We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works. - Douglas Adams (Author)
Best Practice Technology and Business Systems in the Blog
What is your mobile phone sharing without your knowledge?
Approx time to read: 4 minutes (but allow longer as you'll be running to your mobile phone to check your apps. ) Key Take Aways: Many SMART Phone apps ask for permission to access data they don't need. If an app is free, you may be the product so take...
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Cyber security is an ongoing process, not a product
Approx time to read: 6 minutes (includes 4 minute video) Key Take Aways: Simple 3 step guide to protecting your business from cybercrime includes a 4 minute "How to" video guide. Includes several case studies showing why sme businesses need to be very...
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Email Protection Could Have Saved Melbourne Family’s Home
Approx time to read: 3 minutes Key Take Aways: Online fraud can be as simple as hacking into a change of password email. (In this case from the conveyancer managing the settlement of a house sale.) Two factor authentication (2FA) is an easy way to add an...
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Free VPNs sell your privacy for profit
Approx time to read: 2min 30 secs Key Take Aways: Benefits of using a VPN include security, privacy and anonymity. Using a VPN makes it difficult for anyone to identify and track what you do on the internet. Free VPN services have overwhelmingly proven to...
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Best Practice Technology
Technology has important effects on business operations. No matter the size of your enterprise, technology has both tangible and intangible benefits that will help you make money and produce the results your customers demand. Technological infrastructure...
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Current AU cyber threat report: how to protect your business
Approx time to read: 5 minutes Key Take Aways: The key things which make a business a target of cybercrime The main threats to business from cybercrime a list of the six main methods that cyber criminals are currently using to target Australian businesses. It’s...
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One Click Could Cost You 30K
Approx time to read: 3 - 4 minutes. Key Take Aways: There's been a huge jump in phishing emails focusing on big cloud applications like Office 365, Google Apps and Dropbox. Hackers intercepting your emails can have real consequences, like receiving an...
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How to sniff out a cyber security breach and what to do next
Approx time to read: 3 - 4 minutes Key Take Aways: it’s not always obvious when you’ve had a security breach, and hackers can do a lot of damage before you even realise you’ve got a problem. Includes tips to recognise when you may have had a security...
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You Can’t Handle the Tech
Approx time to read: 3 min Key Take Aways: Technology has opened up new opportunities and also created new challenges. Many businesses need a team of IT Experts now in order to keep up. Without IT support every change in staff can take up hours of time...
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How To Protect Your Business from CyberCrime
Be very careful when opening up emails, as many cyber attacks come in via cleverly disguised emails. Synergy48 Business Advisor Damien Battersby from Proactive IT Solutions explains: Why you need to be prepared for the new Notifiable Data Breach scheme...
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