Unless you’re in the security business, you normally only hear in the news about the big companies that get hit with Ransomware, but the businesses that are getting hit the most are smaller firms, with between 1 and 10 employees. Gene Marks from The Guardian newspaper explains what happened to a small two person medical […]
In November 2019, Microsoft are going to be releasing the next major version of Windows 10. There is no exact release date yet, but we expect it to be between the 10th to the 15th. As we are partnered with Microsoft, we get to test the updates before they are released. This gives us the […]
Due to the high number of hackers that are breaking into Amazon accounts, Amazon is now recommending that all users turn on Two Factor Authentication (2FA) for extra security. If you would like to setup your Amazon account for 2FA, follow the instructions below. Note, there may be slight variations on different types of smartphones. […]
This is a common question from business owners who have all or some of their business critical data shared on OneDrive, Google Drive or Dropbox. Keep in mind that these programs are built specifically to share data and not to back it up. Going by the terms and conditions stated by Microsoft & Google, they […]
This ransomware is a variant of ransomware that will normally gain access to the network via an email that has a Microsoft Word attachment. It may even be sent from a trusted address, usually a supplier or someone who works in your own office. Upon clicking the attachment, all data on the PC will be […]
We Keep Your Precious Customer & Employee Data, Safe and Secure. Here are some questions that all business owners should be considering…. If you lose your business data forever, how would your business suffer? Would your business be able to continue as normal the next day? Do you ever worry about losing your data? Even […]
Types Of Businesses Being Targeted Normally small businesses with between 1 and 8 employees are being targeted. This is mostly because hackers know that small businesses of that particular size don’t pay enough attention or have enough training or invest enough into IT security for one reason or another. Larger businesses tend to have IT […]
At Carson IT we sell our own custom built PCs that we have been producing and supplying since 2008 for business clients throughout Northern Ireland and further afield. Specifically built for small businesses. Our custom built PCs are Fast, Secure and Affordable. Pricing for a custom built PC works out at least 15% cheaper than […]
On the 14th January 2020, Microsoft will stop releasing security updates for all versions of Windows 7. What does Windows 7 End Of Life mean? Any computer running Windows 7 after that date will become insecure and open to future vulnerabilities. There will be: No Security Patches No Updates No Compliance Businesses that use Windows […]
