Blackberry – maybe not the deal you might think!

In the same way that the ‘Hoover’ has become another name for a vacuum cleaner based on their strong brand identity, and Kleenex for tissues, Blackberry has become just about the first name on most people’s lips when they think about getting remote access to email, diaries and contacts on their mobiles. Read more

Identity Theft… It Happens!

I have to say that I have seen one of the worst cases of PC security for a home user ever recently.

I asked a customer if they had their router’s username and password, and the customer replied that she’d got the passwords stored on a file on the PC. OK, not ideal, but at least we have a list of everything to allow us to replace her old failing BT Homehub router.

Upon inspection of the file, not only did it contain every single username and password of any website she’d used… Amazon, Ebay etc, but it also contained…

  • Visa Credit Card Account Number, Pin Number and their CVC numbers
  • Current bank account number, sort code and pin numbers as well as internet banking passwords
  • Savings account numbers,
  • Flickr, Facebook, MySpace and Google passwords
  • All their kids’ login details for their websites

The file itself wasn’t password protected or encrypted in any way. With household income i’d guess being well in excess of £150,000 per year, there’s likely to be a reasonable pot of cash sat in those accounts ready for plundering.

PLEASE… PLEASE… PLEASE… Think about what data you’re storing on your PCs and how. And think about what it would mean to you if it were ever to get into the wrong hands. if you need a hand, feel free to call us and we can give you a free security audit of your business IT, and point out where you could improve security.

Data Security

I’m sure we’ve all been on the phone to one call centre or another, and been annoyed by the number of security checks we need to go through or been told that they can’t give us a piece of information ‘because of the Data Protection Act’

Well as annoying as it can be, there’s a lot of Identity Fraud taking place these days and you can’t be too careful as to what information you leave lying about. I’d imagine that you might shred old bank statements before binning them, or maybe even burn them! Well do you do the same with customer data? Maybe you should.

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SharePoint and Outlook – The Perfect Link

With thanks to the Microsoft Outlook Team Blog, here are several tips on how you can connect Outlook to SharePoint and get the most from your Small Business Server – check out the rest of the blog. You might just find a few tips to make your day a bit easier!

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Office 2010 – First Impressions

Well I’ve been using Office 2010 beta (pre-release) for at least an hour, and so far I’m pretty impressed. Well we’ll no doubt see over the coming days, weeks and months how it pans out but I’m happy with the first impressions. Read more

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