Category Cyber Security
What is Ransomware? The Essential Guide for Small Business
To keep your business safe and protected in the digital age, it's essential that you understand the potential cyberthreats. In this article, we'll explain what ransomware is, how it might impact your business, and what to do if your business suffers a ransomware attack.
Is Your Business Ready for the Passwordless Future?
Forgetting your password is never fun, but there's a chance that experience could soon be a thing of the past. In this article, we'll explore a possible "passwordless" future, why it's actually highly secure, and what it means for businesses.
The Plain English Guide to: Malware
With an estimated 65,000 attack attempts in the UK every day, being familiar with the risks of cyberattacks is essential for any business. In this Plain English guide, we'll give you everything you need to know about malware and how it can affect your business.
A Short History of the World’s Most Notorious Cyberattacks
There's no doubt that cybersecurity is a concern for all UK businesses, but it sometimes pays to understand exactly why this is. In this article, we'll gain a new perspective on the importance of cybersecurity by analysing some of the most notorious cyberattacks in history.
Cybersecurity Showdown: Antivirus vs. Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
As a small business, you've got a lot of choice when it comes to cybersecurity. One of the biggest of these decisions is how you prevent or eliminate threats like viruses and ransomware attacks. Should you use traditional antivirus or try something new with EDR? Let's find out.
Product Spotlight: The SentinelOne Cybersecurity Platform
Antivirus has evolved. In the light of new and more advanced cyberthreats, new platforms have appeared to counter these threats. One of the most promising is SentinelOne. Let's put this cybercrime-fighting AI-powered super-product under the spotlight.
The Plain English Guide to: Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
Cyberattacks are more advanced than ever, meaning your company's threat protection needs to be up to the task. When conventional anti-virus isn't enough, it might be time to consider a more advanced option: Endpoint Detection and Response, or EDR.
The 5 Most Common Phishing Attacks in UK Business (And How to Avoid Them)
With over half of cyberattacks in the UK involving phishing attempts, it's more important than ever for UK businesses to be vigilant. With that in mind, we've compiled a list of the most common phishing attacks - and how you can avoid them.
The Plain English Guide to: Multi-Factor Authentication
If you use almost any digital service today, there's a good chance you've been asked to enable Two-Factor or Multi-Factor Authentication at some point. But what is this technology, exactly? And is it worth enabling for user accounts across your business? In this Plain English guide, we'll find out.
The Plain English Guide To: Encryption
Encryption is at the heart of solid cybersecurity, but it's still not widely understood, especially not by business owners. In this Plain English Guide, we'll shed some light on encryption - both in transit and at rest - and why it matters so much for your business.
Computer Security 101: How to Keep Your PC (or Mac) Safe for Work
In this guide to personal computer security 101, you'll learn exactly how to keep your computer safe and secure - especially if you've been working from home. Of course, we won't pick sides, so whether you're on Windows or Mac, we've got you covered.
The Plain English Guide to: Email Security & Phishing
In the latest instalment of our Plain English Guides, we take a look at email security. We explain some of the pitfalls of email. There are some useful tips to help users stay safe online, and we look at some of the technological solutions that are out there to help secure your email.