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Do you know who is looking at what? All content filtering solutions are designed to ensure that users cannot access harmful sites. In an education setting, from primary through to university, is this enough? As with security, visibility is the key to any content filtering solution. Education providers need to have the ability to know…
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The Cisco Catalyst 2960, one of Cisco’s best-selling product families, has now passed its end-of-support date, meaning they are no longer sold or maintained – but, most importantly, this means they will no longer be updated either.It’s something IT teams will need to look at with a high degree of urgency, and it’s important to…
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Today, attackers launched a phishing attack against Protos Networks. As we’d expect, our security controls blocked this. However, I thought I’d document how we detected this attack using the systems we have in place, and learned more about how the attack was launched. Quarantining the phishing email At Protos, we use a secure email gateway…
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As you may have seen in the media, two major vulnerabilities have been discovered in processor chips which effects billions of devices all over the globe. The vulnerabilities impact Linux, Windows and Apple devices as well as cloud computing systems – impacting organisations such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. Researchers have named the…
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It’s hard to miss the amount of information – both good and bad – floating around on social media and in the press about the forthcoming evolution in data protection. The 2018 Data Protection Bill aims to bring the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into Law – the Regulation must be implemented by EU…
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Click-bait is something that we all deal with on a day-to-day basis. Throughout various platforms of Social Media, you’re likely to encounter it on your news feed. Whether you’re using it for work or catching up at home, these kinds of posts appear all the time. You’re bound to have come across the likes of…
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In May this year, the WannaCry ransomware dominated global headlines bringing the reality of cyber-crime to the attention of Boardrooms on an unprecedented scale. With extensive data, including the Crime Survey for England and Wales, showing an upward trend in cyber-crime, it is highly unlikely that WannaCry will be the last cyber-crime headlines we’ll see….
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What is SD-WAN?Software defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) is a fresh alternative to network connectivity which enables organisations to increase agility within their wide area networks whilst reducing costs significantly.SD-WAN utilises Software-Defined networking, intelligent VPN and routing technologies to provide MPLS-like reliability over internet or hybrid links.Deploy remote sites – faster! SD-WAN deployments can be rolled-out…
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Protos Networks have been awarded official Certification Body status for Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus and GDPR readiness by the IASME Consortium – one of only five bodies in the UK granted as an accreditation body by HM Government. Cyber Essentials is a Government-backed and industry-supported scheme to help businesses protect themselves against cyber threats….
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