Email is not secure 91% of all cyber attacks begin with email. Despite all the advances in cyber defence, good old-fashioned email still provides an open door for attackers to knock on. Email is your biggest security risk by a long way. Finance staff frequently use email and they deal with money on a daily…
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is a new EU law which will apply from the 25th May 2018 and will replace the current Data Protection Act. Many organisations have already been planning to ensure that the changes and new requirements for data protection and privacy practices will be met. It’s the biggest change in the…
It is likely you will have seen the recent media reports about Meltdown and Spectre – bugs in modern computers that can leak passwords and sensitive data. Smartdesc are aware of this and we are planning patch deployments for all customers to mitigate against the meltdown vulnerability. For further details, please see here https://meltdownattack.com/ If…
GDPR How should a Not-for-Profit organisation prepare for the change? GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is a new EU law which will apply from the 25th May 2018 and will replace the current Data Protection Act. Many organisations have already been planning to ensure that the changes and new requirements for data protection and privacy…
Krackattack Wifi Vulnerability As you may have seen there has been a Security vulnerability identified in how Wifi connections work, this is important as many of us use Wifi networks to access work information and we can no longer be sure that this information will remain confidential. Below we provide some more detail about the…
