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Top 6 IT Challenges in the Education Sector

IT and technology is a massive part of every educational institution’s infrastructure. With this, technology has evolved within the education sector — allowing providers to truly push the boundaries of what’s possible and innovate for the benefit of their students. However, there are also a number of challenges that come with this. Due to the [...]

Addressing IT knowledge, confidence and capability in Schools

The education sector has seen a massive uptick in technology adoption in the past decade. 77% of educators — according to Promethean — agree that technology is crucial to engaging students in an effective manner. As schools, colleges and universities look to technology solutions to advance themselves into the digital age, it’s hardly surprising that [...]

WhatsApp: MiFID II compliance for FCA regulated companies

The Risks of Neglecting WhatsApp message archiving The financial services industry operates in a highly regulated environment. This is done to ensure transparency, fair treatment of customers, and the stability of the financial markets. In this context, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) plays a vital role in setting standards for financial [...]

Record WhatsApp calls in accordance with FCA compliance

How to record WhatsApp Calls in line with MiFID II regulations Introduction and risks Compliant WhatsApp call recording: Over time, many regulated businesses have discovered that customers – and customer facing staff alike are leaning towards sending important information via WhatsApp. Whilst this has its benefits, it opens organisations up to a plethora of FAC [...]

Strategies for FCA Compliant WhatsApp Messages & Call Recording

Businesses need to ensure that their WhatsApp messaging and call recording systems are setup to comply with MiFID II regulations. UK firms need to launch effective strategies for FCA compliant WhatsApp messages and call recording. The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) is a set of regulations that have been put in place to [...]

The Pros and Cons of BYOD Policies

Bring your own device IT policies (often called BYOD policies) are often seen as a way to save money and increase productivity. However, there are both good and bad aspects to this policy. The pros of BYOD policies The pros include the ability for the employee to have more control over the device they use, [...]

Disaster Masterclass at Williams F1: What you missed…

Our Disaster Masterclass finale event took place at the Williams F1 Conference Centre. Check out our previous blogs Blenheim Palace: Disaster Masterclass Windsor Castle Hotel: Disaster Masterclass We explored the importance of PR communication. How to best handle comms if a crisis occurs, and what to do and say to avoid the pivotal moment of [...]

Disaster Masterclass at Blenheim Palace: What you missed…

The first of our three exciting Disaster Masterclass events took place at Blenheim Palace last week. We had some amazing speakers from organisations such as Datto and Microsoft (Vuzion). They spoke about the importance of preparing your business against a business disaster! The threat landscape Cybercrime and cyber-fraud is at an all-time-high and will only [...]

Why Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery is Vital

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) is vital. DRBC is the overall process of reducing the likelihood and impact of a disaster on a business. It is a key component for business viability. Business Continuity is the operations side of BCDR. For example, designing and creating policies or procedures that help essential business function during [...]

The Importance of Leadership within Policies and Governance

The Importance of Leadership within Policies and Governance cannot be overlooked A company’s leadership team is responsible for creating company policy. Leaders are also responsible for its delivery and its compliance across an organisation. This is important as policy compliance is not just about dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s, but ensuring your business is as productive and [...]

What is an IT strategic review?

An IT Strategic Review offers a "line in the sand" moment - a snapshot of where the business is right now. And as it's run externally, it's also impartial. Why do I need an IT Strategic Review? Businesses that don’t invest in IT are missing out on efficiencies and are most at risk of cybercrime. [...]

Ineffective and effective IT policies

There are a lot of different IT policies out there, and it can be hard to know which ones are effective and which ones are not. It is important to have an effective IT policy in place. There are a few things that you should keep in mind when creating or updating your IT policy. [...]

Why you need a business continuity solution

Why you need a business continuity solution The threat landscape is constantly evolving, and the possibility of falling foul of a cyber, DOS, MitM attack or a natural disaster/pandemic is ever-present. It's often a case of not IF, but WHEN. Cyber threats paralyse businesses - seriously disrupting daily operations and putting the future survival of a business [...]

Do you fire-drill your servers and IT systems?

All businesses run fire-drills at our places of work – but do you fire-drill your servers and IT systems? The truth is you’re more likely to suffer a cyber security attack than suffer from a fire? So why don’t businesses regularly run recovery drills? Downtime is expensive, but just how expensive? Everyone knows that I.T. downtime [...]

An aerial view of your IT strategy

You understand your files and folders - which network drive they are on. But have you ever wondered what your IT infrastructure actually looks like? How that structure or choice of applications could impact business plans? Has the advice you've previously taken been completely impartial? You know your IT works and you hope it won’t let you [...]

Where’s my email gone? part 1

Protect PART 1 of 2 So, emails. You’ve probably sent a handful today already, from your phone or computer, and will undoubtedly send plenty more throughout the day. In business we use them as a way of staying in touch with multiple stakeholders, running projects and keeping on top of our work. If you’ve ever [...]

Where’s my email gone? Part 2

Keep it safe 'Dave' PART 2 of 2 At some point in time you may need to restore some data. Depending on what level of backup you have, you can go as far as restoring one single email that Dave in accounts sent you about your expenses being approved - or an entire inbox. The [...]

What is layered security and why do you need it?

Protecting your IT systems is so important, especially with data laws being fortified through GDPR and regular news updates circulating around malware and viruses almost becoming the daily norm. Most companies and charities now have a certain level of IT protection in place, but is your security “layered”? About layered security Layered security involves multiple [...]

Top 6 IT Challenges in the Education Sector

Addressing IT knowledge, confidence and capability in Schools

WhatsApp: MiFID II compliance for FCA regulated companies

Record WhatsApp calls in accordance with FCA compliance

Strategies for FCA Compliant WhatsApp Messages & Call Recording