Email Scams – How not to get caught out
We’ve all been there haven’t we? You log into your emails and notice an email from your bank, PayPal, Apple or something similar requesting private details from you. It can be extremely frustrating if you don’t think anything of it and respond to the email with the information they have requested. Then of course you […]
Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities
As you may or may not be aware from the mass media, security researchers have discovered a new vulnerability in computer processors. The Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities as they have been called affect almost every computer processor. The nature of the vulnerability is technically very complex and will not be covered in this […]
Cyber Security Predictions for 2018
2017 was the year that the Shadow Brokers’ released a set of sensitive exploits, hoarded by the NSA. Quickly, these exploits were written into malware and a stream of powerful ransomware outbreaks such as WannaCry, NotPetya and BadRabbit followed. 2017 also saw some of the highest profile data breaches yet, with Equifax seeing the breach […]
Taking Care of Business this Christmas 2017
A peek into the inner workings of First Stop IT
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the First Stop IT team
Opening Hours between Christmas and New Year is 9am to 5pm
What is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)?
GDPR and How it effects your business Everyone knows the Data Protection Act; it’s been around since 1998, was introduced by UK Parliament and is now completely out of date and incapable of handling the way information is circulated. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is its replacement and covers citizens within the European Union. […]
Snow Joke
Heavy snow sweeps the nation. Heavy Snow! For some companies it’s business as usual. For others they grind to a halt or are severely impaired by staff being unable to get to the office. The difference is usually their IT department. Working remotely is a very common and achievable thing with today’s technology. You may […]
Who is our ideal client?
Our Ideal Client? I get asked that question a lot. What industry? What size? What location? The truth is there is no one demographic that describes our client base. It’s varied to the point of not being able to group any of them together. Engineering, recruitment, travel, manufacturing, accountancy, solicitors the list goes on. The […]
Are secure passwords really that important?
Keeping your password secure We are constantly being told to make our passwords “secure” to stop someone hacking into our information. But do they really need to be? Making your password secure often means it requires a long and complicated combination of letters, numbers, upper and lower case and ideally a special character or two. […]
Ransomware Prevention is Better than Cure
Ransomware the threat to your business Picture this: You’ve spent the last few weeks working on a big proposal to land a new client. You’ve spend painstaking hours collecting information and putting it together, designing your PowerPoint presentation and hand outs. Thousands of pounds in man hours has gone into this job. When you finally […]