Smartdesc Zoom Security Review for charities Our Smartdesc Security team completed some analysis on Zoom recently and the attached PDF explains what we’ve found, including answers to common questions clients have raised. Spoiler alert: Zoom is a great tool and, set up correctly with a bit of care and attention, is perfectly good to use…
Charity IT Security – Tips and Advice for working remotely As most of us get used to life working at home, IT security can easily slip down our conscious priorities. Here are some tips and tricks on how you can help to ensure working from home is done securely, and what we all need to…
Google will be moving all UK user data to data centres in the United States from the 31st March 2020 Ricci Wilding, Smartdesc’s Information Governance and Security Officer, shares some key facts you need to know; On March 31st 2020, Google Ireland will transfer ALL UK user data over to Google LLC (Their US…
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.
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.
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.
Smartdesc launch Fixed Cost IT Security Services Suite 3rd December 2018, London UK, Smartdesc Limited, a fully managed IT Services provider has recently launched Smartdesc Secure – a fully managed suite of IT security services, available at a single fixed monthly cost. Lack of IT Security training accounted for 30% of Information Commissioner fines in 2017…
One in every two emails is spam! Every day people receive spam emails but this doesn’t even touch the surface when it comes to the big picture of email security. Spam currently accounts for every other email sent, that’s 50% of all emails and current numbers are the lowest that they have been in a…
