FAQs

Cyber Security Questions

Updates can prevent security issues and improve compatibility and program features. Software updates are necessary to keep computers, mobile devices and tablets running smoothly — and they may lower security vulnerabilities. Data breaches, hacks, cyber attacks and identity theft have all been in the news.

Cyber Essentials is an effective, Government backed scheme that will help you to protect your organisation, whatever its size, against a whole range of the most common cyber attacks.

Cyber Essentials is a United Kingdom certification scheme designed to show an organisation has a minimum level of protection in cyber security through annual assessments to maintain certification. Backed by the UK government and overseen by the National Cyber Security Centre.

Security-first means considering cybersecurity at the centre of every business decision. That applies to obvious areas like computer and software choice and things like your business model, pricing, partnerships and hiring practices.

Being security-first is about restructuring your thinking, so cybersecurity is no longer an afterthought.

Mircosoft 365 Questions

Left click and hold on the email in your inbox. Drag the email down to the task icon at the bottom left of your screen until the icon turns blue and your cursor acquires a + symbol.

Firstly company emails should never simply be deleted. Archiving emails is important to ensure that the information contained in them remains available at all times. However, the archive itself should be part of your backup plan and protected against system failure!

When email data is stored on live servers, it can greatly reduce performance as the server gets fuller. Archiving emails will speed up the process of loading and accessing the emails you really want to see.

There are a number of proprietary archiving solutions for emails that can be used which are particularly useful and necessary if you have compliance issues to contend with. Alternatively you can set up an Archiving rule in Outlook to auto archive emails automatically after a period of time.

Windows Questions

You can upgrade to Windows 11 if you and your PC are ready and willing provided you are sure any legacy applications and business software will run on the new Operating system and your hardware is suitable. However there is no immediate need to upgrade, Windows 10 will be around for quite a while yet.

Permanently disabling automatic updates in Windows 10 may cause security and stability problems, so you may prefer to “pause” to install them at a more convenient time.

To disable automatic updates temporarily, use these steps:

    • Open Settings.
    • Click on Update & Security.
    • Click on Windows Update.
    • Click the “Pause updates for 7 days”

There are a number of proprietary archiving solutions for emails that can be used which are particularly useful and necessary if you have compliance issues to contend with. Alternatively you can set up an Archiving rule in Outlook to auto archive emails automatically after a period of time.