MJD Systems Ltd – Professional IT Services | Inverness-Elgin-Aberdeen
Professional IT Services | Inverness-Elgin-Aberdeen
Today’s blog topic may be something you have never even considered or realised exists. So lets explore why it’s required and the benefits for your business. It is important to remember that we now use our mobiles like laptops and computers to access and browse the internet and this means they are vulnerable and exposed[…]
A password manager is a fantastic software tool to add to your IT kit to help increase the security of your passwords without the main issue of how to remember and store your details securely. A password manager is a software tool that allows you to store your passwords securely and easily access them across[…]
As we continue to work from home due to COVID-19 and a shift in our working practises and business models brought on by the pandemic, we need to consider that we are moving our business activities into potential hostile environments outside the safe confines of our office security systems. Out of a need to move[…]
A spam filter on your emails is a great preventative tool to help keep your business secure. Spam filters work to block malicious threats like phishing, impersonation, malware, ransomware and spam-type messages. It is a preventative tool because it works to remove the threat before it has chance to reach the end users inbox, and[…]
As it’s Halloween, we thought we’d look at a something a little scary in the IT world: The Dark Web. Lets begin by breaking down what is the dark web and the Internet which we all access everyday. The Internet we all tend to access everyday through our favourite search engines is called the surface[…]
With the increase of social engineering and successful phishing attacks which we are seeing every month, combined with the extremely high risk of a sensitive data breach or financial loss without Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), we want to make sure you are aware and understand what this is and how it can help. There has been[…]
When considering cyber security we can often jump straight to considering how technology can protect us and completes our security package. However, there are actually 3 pillars of cyber security. As you can see from the Venn diagram each pillar is equally important to the overall cyber security of your network. Your processes may already[…]
Today we want to talk about phishing emails. A phishing email is an email which has been sent to the recipient with the purpose of convincing you to provide them with your personal information or account details. Once they have this information they may use it to create accounts in your name or to gain[…]
Think before clicking on that Link! The team here at MJD are becoming increasingly aware of instances of links in emails which appear to “do nothing” when clicked on. This is not something to be ignored and needs to be report to your MSP immediately. If nothing appears on your screen or nothing seems to[…]
Currently, with many of us working from home and varying shift patterns or hours of work due to furlough, client requirements or childcare requirements the frequency of use of our Out of Office notifications has increased dramatically. It is worth considering the potential impact that these notifications can have on the security of the company.[…]