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Recreating your unique selling proposition

Your business is unique. Even if you are working in the same field as other businesses—and it is highly likely that you are—something about the way your business works is different. This is often known as your unique selling proposition, or USP. So that you can bring your USP to market, have you bought or developed customized software, or customized ...

Don’t forget to delete your data

New year, new kit for work? Don’t forget to set up the new kit securely. Just as important: don’t forget to delete your data from your old kit before disposing of it, whether this is by passing a usable device to someone else, or discarding a damaged device. You may know that ‘deleting your data’ doesn’t mean that the files ...

Planning for disruption in 2024?

The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) have published their list of top 10 risks for organisations in 2024:
  1. Cyber attacks
  2. Extreme weather events such as floods, storms, or freeze
  3. IT and telecommunications outage
  4. Increased cost of living
  5. Interruption to energy supply
  6. Supply chain disruption
  7. Natural disasters such as earthquakes or tsunamis
  8. Data breaches
  9. Critical Infrastructure failure
  10. Introduction of new technology, ...

Cyber security: virtual tours and explainers for the curious

It's nearly Christmas, so for a change, we are linking to some interesting videos that you might not have seen before. None are new but they are all cyber security related. If you're curious, read on. First: ever wondered what data centres look like on the inside, and how the data you store there is kept safe? All three major ...

Cyber security for small business

Cyber security matters for small businesses just as it does for large ones. Here are 12 of our most popular posts this year, covering several of the security issues a small business might face. There’s a lot more information about how to secure your small business in our library of previous blog posts, as well as some guides with yet ...

Getting the most out of your security budget

We all know that small businesses are still going through a tough time, and that it is likely to be years before we see the end of the current crisis. Real wages aren’t expected to get back to early-2022 levels until the end of 2027 and the typical energy bill this winter is still going to be significantly larger than ...