26th February 2020, Smartdesc are proud to announce that they are now an ACEVO Premium Partner. ACEVO is the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations. For over 30 years, ACEVO has provided support, development and an inspiring collective campaigning voice for their members across the UK. Their leaders drive positive change in their organisations…
James Field, Customer Strategy Director at Smartdesc, gives his predictions for the biggest tech challenges and opportunities for the Charity and Non-Profit Sector for 2020; Data Protection Not surprisingly, this will continue to dominate the agenda and we can expect more high profile data breaches in the sector in 2020. The Government’s Cyber Essentials and…
Windows 7 – end of life – What do Charities and Non-Profit organisations need to know? When is the official ‘End of life’ for Windows 7? The official date is 14th January 2020. From this date Microsoft will no longer support or update Windows 7. Users will be given a notification (reminder) leading up to…
Being Cyber Essentials certified helps build resilience for the future and demonstrates to everyone involved, including; donors, supporters and beneficiaries that the organisation takes the protection of their data very seriously.
Brexit – Information and Guidance for Smartdesc Customers As the saga of Brexit rumbles on, we want to be clear on our position and how we are ensuring your service and your data remains unaffected. As you will know, some of our team (and one of our founding Directors) are based in Katerini, Greece. Here…
The Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership (CiSP) 6th September 2019, Smartdesc has been approved to join the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership (CiSP). The Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership (CiSP) is a joint industry and government initiative set up to exchange cyber threat information in real time, in a secure,…
Tools, Tips and Useful Resources Threat Map! • Kaspersky interactive real time threat map. This is an interactive real time threat map showing you cyber-attacks happening in real time across the world! How secure is your password? • Ever wondered how long it would take to crack a password? Check out this link.…
Highlights of general areas of non-compliance or bad practice we have come across, and how they can be alleviated with a solid Information Governance Framework.
When it comes to IT, do you find most of your time and energy is spent just keeping the lights on and fixing things when they break? If the answer is “yes”, you’re not alone. In a forever changing digital age, designing and maintaining a forward thinking and agile IT strategy can seem like…
The aim of Multifactor Authentication is to create barriers to anyone trying to access a user’s information, location, device or network without authorisation. The layers of security aim to make this much more difficult to break than just guessing a password.
