What’s your Secure Remote Work Maturity Level?
Australian organisations adapted quickly and impressively to remote working when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. With applications in Microsoft 365 such as Microsoft Teams and SharePoint,...
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Microsoft Teams Governance and Security
Part 1: What does it mean for your organisation?Microsoft Teams has added a lot of value to organisations looking for effective and fast collaboration. Additionally,...
Teams not Zoom
As the move from working in an office to the home continues, online communication tools have become essential to facilitate meetings, collaborate with team members,...
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity. What's the difference?
What's the difference and what's involved?Many businesses use the terms “disaster recovery” and “business continuity” interchangeably, but the reality is these are very different concepts...
Upgrades: more frequent, more often?
To upgrade or not, that is the question. The large shopping centres know the answer: if you don’t update and refresh shop fit-outs every few...
How to spot a phishing email
While an organisation’s employees are its most valued asset, they are also, potentially, its weakest link in the area of IT security defence framework(technology, policy...
Mitigate the risks with SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 End of Support
SQL Server and Windows Server are nearing the end of their product lifecycle. SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 already reached its end of support earlier this...
SharePoint security mistakes to avoid and how to lock it down
There is no denying that there have been many organisations that embraced Office 365 as their collaboration and productivity platform of choice. More than 28...
How Office 365 security helps with your compliance obligations
Compliance is one of the major concerns for most businesses we speak to and with the ever changing IT landscape, it is becoming increasingly hard...
Application Whitelisting: Why is it essential for every business?
During our recent June Security event, we talked about Australian Signal Directorate’s Essential Eight Strategies, as a recommended baseline to address risks associated with cybersecurity....
Keep your business data safe with Azure Information Protection
Data protection is important, regardless of an organisation’s size. Any information that a company stores digitally needs to be secured and protected appropriately, more so...
ASD Essential Eight: Your baseline Cybersecurity strategy
Last year’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) Threat Report has been quite insightful in understanding the current IT security landscape. Incidences of data breaches and...