Many of us don’t like to hear about cyber security, and I understand that! This topic may seem too technical, complex or even boring. This may also result from personal beliefs such as:  – I have antivirus software on my computer, so my data is safe   – cyber attacks happen only to large organisations, which …

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Recently we have been producing articles telling you about the benefits of the tools in our 365R package – but sometimes we forget that at the heart of the system is Microsoft 365 for Business. We wrap some great security and compliance tools around Microsoft’s software and add our experienced IT support staff to give …

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Forget the film – the original comic book, by Alan Moore (probably England’s greatest comic book writer) is one of my favourite comics. So with that not so subtle segway done what I want to talk about today is the third part of the triple “A”s of security. For good security you must authenticate (A …

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“Working from anywhere” can mean working somewhere really nice – the photo above is Lower Longbeak in Cornwall. Coffee, croissant, great view, sea air, email and proof reading a quote for the company on my smartphone. (https://www.clivecatton.co.uk/2020/11/06/photos-from-devon/) So England is back in lockdown and people are again reluctantly or enthusiastically working from home – but …

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Whilst also writing my dissertation this week, I have been carrying out a security and privacy review for Octagon Technology. Normally I do it in January each year (during my holiday in Aviemore away from distractions) but three things have happened this month to cause me to look now rather than later: We have taken …

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Over the past few years we have spent a lot of time helping clients “work from anywhere”. Octagon first learnt how to work from anywhere because we had given up our office and had to develop policies and procedures to support this new remote working. In 2007 the tools were not as good as they …

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