August 2024 Newsletter
August 2024
Hello,
Welcome to our August 2024 newsletter update.
Pleased to Support the NWAA
Last week we had the pleasure of donating an iPad to the North West Aerospace Alliance (NWAA), which we are a member of, as a prize for their raffle.
The raffle is being held at their annual ball in November and will raise funds for the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association which is a fantastic cause.
Pictured left is Rob, our Senior Account Manager, and Kirsty, our Marketing Manager, handing over the iPad.
All About Endpoint Security
Hackers continue to target endpoints (PCs and laptops), with research showing that 70% of breaches worldwide originate at an endpoint.
Add that to the fact that IT networks have an increasing number – and wider variety – of endpoints, it is more important than ever to ensure your endpoints are secure…
You can read more about endpoint security here >
Poor Security at the Electoral Commission Let Hackers Access 40 Million Voters’ DetailsYou may have seen the news earlier this month that the Electoral Commission has been formally reprimanded by the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) over a cyberattack which occurred in 2021.
The ICO found voters’ personal details were left “vulnerable to hackers” because passwords were not changed and the Electoral Commission’s software had not been updated.
You can read more about it here >
All About Business Email Compromise
Business email compromise (BEC) occurs when a criminal accesses a work email account to trick someone into transferring money, or to steal valuable (or sensitive) data.
In a typical BEC attack, the victim (who believes they are responding to a legitimate request) is coerced into transferring money into an account controlled by the criminal.
Click here to find out more about BEC and how to prevent it >
All About Cloud-Based Phone Systems
The ISDN switch off is happening in the coming years, which will mean the end of analogue phone lines as we know them, so businesses need to start looking at an alternative telephone service ASAP.
Luckily NCS can help! We are able to offer cloud-based phone systems which allow you to make calls over the internet rather than a traditional analogue phone line. They are also known as VOIP, cloud PBX or a hosted PBX system.
Find out more about cloud-based phone systems here >
Case Studies
We have added new case studies to our website. These include a business that was saved from a possible cyberattack by one of our quick-thinking helpdesk engineers and a school who modernised their IT infrastructure using flexible financing to minimise their upfront costs.
You can find our case studies on our website here >
