Topic
Security
Duty of care and supplier questions translated into MFA, backup, patching and a reporting path.
Mailbox rules that steal mail: how an SME should find suspicious forwarding rules
A customer emails that he paid three weeks ago, to a new bank account. You never saw that email. Often there is an invisible inbox rule behind it…
A one-page IT incident plan: what an SME should write down before something goes wrong
Monday morning, a ransom note on the screen. Who do you call first, who decides, and where is the insurer’s number? Put it on paper now…
Cyber insurance: how an SME should answer the IT security questionnaire honestly
The insurer sends a questionnaire: do you have MFA, offline backups, an update policy? Ticking ‘yes’ without checking can become a problem when you make a claim…
Remote access for vendors: how an SME should manage AnyDesk, TeamViewer and remote support safely
The accounting software vendor, the printer technician, the alarm installer: they all connect remotely now and then. Here is how to stay in control of who gets in…
Windows 10 after end of support: what an SME should do with its last old PCs
Almost everything runs Windows 11, but that one PC at reception or in the workshop does not. How to deal with your last Windows 10 devices…
Compromised Microsoft 365 account: the first steps for an SME
Customers are getting strange emails in a colleague’s name. The account has been taken over. These are the first steps, in the right order…
Domain name and DNS: how an SME controls who holds the keys
Your email, website and Microsoft 365 all depend on one domain name. Do you know whose name it is in and who can access it? How an SME sorts that out…
QR code phishing: how an SME should spot fake QR codes in email and on paper
An email asks you to scan a QR code to renew your two-step verification: why that is often phishing and how an SME spots it…
Invoice fraud and fake payment requests: how an SME should set up payment checks
A supplier emails a new bank account number or the director asks for an urgent payment: how an SME stops fake payment requests…
Lost or stolen laptop: what an SME should do in the first hour
A laptop left on the train or taken from a car: which steps an SME takes straight away and what to arrange in advance…
Separating guest wifi from the business network: why an SME should keep visitors and devices apart
Visitors, a smart TV and the team’s laptops on one wifi: why an SME should split its network and what to sort out…
Blocking USB storage with Intune: when an SME should lock down sticks and drives
USB sticks and external drives on company laptops: when an SME should lock them down or set them to read-only — and how work carries on…