In an increasingly digital world, the importance of cybersecurity cannot be overstated. With cyber threats becoming more sophisticated and widespread, organizations need robust defence mechanisms to protect their critical assets. One such defence mechanism is Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) services, which have become indispensable in safeguarding against malicious cyber…
Category: Security
How Spam Filters Work
Email is an essential tool for communication in our modern lives, and it has become a primary target for spammers who want to advertise their products or scam people. Spam emails can be annoying, time-consuming, and potentially harmful. Fortunately, email service providers have developed spam filtering technology to reduce the…
Understanding Ransomware & Importance of Prevention
What is Ransomware? You’re no doubt aware that ransomware attacks are increasing worldwide, including within Australia. But what is ransomware? Ransomware is a type of virus or malicious software (malware) that will search for and encrypt/lock any files it can access including shared network drives and computers. This includes all…
Panic Free Disaster Recovery
In certain industries it is common practice or even a requirement to have a Disaster Recovery Plan in place. However, it’s rare that anyone actually follows the procedure. That may be because it’s often developed for documentation/accreditation requirements, staff aren’t trained sufficiently, or simply that panic typically proceeds a disaster.…
Secrets Your IT Provider Probably Won’t Tell You
Technology is something that many people simply can’t comprehend for various reasons, which poses a problem. Any good business relationship should be built upon trust and where a Client doesn’t understand what they’re signing or paying for that trust can be abused if dealing with the wrong provider. The same…
Security & Data Breaches
In response to the new Notifiable Data Breaches scheme mentioned below, we’ve reviewed and revamped our Security Standards which apply to all our Managed Clients. The threat of Cyber Attacks, Viruses and Ransomware as well as Data Loss is ever increasing and is everyone’s business! Your Manager or IT Provider…
IT in General Practice – HotDoc Blog
Source: https://www.hotdoc.com.au/practices/blog/2018-healthcare-it-predictions/ IT in General Practice: Experts Share Their 2018 Tips and Predictions By Michael McKay – 29 November 2017 This week I reached out to three leading players in the Health IT space — Jono Noy from Noytech, Jim Doumakis from Jose Health IT and John Drummond from CyberSquad…
Identifying Cyber Threats
With so many vulnerabilities discovered daily and viruses released to exploit them, it’s easy to overlook a threat. This guide serves to help you identify common cyber threats in the wild today. Unfortunately, it takes only a single click to inadvertently infect your computer; anti-virus and anti-spam software isn’t always…
Keeping your Website & Hosting account Secure
Public Web Hosting servers are often targeted by hackers and spammers. The following points should be considered to keep your cPanel account and CMS secure in order to avoid or at least limit the chances of being exploited. Too often do we have calls from clients complaining of the amount…