With cloud computing now being the go-to as more organisations continue to move away from traditional IT infrastructure, you need to consider where your data now is and how secure it is. Many organisations using Office 365 believe that their data is totally secure, but this is not the case. Although Microsoft offer many benefits in productivity, efficiency and collaboration with Office 365, they don’t actually provide users with a comprehensive backup system for their underlying data. While organisations do their best to prepare themselves for potential problems such as mechanical errors, u ..read more

With cost of living increasing, petrol, food and energy bills, it appears that the job market is doing the opposite. With the number of UK job vacancies decreasing in recent months, according to the Office for National Statistics. In particular, large tech companies are starting to put the brakes on hiring, including Google, Microsoft, Apple and Meta, as reported by Computerworld. Why are tech companies putting the brakes on hiring? It is speculated that fears of an incoming recession is causing tech companies, among other industries to put a hold on hiring. Companies are looking to adjust t ..read more

Did you know that hacking accounts for over half of all recent data breaches? A successful breach means that your business’ sensitive data and information is now compromised. Information is everything to a business and often is what makes the business, thus making it the most valued asset. Whether that be the personal data of your employees and clients/customers, or the trade secrets that give your company its unique selling point. You want to protect this information at all costs, which is why we always encourage a multi-layered approach to cyber security. In this Webinar, Ben Russell CISSP ..read more

From what a VPN is to the importance of IT roadmaps and how to react in a Cyber Security emergency. We’ve answered some of your most frequently asked questions around IT and Cyber Security. t Why should I be concerned about Cyber Security? Cyber threats and attacks are very real with Hiscox reporting that one small business is successfully hacked every 19 seconds in the UK. In order to protect your organisations’ information, it’s important that you have a multi-layered cyber security strategy in place as falling victim to an attack could result in huge fines, business downtime and reputati ..read more

The most effective tools in this world are created with a purpose, through strategic planning, designing and refining. For example, when you look at a medieval castle, visually, you can see that it was built and designed with a very specific purpose. To protect its occupants from attack. Naturally, that’s not the only purpose of the castle. It is a self-sustained town, it contains farms, amenities, shops and housing. But despite the huge variety of uses, it was designed and built from the ground up to be a fortress. Again, just from looking at it, you know that the owner of that castle cared ..read more

Back when Windows 10 was released, Microsoft told us that it would be the last major release of Windows and that new features would be added during their 6 month feature pack update cycle. Fast forward to October 2021 and Microsoft released Windows 11, another major release. Who knows if this will be the last, but it’s now been in the wild for 8 months and is free for most users to upgrade to.  Here are some high-level points for you to consider:  Hardware compatibility  Although the Windows 11 upgrade is free to most, you may find your existing device does not meet the minim ..read more

We’re so pleased to announce that for another year in a row, Complete I.T. (CIT) have made the MSP 501 list! This year we came 3rd in the EMEA region and 78th globally – incredible! We have been recognised a number of times over the years, but this is our highest ranking to date. Considering this year was a particularly challenging one – with a record number of entries – we are super proud of this achievement. Companies included on the MSP 501 list represent innovative and influential market leaders providing managed services to today’s most demanding customers around the world. Our organis ..read more

Individuals have the right to be informed about the collection and use of their personal data. The UK and EU GDPR gives individuals eight rights relating to their personal data. Organisations must let individuals know how they can exercise these eight rights, as well as ensuring they deal with any requests received within a specified time frame. Knowledge of these rights is becoming increasingly important, as there are now third party companies operating business-models which enable people (aka data subjects) to make these requests. In this webinar, Matt Riley – Quality and Compliance Direc ..read more

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By Matt Riley, Quality and Compliance Director at Complete I.T., Data Protection Lead at Sharp When people think of Information Security, it’s assumed that it is all IT related. While IT teams/partners have a part to play in the cyber security element of this, there is so much more to it. Incident Reporting – Why it’s not just IT! As a Quality and Compliance Director, I have often received requests to help clients put together an incident response for all types of incidents, but this proves challenging as there are so many types of incidents – inside and outside of IT. In this instance, my ..read more