that run older versions of operating systems and web browsers are more likely to fall victim to data breaches than those who update their software regularly. BitSight, a security ratings company, found that 2,000 firms out of 35,000 from over 20 different industries were running on operating systems that…