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Is EDR, MDR or XDR the best for keeping your business cyber-safe?

If you’re a small business owner navigating the ever-expanding world of cybersecurity, chances are you’ve come across the acronyms EDR, MDR, and XDR. It’s a complicated landscape and its sometimes hard to know the difference, never mind the right choice! Let us help you make the right choice…

World Backup Day 2025

March 31st is World Backup Day, a reminder that data is one of the most valuable assets for businesses. Somehow, many organisations still fail to implement a robust backup strategy and only discover this when disaster strikes.

Windows 11 upgrade easier than ever!

Windows 10’s end-of-life date is fast approaching – we talked about it here! On October 14 2025, Microsoft will officially stop providing security updates, patches and technical support.

What is a Password Spray Attack?

A Chinese botnet of over 130,000 devices has been detected to be attacking M365 accounts recently using outdated authentication for a Password Spray attack.

M365 features to start using!

Microsoft 365 is a whole eco system of applications, everyone knows the main ones such as Word, Excel, Outlook and such.

Stolen Phone? Intune to the rescue!

Imagine the scenario: you’re walking down a busy street, trying to find your next customers office for that important meeting. You pull out Google maps, and just like that—your phone is gone.

Windows 10 is End of Life!

Microsoft declared that Windows 10 is reaching its “end of life” in October 2025. This means Microsoft will stop providing essential updates and support for this version of its operating system.

Use AI To Be More Productive

Productivity helpers are everywhere, multiple are included with Microsoft 365 such as To Do and Planner. Traditional methods like these to-do lists and kan-ban planners have their place, but artificial intelligence (AI) tools are changing the game. With AI, managing your schedule, staying on top of tasks and even taking meaningful breaks becomes easier and more efficient.

Windows Server 2025 Update Debacle

In November 2024, Microsoft experienced a significant mishap that inadvertently labelled a full-scale Windows Server 2025 operating system upgrade as a routine security patch. This error had some significant consequences…

FREE Office 365 Security Health Check

As businesses move to agile mobile solutions such as Office 365, cyber criminals are exploiting this choice, to many Office 365 is new technology platform. Once a business has migrated key services to these always on services they become dependent on their availability and make the assumption the platform is secure by default.