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Are you getting the most out of your tech stack? We’re living in the age of the app, where there is an app for everything. In fact there’s a hundred apps for everything. If you look at your phone right now, how many apps do you have on it? And how many apps do you […]

Business is booming for cybercriminals as they’ve stolen a record $107 million from Australian businesses and individuals. This is an annual increase of 18% on what had been stolen in 2017 (which previously held the title for most money stolen). This increase likely does not come as a surprise to most, given the amount of […]

The Human Element You’ve just invested in some new infrastructure, and security features to lock down your firms data. Your IT guy has assured you that your security’s covered. But there’s one risk, the largest risk to any business, which has been unaddressed. The human risk. Human error Human error, is an unbelievably broad term […]

Clear Your Downloads On the majority of accounting firms computers there is a location hiding in plain sight, which contains an abundance of sensitive client information. Most firms don’t even realise that there is data stored here. But on every computer there is a Downloads folder, and on most peoples it balloons unmonitored to become […]

Saving Passwords in Browsers We’ve all been there. You sign up for ANOTHER website and have to create ANOTHER password… Luckily (or not as is the case) your browser comes to the rescue and says ‘Would you like me to save your password?’ You click save, and think that’s the end of it. You don’t […]

The Hackers Treasure Trove Email inboxes, and the treasure trove of information they contain, are now the number one risk for accounting firms. Any email that can be accessed externally by a phone or remote device is susceptible to hacking, and even emails still on a server can be at risk. One of the reasons […]