News for: IT & Comms

Manchester Digital has announced the launch of two fully-funded training programmes for SMEs across Stockport and Greater Manchester. The programmes add to the courses available in region through the government's Skills for Growth investment, which saw Manchester Digital and North West Skills … [Read more...]

Full fibre broadband connections for businesses have gone live in Stockport, Heaton Moor and Heaton Mersey following investment by ITS and the Faster Britain scheme. Businesses in these areas will be able to now benefit from Gigabit-capable infrastructure as part of technology group ITS's … [Read more...]

Dave Taylor from Amshire IT explains how the digital protection you think you have may not be up to scratch to protect against cybercrime. If you fall victim to a ransomware attack, it can cost you everything! In fact, such attacks cost businesses as much as £6 trillion per year! Now, you … [Read more...]

Dave Taylor from Handforth IT support experts, Amshire IT, explains how small businesses are still at risk from cybersecurity and data breaches. 28% of small businesses in the UK became victims of a data breach last year. That figure will be bigger this year thanks to the pandemic and increase … [Read more...]

Amshire IT's Dave Taylor explains how cybercriminals are increasing using tools like CAPTCHA to trick security software, and shares some simple hacks for spotting fake 'I am not a robot' pages. Cyber criminals will use whatever they can to trick us into taking the action they want us to. And … [Read more...]

Dave Taylor, Managing Director of IT support experts Amshire IT, explains the risks posed to businesses of Business Email Compromise attacks, and one easy way organisations can protect themselves from this kind of cybercrime. Imagine the horror of this. You’re at your desk, sending money to a … [Read more...]

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and Complete IT, IT services firm and part of Sharp, is sharing its expertise with businesses to help them stay safe. Cyber criminals attack businesses of all shapes and sizes, with "one small business in the UK successfully hacked every 19 … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has commissioned a programme of cyber resilience support that will help protect 300 small businesses from cybercrime at a critical time when many have expanded online operations due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The programme of support will be delivered by the North … [Read more...]