Invoice Fraud – What is it? Invoice fraud is when fake invoices are sent to targeted businesses in an attempt to extract money from companies with possible vulnerabilities in their accounts payable processes. Although it is becoming more common over 43% of businesses still aren’t aware of it, nor the threat it poses to their […]
Published: Wednesday, 05 June 2019 10:18 Over the years Microsoft have developed a wide range of software products for PCs, laptops and Servers, each product has a product life cycle which provides the users with the security and bug fix updates to ensure their data is safe and secure. What is Windows 7 and Windows […]
Published: Saturday, 19 May 2018 16:30 The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effective on 25/05/18. Many UK businesses are getting ready and while others may not yet heard of it or this is does not relate to them. Tougher fines and stricter regulations effect all businesses, across all industries and countries. Remember, […]
In April 2009 IT 4 Offices Ltd was formed. Initially we supported a few small businesses, and we have continued to grow from there. Our ethos has not changed from the start, which is to bring reliable, affordable and scalable enterprise level I.T. solutions and support to small & medium sized businesses. Along the way […]
Published: Wednesday, 29 May 2019 08:27 In any business we find ourselves relying on email for a vast amount of communication, however it is inevitable that as much as we embrace the advantages we become increasingly aware of the downsides. One of those downsides is the constant increase in spam, phishing, and malicious emails. Unsolicited […]
Published: Friday, 26 May 2017 13:18 In September 2012, UK Government department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Cabinet Office and CESG (the information security department of GCHQ) published guidance on 10 steps to cyber security. The steps can substantially reduce the risks by helping to prevent or deter the majority of types […]
There have been some high profile businesses affected by the recent attacks by cyber criminals. Over 20% of NHS systems were affected causing many operations to be rescheduled and thousands of staff to revert to paper records. The common issue has been linked to running Windows XP on a majority of the equipment which Microsoft […]
Published: Wednesday, 01 June 2016 10:03 Over the past 20 years Microsoft have continually developed their Windows Server range of products and each time the new version is released most have had a “small business” edition. SBS Version Windows Server version Exchange SQL Server Max users Notes Backoffice […]
We often find users have difficulty remembering passwords and end up using the same password for their pc login and email accounts and every website including important sites such as their bank and credit cards. As a result we have heard of individuals getting caught out by the “social” hackers tricks, where you sign up for […]
Published: Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:07 This week I’ve mainly been working with the wonderfull world of VLANs. When a network grows to a certain size or your running VOIP on your network you may consider separation of the data to improve the network performance. You can do this either by buying separate switches and […]