• How Could my Construction Firm be at Risk of a Cyber-Attack?

    • 3rd August 2022
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Security
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    Construction is booming in the West Midlands. It has been for a few years – for example, with the Grand Central development, and the £57 million redevelopment of Alexandra Stadium and is going to continue for a while. There are a host of major transformation programmes including the £1.9 billion Smithfield scheme planned to create

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  • Cyber Security for the Construction Industry – 7 Steps to Secure Your Business

    • 25th July 2022
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: cybersecurity
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    The construction industry was the most severely affected by ransomware in 2021, according to a new study of leaked ransomware data. A data breach might be damaging due to the industry’s financial flow, supply chain ties, and sensitive data. Construction companies must act now to prevent cybersecurity attacks, even if no solution is flawless. Here

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  • How to Get the Perfect Video Call Setup, Whatever Your Budget

    • 14th July 2022
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Business, Growth, Strategy, Technology
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    We’ve written a new guide about digital IT transformations. It’s an overview of what it actually means to digitally transform your business (with some case studies), and the basics you need to consider before you make any big decisions.

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  • The Detrimental Impact of a Cyber Attack on the 3 Key Stages of Construction

    • 7th July 2022
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Security
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    Most sectors are embracing new technologies and adopting new digital ways of working, but the construction industry is going through an unprecedented cultural shift. This means that the construction industry and its supply chains are at risk of being impacted by cyber-crime. That’s why it’s more important than ever to understand how your organisation might

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  • Are your Construction Workflows at Risk of a Cyber Attack?

    • 27th June 2022
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Security
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    Are your construction workflows at risk of a cyber attack

    Many of the construction businesses we speak to feel pretty unconcerned about cyber security. They feel safe because most of their work takes place offline so they assume that they’re not a huge target for cyber threats. You may feel the same. But if you’re using any of the below tools in your daily work,

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  • Improving Teamwork using Microsoft Teams for Financial firms

    • 21st June 2022
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Business, Uncategorised
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    Improving Teamwork

    Manual and repetitive tasks have been costing the financial service sector in time and money for years now. Like many industries, there is admin work that needs to be done and without it, the sector can’t function. However, aggregating data, performing analyses, and building reports can now be automated to help drive efficiency across your

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  • Remote Working for Solicitors – Have you Updated Your Security Policies?

    • 8th June 2022
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Business, Legal, Security
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    Research by the British Chambers of Commerce and IT company, Cisco, found that more than half of the 1,000 UK firms surveyed believe that their IT systems have been left more exposed to cyber-attacks since the huge increase in people working from home during the pandemic. Cyber attack victims The survey, which covered companies from all sectors and of all sizes,

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  • The Business Owner’s Briefing: Reduce the Burden on Your Brain

    • 24th May 2022
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Business, Growth, Professional Services, Strategy, Technology
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    there are loads of tools available to you right now that can help free up your time, reduce interruptions and give you better focus. And many of them are already included with your Microsoft 365 subscription. We’ve written a business owner’s briefing to help you decide which ones could work for you.

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  • The Legal Sector: The Latest Updates in Cyber Security

    • 16th May 2022
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Legal, Professional Services, ransomware, Security, Strategy
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    Mitigation against cyber crime, i.e. effective cyber security practices, is something that you need to be constantly vigilant about. This is especially true of certain sectors given the type and volume of personal data they manage: the legal sector is one of these. A recent review conducted by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) explored how

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  • How Your Solicitors or Law Firm Can Avoid Getting Fined £98k

    • 15th April 2022
    • Posted by: Mark Dodds
    • Category: Legal, Professional Services, Security
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    When people think about cyber-attacks, they tend to think about the high-profile attacks on large multinational organisations e.g., British Airways, Garmin etc. This tends to lull small businesses into a sense of false security believing that it won’t happen to them, which can be an extremely costly mistake in terms of time, money, and reputation.

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