Identifying spam emails can help protect you from phishing attempts, scams, and malware. Here are some tips to help you recognise and identify spam emails: Examine the email address of the sender. Pay attention to any unusual or suspicious email addresses, misspellings, or variations that mimic legitimate domains. Spam emails often use generic greetings like “Dear Customer” or “Dear User” […]
A Guide To Managing Employee Access To Company Emails And Data
Managing employee access to company emails and data is crucial for maintaining data security and protecting sensitive information. Here’s a brief guide to help you effectively manage and control employee access: Start by creating a clear and detailed access policy that outlines the rules and guidelines for accessing company emails and data. Ensure that it aligns with legal and regulatory […]
Tips On How To Improve Email Delivery, Avoid Spam Filters & Reach The Inbox
Unwanted emails are commonly known as spam and out of the billions of emails which are sent each day, over half are spam or unwanted emails. Email filters are programs or algorithms which are used at various levels of an email’s delivery to your inbox such. This can include the email service such as hosted email and Microsoft Exchange or […]
An Introduction To The Cyber Essentials Scheme
In 2012, the UK Government launched the 10 Steps to Cyber Security guide which urged public and private organisations to consider their cyber security measures and determine whether or not they were managing their potential risks adequately. The guide raised awareness among business owners and company boards who were encouraged to take ownership of their potential cyber threats and incorporate […]
What are the types of CAPTCHA?
Most CAPTCHA tools will use four methods of verifying that a user is human by providing a, text-based, image-based, mathematical or audio challenge. A mathematical challenge will be presented to a user either as part of an image or as text for them to provide the correct answer, confirming that they are a human user. It is a simple CAPTCHA […]
What Is CAPTCHA?
The Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart or CAPTCHA is a web based tool which is used to separate or define the difference between real users and automated users, such as bots. CAPTCHAs produce challenges that are difficult for computers to perform but relatively easy for human users. CAPTCHAs operate by providing information or a […]
Why Is A SSL Certificate Needed?
If a website is asking it’s users to securely log in and provide personal details or sensitive data such as financial records, it is essential that any online interactions are kept secure and private. In order to keep the data secure between a user and a website, SSL certificates are used to provide trust to the user, create a secure […]
What Is A SSL Certificate?
A SSL certificate or Secure Sockets Layer is a security protocol that provides an encrypted link between or server or website and the web browser. It uses a digital certificate that authenticates a website’s identity and enables an encrypted connection which secures any online transactions and customer information. It basically provides a secure, encrypted connection between a user and the […]
What Is A CDN?
A CDN or Content Delivery Network is a group of servers which are linked across different geographical locations and work together to distribute and deliver internet content faster to users. A CDN provides a quick transfer of website elements such as HTML content, Javascript, CSS files and media such as images and videos which are required to load website content. […]
What Are The Benefits Of A CDN?
A CDN or Content Delivery Network is a network of servers which are linked together from across the world to deliver website content to users quicker, cheaper and more securely. The benefits of using a CDN largely depends on the size and requirements of the website content being delivered as well as the users which it is being delivered to. […]
What Is A Timeline Backup?
Making regular backups of your data, whether it’s on a device or the files which make up your website, should be an essential part of your business security. With any standard backup, it commonly involves taking a copy of your existing data, overwriting the existing data within your most recent backup. However, a timeline backup takes regular snapshots of your […]