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
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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knows the Data Protection Act; it’s been around since 1998, was introduced by UK Parliament and is now completely out of date and incapable of handling the way information is circulated.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 […]
Microsoft Midmarket Solution Provider
Microsoft Solution Provider Congratulations to the First Stop IT team for their latest achievement in their Microsoft Partnership. This demonstrates expertise in building critical infrastructure solutions based on Microsoft desktop, business-management, and server technologies that can expand on midmarket customers’ current system foundations. Put simply our team had to pass technical and product knowledge exams […]
Watch out for ransomware masquerading as Windows 10!
Ransomware in Windows 10 We all know that the scammers will try anything to get their hands on your money or your data! We also know that people as a rule are impatient, and with Windows 10 being released last week it was only a matter of time before someone tried to cash in. Enter […]