by Firstline IT | Jun 26, 2018 | Security
4,500 cyber attacks on businesses in the UK are successful With all the talk about strong passwords and educating staff not to fall for phishing emails, you could be forgiven for thinking that the age of security software had passed. But while it’s true that the...
by Firstline IT | May 25, 2018 | Client stories
Restaurants have never been just about the food. The décor, the service, the ambience all matter – and, these days, so does the wifi provision. Restaurants need good wifi to connect payment terminals to the till and, increasingly, to get orders to the kitchen. Guest...
by Firstline IT | May 25, 2018 | Security
passwords are the weakest link in todays cyber security Michael Chertoff Tweet Over the years, password hacking IT security systems has continued to be a major issue for cyber security teams. Frank Abagale, the famous con artist recently wrote about the need to remove...
by Firstline IT | Apr 16, 2018 | Security
Fed up with trying to remember up to 100 different passwords? There could be an end in sight… though not without its own challenges. The Web Authentication (WebAuthn) standard is just one step away from formal approval. When put into practice, it will mean that we can...
by Firstline IT | Mar 22, 2018 | Security
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is coming into force on 25 May 2018, and it’s the hottest of hot topics as every business tries to clean up its data protection act in time. But there is a danger that people are getting caught up in a tangle of...
by Firstline IT | Mar 15, 2018 | Security
The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25 May 2018. Although it is principally aimed at large companies – and they are the ones who’ll be getting the large fines if they are careless with our data – most of the rules about data...
by Firstline IT | Feb 22, 2018 | Security
If you’re a small business you may not have much to fear from the approaching enforcement of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The big fines and strict requirements are aimed at large global companies with huge amounts of sensitive consumer data. But...
by Firstline IT | Jan 11, 2018 | IT support
First Line’s IT Site Support Engineer Richard Woodwards is a walking, talking history of 40 years of business computing. Pinning Richard Woodwards down for an interview is not easy. As an IT Support Engineer, he is almost perpetually out and about, visiting client...
