Passwordless may prove to be the best secure business strategy in the future. There are organisations that have been working towards creating the world without passwords since 2012.

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Many people who use their laptops and devices for work find themselves doing work wherever they are, from the comfort of their home office, to a hotel or perhaps an airport lounge. They all have Wi-Fi available and often for free, however not all Wi-Fi is created equally. Should you find yourself having to use …

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Building a business requires commitment and determination. It’s a hard work! You start each day with a schedule for delivering your products or services, acquiring new customers and retaining the existing ones because your business needs to prosper. It’s a sure thing! Cash is king and so is data! No business can prosper on air …

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So I got this text last night. It looks normal enough, but it isn’t! The NHS doesn’t usually refer to itself as a health department although they do have other specific departments that they use. Also the link looks incorrect, it would usually be NHS related or have a .gov or a .uk address if …

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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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Encryption is a huge part of the modern world, it exists in almost every corner of computing and many of the processes we rely on daily simply would not function without it. Put simply, it is a way of rendering information to be incomprehensible to all but the desired recipient(s). Data exists on a fundamental …

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As the launch of Apple’s iOS 15 gets closer there is an issue with what originally looked like a very good idea. I have an article on Smart Thinking Solutions that any user of an iOS device or Apple’s iCloud should look at and think about. Apple will scan your images – but don’t worry! …

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