World Aids Day

World Aids Day is on the 1st December 2018 There are many ways to get involved in World Aids Day. There’s one simple thing you can do to show your support: Rocking a red ribbon not only completes any outfit; it shows everyone – especially people living with HIV and their families – your support.…

Our Values

Our Values at Smartdesc Led by a passion to share innovation and best practice across the Third Sector, our success has been achieved through a strong dedication to our Core Values, which we our staff live and breathe. We test these values during recruitment, and staff evidence them as part of their annual appraisals. 1…

IT Support

Smartdesc only employ experienced, proactive and communicative in-house engineers to deal with support calls and respond to IT support emails. Our engineers live by our Core Values and take pride in resolving technical issues quickly and thoroughly, whilst keeping customers fully updated with progress and within SLA timeframes. We reward our staff for “First Time…

IT Audit and Risk Assessments

IT Audit and Risk Assessments from Smartdesc Identifying and addressing risk is essential for the operational effectiveness of any organisation. Our pragmatic, top to bottom IT audit and risk assessment examines and evaluates an organisation’s entre IT estate – from infrastructure and security to finance, operations, policies and governance. We recognise that discretion and tact…

Malware May

Please see the important message below from Smartdesc’s Managed Security team. It has been a busy weekend – you will likely have read about the major malware attack on the NHS and other computer networks. The malware in question is ransomware called ‘Wannacry’. Its purpose is to encrypt files and then demand a ransom for…