Windows 7 – end of life – What do Charities and Non-Profit organisations need to know? When is the official ‘End of life’ for Windows 7? The official date is 14th January 2020. From this date Microsoft will no longer support or update Windows 7. Users will be given a notification (reminder) leading up to…
Being Cyber Essentials certified helps build resilience for the future and demonstrates to everyone involved, including; donors, supporters and beneficiaries that the organisation takes the protection of their data very seriously.
Brexit – Information and Guidance for Smartdesc Customers As the saga of Brexit rumbles on, we want to be clear on our position and how we are ensuring your service and your data remains unaffected. As you will know, some of our team (and one of our founding Directors) are based in Katerini, Greece. Here…
The Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership (CiSP) 6th September 2019, Smartdesc has been approved to join the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership (CiSP). The Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership (CiSP) is a joint industry and government initiative set up to exchange cyber threat information in real time, in a secure,…
Tools, Tips and Useful Resources Threat Map! • Kaspersky interactive real time threat map. This is an interactive real time threat map showing you cyber-attacks happening in real time across the world! How secure is your password? • Ever wondered how long it would take to crack a password? Check out this link.…
Highlights of general areas of non-compliance or bad practice we have come across, and how they can be alleviated with a solid Information Governance Framework.
When it comes to IT, do you find most of your time and energy is spent just keeping the lights on and fixing things when they break? If the answer is “yes”, you’re not alone. In a forever changing digital age, designing and maintaining a forward thinking and agile IT strategy can seem like…
The aim of Multifactor Authentication is to create barriers to anyone trying to access a user’s information, location, device or network without authorisation. The layers of security aim to make this much more difficult to break than just guessing a password.
Smartdesc Limited, the IT Services provider specialising in the charity and non-profit sector, has announced that they have entered into strategic partnership with the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) as a Trusted Supplier, following a detailed, competitive tendering process.
January is often a time for setting new goals, reflecting on past performance and for future planning. In this fast moving, competitive and forever changing digital age, a strategic review of the technology function is fundamental to the success of an organisation. For any sized organisation, in any sector, a comprehensive IT Strategy needs to…
