Meltdown and Spectre
What is the problem? It is essentially a hardware design mistake, and it affects a huge number of devices and systems, from all of the major manufacturers, in theory dating…
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GDPR glossary
The General Data Protection Regulation shares many terms with the Data Protection Act. This is a layman’s guide to the most commonly used terms. We also have a general key things…
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This website is insecure!
With the expansion of online banking, home automation and much more, we need to pay ever more attention to online security. The last few years has seen a mammoth increase…
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Our new domain name services (DNS)
To enable us to provide a complete service to our clients we are pleased to announce that we have launched a new, fully Nominet registered and approved, domain name registration and…
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Don’t lose Office 365 emails
A lot of businesses and individuals have taken up Office 365. On the surface there’s a lot to like: automatic software updates, access to the latest versions of key business applications, predictable monthly…
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What are security certificates for?
Digital certificates make secure transactions across the internet work. A certificate exists for every secure domain that you visit (banking, on-line shopping, etc.), and your web browser automatically collects and…
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Clouds of clouds
There’s a new expression in circulation, “multicloud”. It’s just the thing for buzzword bingo, but what does it mean? At Bristol IT Company, we’ve been fans of the cloud for years. We use…
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Don’t be held to ransom
In the past we’ve blogged on numerous occasions about the threats presented to businesses by email born viruses and ransomware (see our Phishing, spear phishing and whaling post) – which…
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Phishing, spear phishing and whaling
Urban myth: SMEs are not targets of cyber attacks You might think that your SME wouldn’t be a target for cyber criminals simply because larger companies offer greater opportunities, but you’d…
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