What charities need to know about IT outsourcing
With a shortage of IT talent in the UK, charities face an uphill battle to attract staff against inflated corporate wages available […]
Charity Technology Roundtable – Inflation and increasing IT costs – Summary
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last week we hosted the first of our Quarterly Charity Technology Roundtables, with Microsoft Tech for Social Impact and Charity Finance Group. […]
Reduce your communications costs and improve user experience
Welcome to the Smartdesc March newsletter. Lots of organisations are asking us about how they can move their telephony into Microsoft Teams and […]
Let’s talk about Internet and Telephony
Big changes are afoot in the world of internet connectivity, and telephony, across the sector. Traditional copper phone lines in the UK […]
Defending against phishing
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/5″][vc_single_image image=”2037″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/5″][vc_column_text]Welcome to the Smartdesc February newsletter. This month we focus on how charities can protect themselves against phishing attacks […]
Phishing for Finance: Why Cyber Attackers love charity finance teams
Email is not secure 91% of all cyber attacks begin with email. Despite all the advances in cyber defence, good old-fashioned email […]
Report from Smartdesc and Falanx on the cyber risks to charities
Charities are increasingly being targeted by cyber criminals. According to the Cyber Security Breaches Report 2022, 19% of charities reported they had […]
Improve your IT security
Welcome to the Smartdesc January newsletter. We are NCVO-approved IT experts specialising in the charity sector, enabling nonprofits to achieve more with […]
10-Step Ransomware Incident Response Plan
Picture this: Your charity has just been hit by a ransomware attack. Your files are all encrypted, staff are locked out of […]
Reduce Cost & Simplify your IT
Welcome to the Smartdesc December newsletter. We are NCVO-approved IT experts specialising in the charity sector, enabling nonprofits to achieve more with technology and […]
Consolidate and Optimise your IT
Challenge The 2022 Charity Digital Skills Report underlined the significant increase in adoption of cloud services that the nonprofit sector has seen […]
Christmas Opening Hours 2022
It’s been a pleasure working with all our customers, partners and colleagues this year, and we wish everyone a well-earned festive break. […]