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Welcome to our blog. Here you'll find the latest advice we have to offer about cyber security and keeping yourself safe online, as well as the latest developments affecting our business and the industries we work with.

Keep your wits about you while shopping online

Don't be a victim to an online scam

The global pandemic of Covid 19 caused many shops to close and forced people to stay at home more than ever, socialising over Zoom and shopping online. In recent years, there has been an explosion in the growth of internet retailing, with more than half of all U...

19th Feb 2021

Why you need to know about cyber-crime

Learning how to avoid being a victim of crime is an important life skill. At school you learn to lock your locker securely and not allow other people to see what the combination numbers are. You would not leave an expensive or favourite coat hanging up unwatched in the cloakroom and you would not br...

19th Jan 2021

Romance in a digital COVID era

This year has changed the way we live our lives, and currently, our future looks very different to the one we perhaps envisaged this time last year.

Our government and chief medical advisors have this year combined to tell us when we’re are allowed to go out, where we can and can’t spend our money...

16th Dec 2020

Artificial Intelligence - The rise of the machine

We’ve heard the term, it’s been around for many years now, but it can be perceived differently depending on with whom you speak to.

Robotic hoovers, self-driving cars, computers that will take over the world and wipe out the human race? Or simply, machines capable of helping humanity in a co-exist...

3rd Dec 2020

Resilience During Tough Times

As the world comes to terms with COVID-19, there have been a few buzzwords that have done the rounds. Words like lockdown, furlough and resilience and it is the latter which I would like to focus on here.

There is much debate as to whether resilience is something you are born with or can develop o...

25th Nov 2020 - Colin Maclachlan

Do you like living on the edge

As part of my job I regularly come across new and innovative technology, and excitingly new ways of working. I have recently had the pleasure of working with a company named #becrypt, based in London, who offer technology solutions to both government and industry. They have a history of creating NCS...

7th Oct 2020

Remote Working - The Robotic Shop Worker

Heading down to the local supermarket is now a very different experience for us all in comparison to not so long ago, and definitely when we were younger. So, for our young children, is this their “norm”. And if so, for how long?

COVID-19 has brought about a new era whereby many businesses are str...

7th Oct 2020

Blue Screen of DeAuth

No, that’s not a typo. I’m also not proud of myself but all I have for comfort is the ability to stream Taskmaster over a shocking broadband to calm a massive anxiety attack so I’m afraid my needs are greater than anyone else’s at this moment in time.

There are times when we’ve all got to cut cost...

7th Apr 2020

Secure Remote Working

Whilst I am fully in the camp for finding the positives in any situation, I feel it is important to protect ourselves as much as we can to prevent possible threats. I am personally enjoying working from home, my inner introvert is very comfortable with the situation.

It is still crucial that we re...

29th Mar 2020

"Punch me in the face repeatedly, please."

That’s a ridiculous thing to say to anyone, isn’t it? You probably wouldn’t say this to your best friend let alone a criminal.

But you see, that’s the problem. You probably ARE saying this to criminals. You just don’t realise it.

Every person and every organisation has some sort of digital footp...

3rd Feb 2020

Simple steps to protecting yourself online

I know you are thinking of clicking onto something else already but please carry on… I might even do a top ten list further on.

My name is Joel and I am the Head of Products and Services at The Armour Group. I have worked with computers all my working life and picked up a lot of help, tips and adv...

3rd Feb 2020

Facebook - Love it or Hate it?

The free social networking website that allows registered users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and of course keep in touch with those long-lost school friends you can rekindle friendships with and relatives ( you might not wish to really see, just like being nosey eh?) Pl...

3rd Feb 2020