Small-to-medium businesses are the power-house of the UK economy.  At the start of 2017 small businesses formed 99.3% of UK businesses, employing 16.1 million people in total. Always hard-pressed, they are now under particular pressure from all angles – from the economy, political developments, and skill shortages.  While they navigate each challenge it’s important not […]

It seems that everyone is moving to the cloud. Cloud computing has not just changed how we access films (e.g. Netflix ) and listen to music (e.g. Spotify ) or share photographs but it is being adopted by businesses large and small. In fact it’s part of what is being called the ‘fourth industrial revolution’. What is Cloud Computing? […]

The beginning of the year brought dire warnings of a major cyber security attack on the UK. The head of the National Cyber Security Centre has reportedly said that the UK has been lucky to avoid a “category one” attack.” While this may – for now – primarily concern major infrastructural companies such as energy and financial […]

A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL 360ict CLIENTS AND FAMILIES With Christmas fast approaching many of you will be spending time with family and during the holiday period it may well be that younger members of your family have received a new device be it a laptop, tablet or mobile phone or are merely spending more […]

Nearly half of new businesses reported a cyber breach or attack in the past 12 months. Cyber criminals are after your money, your data and your intellectual property. If you haven’t taken steps to protect yourself and your business, take action now. At 360ict we strongly recommend to our clients to at least review this UK Government […]

Ransomware is on the rise – there are now more than 50 families of this malware in circulation — and it’s evolving quickly. With each new variant comes better encryption and new features. This is not something you can ignore! At 360ict we offer our clients full Managed IT Support and have had several instances recently with […]

Back up’s are a fundamental requirement of any small to medium business. Now answer this honestly. Does my business have an organised, frequent and robust back up process? Thought not!!! “I’m an experienced user but I’ve never learned anything about back up strategy or implementation” “What’s the objective of backing up? What would be a […]

HOW UNDERSTANDING ‘CUSTOMER VULNERABILITY’ CAN  HELP PROTECT AGAINST FRAUD & IDENTITY THEFT Managing Customer Vulnerability is about engaging with customers and local organisations and understanding the risks and putting in place simple but effective policies that will minimise Fraud and Identity Theft as well as supporting those customers who have been targeted In this article 360ict addresses […]

We at 360ict  have initially looked at the general issues and recommendations relating to Cyber Crime but over the coming weeks we will look to address specific risks to small and medium organsiations, cyber risks that the UK Government, National Crime Agency, Financial Conduct Authority as well as a huge number of private specialist firms all consider […]