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Best Practice Technology and Business Systems in the Blog
The Four Pillars of Successful Business Growth – The Action Plan
In the Feb 2019 Synergy48 Knowledge Sharing Dinner panelists mapped out the 4 key elements necessary for future success, which can be applied whatever growth stage your business is in. Preparation of the business including Systems and Culture. Leadership to support...
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The Four Pillars of Successful Business Growth – meet the panel
On Tuesday 12 February 2019 a group of 22 business owners met over dinner with an expert panel comprising a business finance specialist, a sales and marketing specialist, a leadership and culture specialist and an online systems specialist to discuss the...
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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...
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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....
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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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