Young employees have different attitudes to cyber crime
If you employ anyone aged between 16 and 19, you need to pay special attention to the cyber security training you’re giving your team.
Are your younger employees experiencing ‘tech shame’?
Gen Z and even some Millennial employees are less tech savvy than many employers might expect. It’s an assumption that’s leading to a sense of ‘tech shame’.
Are you using Microsoft Teams to share sensitive data?
Microsoft Teams has fast become one of THE most useful business tools for the way we work today. No matter where your people work from, they can communicate and collaborate quickly and reliably. But this remote way of working can also open the door to some MAJOR security issues. New research shows that nearly HALF of employees frequently share confidential …
Why having a Firewall and Antivirus is not enough!
Do you think you’re safe because you have anti-virus, a firewall, and you are pretty careful with what links you click on? Ian, Curtis and I presented a special webinar where we discussed and showed (with a live demo) how: Hackers expand their access in your network Why even strong passwords are not enough to…
If you’re paying for Office 365, check out MS Teams
Are you ramping up your Remote Work efforts? Especially if you’re already paying for a Microsoft Office 365 subscription already, you should check out Teams. Chances are that you’ve probably heard about it before. This is included with almost every subscription at no extra charge. It’s a powerful way to share documents, files, have discussions,…
Watch out for Coronavirus specific phishing attempts
I’ll jump right to the point here. Make sure your team is careful with what they click. Things aren’t always what they seem – crooks will use world events to trick unsuspecting users into giving away their passwords, opening attachments they shouldn’t, and to run viruses. Being able to quickly recognize telltale signs (red flags)…
Strategies to lead remote team members WELL
I know that, like me, you’re getting inundated with emails from people you don’t normally hear about, as to what they are doing with Covid 19. To actually help you, I just wanted to share these free materials from LinkedIn on how to work remotely, considering culture, communication, tools etc. We’ve got no choice but…
Use geeky Open Source tools to visualize what matters for your company
As announced in a previous blog post, Richard and myself presented at the BC Tech Association several months ago. We shared our story on how we repurposed Open Source Tools DevOps, software development, and system monitoring tools (like Grafana) to transform our business by visualizing the key drivers to our business model. In this blog…
Rebuilding a technology culture from constant mistakes to high quality
The culture in many companies (not just technology) is to blame an employee for mistakes, not doing a good enough job, being sloppy, being slower than expected, etc. However this is kind of culture is hugely demotivating to anyone to improve, and often comes across as a personal character attack. I’ve created a video on…