Disaster Recovery: 5 Things That Can Cripple Your Business

Disaster Recovery: 5 Things That Can Cripple Your Business [ez-toc] Backup and disaster recovery planning are, unfortunately, one of those things that too many companies pay lip service to. It is time-consuming, it needs to be regularly reviewed and updated, it should be tested periodically and it doesn’t appear to add anything to the profitability […]

IT help desk: Troubleshooting to Secure A Simple Life

IT help desk: Troubleshooting to Secure A Simple Life [ez-toc] From printer troubleshooting to accessing shared drives: How an IT help desk improves business continuity. Troubleshooting an offline printer “We had one user calling us because their printer was showing up as offline. It’s generally frustrating for people when they can’t use the equipment in […]

Consent & GDPR – What Interesting Things Are you Agreeing to?

Consent & GDPR – What Interesting Things Are you Agreeing to? [ez-toc] If you lead any kind of online life you will have probably been inundated with emails imploring you to confirm and continue your various subscriptions. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has had the unexpected benefit of allowing all of us to finally dispose […]

Taking GDPR Compliance Seriously – Be Careful!

Taking GDPR Compliance Seriously – Be Careful! [ez-toc] ‘Serious’ is one of those words in the English language that has multiple meanings depending on context. When we suggest that you should take the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) seriously we do not mean that there is a chance that you might regard it as a […]

Cybersecurity and Data Breach Notification: Unlock Safety

Cybersecurity and Data Breach Notification: Unlock Safety [ez-toc] Contained within the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an obligation to notify the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) of a data breach which meets certain criteria: The GDPR introduces a duty on all organisations to report certain types of personal data breach to the relevant supervisory authority. […]

Operational Impact of the GDPR Legislation Now

Operational Impact of the GDPR Legislation Now [ez-toc] The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes effective on the 25th of May 2018. It represents a major shift in the way data is treated; it is significant that in the midst of their current troubles Facebook are now suggesting that it is the gold standard to […]

How To Respond To A Subject Access Request (SAR)

How To Respond To A Subject Access Request (SAR) [ez-toc] If there is one thing that we in the I.T. industry love, it’s TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms), so let us throw one at you – SAR. Search And Rescue? Sarah’s Aunt Rachel? Sausages Are Righteous? None of those we regret, although we are fully in […]

GDPR: Your Data Integrity and Confidentiality Needs Protected

GDPR: Your Data Integrity and Confidentiality Needs Protected [ez-toc] Here’s a thought; if you would like to have a little fun with the GDPR when you’re next asked in a store for your email address “for your receipt” enquire in turn whether they are now GDPR compliant and what exactly are their terms of consent.   We promise […]

The Surprising Steps You Need To Be GDPR Savvy

The Surprising Steps You Need To Be GDPR Savvy [ez-toc] The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) isn’t to be confused with the DPRK or even the DDR, although businesses could be forgiven for thinking otherwise. Press coverage has emphasised the greatly increased powers accorded to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the substantially increased fines for […]

The Myths and Facts Surrounding GDPR: A Cheat Sheet

The Myths and Facts Surrounding GDPR: A Cheat Sheet [ez-toc] Given the amount of information available, it is surprising that there is so much misunderstanding about the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), which will come into force in May 2018. In part this is down to: Sensational reporting of the more lurid parts of the […]