Cybersecurity

Welcome to Cyber Security Awareness month – this year it’s a big one, an anniversary year!  It’s been 20 years since October was declared the month to raise awareness amongst individuals, businesses and government agencies about the threats to our digital world. 20 years is a long time – back…

Stats coming in from last year show that 68% of cyber security breaches involved a non-malicious human element. What this means is the biggest culprit in causing cyber-attacks lurks within our own organisations… it’s our team members! Ok, it’s a bit harsh to blame it on the team members themselves.…

Cybersecurity has become a cornerstone of the IT strategy of most businesses around the world. Large amounts of time and resources are dedicated to keeping networks, systems and data safe from the cunning hackers out there, whose methods are getting sharper by the day. One of the simplest and most…

Microsoft Business Premium has emerged as the leading productivity suite for businesses of all sizes, from SMB’s up to enterprise level. It helps simplify operations, streamline communications and empower your staff to achieve more. What we really love about Business Premium is the advanced cybersecurity tools it employs to help…

Businesses of all sizes are in the thick of it when it comes to protecting themselves from hackers, but at Smile IT we find it’s SMBs that are often most ill-equipped when it comes to their cybersecurity. This could be due to several reasons, from lack of resources to insufficient…

If you weren’t affected by the global IT outage experienced on Friday, you no doubt heard about it on the news. It was big – there were cancelled flights leaving airports in chaos, shopping centres full of confused customers who couldn’t buy anything because payment systems were down. So, what…

One of the most important aspects of keeping your business cyber secure is to maintain continuous vigilance, never lapsing into complacency. An occasional elbow in the ribs helps keep us from drifting away from what can often be a tricky path of maintaining rigorous cybersecurity. Consider this article that elbow…

At Smile IT, we’re strong believers in cyber defences built around structure and frameworks. Keeping your business secure can be daunting and overwhelming – a framework helps guide you towards better protection. One of the more recognised Cybersecurity Frameworks of the last ten years has been NIST, and they have…

The Essential Eight is a set of cybersecurity strategies designed to form a baseline for robust organisational cyber defences. It’s recommended by the ACSC (Australian Cyber Security Centre) and is also something we’re big on here at Smile IT. Why? Because conforming with the Essential Eight strategies is a surefire…