There are many reasons that businesses and their IT teams may weigh up the option to backup and protect data with an inhouse solutions versus outsourcing data backup.
Continue readingAttacks on cloud accounts are accelerating, according to Microsoft’s latest Security Intelligence Report (PDF), with a tripling of attacks aimed at users’ accounts and login credentials during 2017 compared to the previous year.
The report – which looks at attacks in the first quarter- stated that accounts are being compromised due to “weak, guessable passwords and poor password management, followed by targeted phishing attacks and breaches of third-party services”.
This, coupled with the number of cyber-attacks that are perpetrated daily, not only shows the importance of IT security but also the benefit of managing your IT security adequately. A simple step that organisations of all shapes and sizes can take to help manage their IT security is to implement a strong password management system:
There are ways to ensure that the organisations that you partner with have an IT Security policy. One sure way to see if an organisation takes the issue seriously is to look at their accreditations. One such accreditation is the ISO 27001 accreditation – this is an internationally recognised standard that describes best practice for an ISMS (information security management system). Achieving accredited certification to ISO 27001 demonstrates that your company is following information security best practice, and delivers an independent, expert assessment of whether your data is adequately protected.
Redstor are proud to have been awarded ISO9001 and ISO27001 accreditations, verifying the company’s ISO quality control and information security standards as integral components of all Redstor’s business processes.
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There are many reasons that businesses and their IT teams may weigh up the option to backup and protect data with an inhouse solutions versus outsourcing data backup.
Continue readingCyber-criminals are increasingly viewing education institutions as easy prey. No surprise then that the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recently warned of a spike in the targeting of schools, universities and colleges.
Continue readingThe majority of Google services went down yesterday, leading to widespread disruption all around the world. Users were left waiting for almost an hour before hearing they could regain access.
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