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Technology is evolving at a rapid rate and the speed at which it is moving is allowing us to change the way we work, live and play. It’s fair to say that 2020 was a unique year but it has taught us just how important technology is and so how will 2021 shape up when it comes to trends? Read on to find out more.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

In this article, we look at the rules, policies and guidance around what types of content is –  and isn’t – allowed on social media websites.

Social Media Platforms

Social media platforms reflect many different views and motivations and can be used for harm (as well as good) e.g., cyberbullying, hate speech, grooming and more.  With social media forums positioning themselves as platforms rather than publishers, they are currently protected from the same regulation that publishers are subject to.  Given that there are now vast quantities of rules and guidelines introduced and published by the social media platforms themselves to show that they can work without the need for regulation or other intervention, this article focuses mainly on Facebook and Twitter as examples.

Here’s a question you’ve probably never thought about: If your IT guy went away, would you know where all the passwords, data, software licenses, and disks, key codes, and other important information were stored? Do you know how to log into your server? Do you know the passwords to all your employee’s workstations? Do you know where your offsite data is stored and how to access it? Is your network documented so that another IT person could come in and pick up where they left off? If not, your IT guy is holding you, prisoner.

In this article, we look not just at data breaches but also at the impact of data breaches on business and organisations.

Data Breaches

A personal data breach, as defined by the UK’s data watchdog and regulator, The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), is “a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data.” This definition highlights, therefore, that a breach could be accidental or deliberate, and could be more than just about losing personal data.  For example, data breaches could occur through third-party access, accidentally sending data to the wrong recipient, devices being lost or stolen, altering data without permission or losing the availability of personal data.

How do you handle network issues? If you’re like most small businesses, you wait until something breaks or goes wrong before getting an IT services company on the phone. At a glance, it makes sense. Why pay to fix something if it isn’t broken?

We regularly talk about cybersecurity and the need to make sure your systems secure.

However, one item that rarely gets mentioned is the actual data sitting behind your companies IT systems.

The majority of cybersecurity breaches that happen today encrypt corporate data.

As more and more breaches happen governments all around the world are looking to tighten up their legislation on data.

The Social Enterprise Support Fund opens for it’s third and final round at 1pm 10th September and will close at 1pm on 17th September. This could be the ideal way to get your IT infrastructure and software requirements in check, to ensure sustainability in the current climate!

This is the first in a series of help articles around Microsoft 365.  This one provides some useful tips and tricks about Microsoft Teams, right-now, one of Microsoft’s most popular applications due to the ability to bring people together that are physically in different locations.  The tool allows video conferencing, instant messaging and a whole host of other useful tools.  There are even applications that you can add inside of Microsoft Teams to extend the functionality further still.

‘Cloud’ has been the buzz term on IT for a good few years now and whilst there’s certainly merit in the flexibility and contingency the cloud offers, there are still several tangible benefits traditional on-premise server networks can offer.