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Practical guides for business technology decisions and everyday computer concerns.
Cybersecurity
Your personal email often helps recover other accounts. Protect that recovery route and keep a usable way to regain access if your usual phone or sign-in method is lost.
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Read the guide: Secure your personal email before it becomes your recovery weak pointCybersecurity
Choose a password manager by how your team will own, recover and share access. A secure-looking application can still be poorly operated if its only administrator leaves or recovery is misunderstood.
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Read the guide: Choose a password manager your team can operate safelyCybersecurity
Prepare the first-hour contact and authority plan before an incident. The goal is to know who can decide, how they can be reached and which qualified help is available when normal systems may be unreliable.
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Read the guide: Write a first-hour cyber incident contact plan before you need itCybersecurity
Compare managed security providers by the work they are accountable for. A long product list is less useful than a precise description of coverage, decisions, response and reporting.
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Read the guide: Questions to ask a managed security provider before signingCybersecurity
Build a cybersecurity budget from known gaps and the people needed to operate the controls. Buying several tools without ownership can leave the same business risks unresolved.
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Read the guide: Build a cybersecurity budget around the gaps you can explainCybersecurity
Office network security starts with knowing what is connected and who administers it. A strong Wi-Fi password is useful, but it does not answer questions about guest access, remote management or unsupported equipment.
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Read the guide: Office network security: questions beyond the Wi-Fi passwordCybersecurity
Prioritise patching with exposure, known exploitation and business consequence in view. A long list sorted only by a severity number is not a complete maintenance plan.
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Read the guide: How to prioritise business patching when everything looks urgentCybersecurity
An endpoint alert needs an owner, an authorised action and a record of the result. Installing protection software does not by itself establish who will investigate or respond.
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Read the guide: An endpoint alert is only useful if someone owns the next actionCybersecurity
SPF, DKIM and DMARC help receiving systems evaluate email-domain authenticity. They are useful controls, but they do not prove that a message’s business instruction is legitimate.
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Read the guide: SPF, DKIM and DMARC: what a business owner should ask
IT Procurement
Compare new and refurbished computers by the uncertainty you are willing to accept. Condition, battery health, warranty and specification consistency matter alongside the purchase price.
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Read the guide: New or refurbished business computers: compare the uncertainty