How on-demand cloud is contributing to the ransomware problem
“Attention! All your files have been encrypted.” More and more businesses are being greeted with messages such as this one, with ransomware attacks against businesses having increased threefold last...
View ArticleFive ways to protect yourself from a ransomware disaster
Here, Matt Kingswood, UK head of managed service provider IT Specialists, gives us his top tips to avoid ransomware. Last year, business ransomware attacks increased threefold. Small- to medium-sized...
View ArticlePetya Ransomware Returns, Wrapped In Extra Nastiness
There’s no honour among thieves, as a group of attackers has hijacked the Petya ransomware and use it in targeted attacks against companies without the program creators’ knowledge. A computer Trojan...
View ArticlePlanning and practice can keep you prepared for a ransomware attack
Business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) plans are a crucial strategy for preventing and recovering from ransomware attacks. Organisations from many industries have recently fallen victim to...
View ArticleITS announced as a double CIR Business Continuity Awards finalist
IT Specialists (ITS) is shortlisted for the Cloud-based Services and Most Effective Recovery of the Year categories in the CIR Business Continuity Awards 2017. As a provider of critical managed IT...
View ArticleNHS cyber-attack: cybersecurity experts reflect on the lessons
NHS hospitals have been delaying operations, transferring patients and resort to logging information with pen and paper in the wake of the biggest cyber-attack to ever hit the organisation. Ransomware...
View ArticleCybersecurity: Are your employees doing their part?
Here, Paul Barber, integration manager at IT Specialists (ITS) tells us how you can educate your staff on cybersecurity. If you were a hacker, would you target your small business or a large enterprise...
View ArticleAre MSPs equipped to offer ransomware recovery?
Ransomware is on the rise, but MSPs may struggle to offer their customers a solution With the undeniable growth of ransomware (80% in 2016, according to McAfee), managed service providers (MSPs) have...
View ArticleCybercrime: How often do you practice your business continuity plan?
As head honcho, you know exactly how much blood, sweat and tears went into building your corner of the corporate world. In many ways, it is like your child – you raised it from nothing. But to ensure...
View ArticleCyber weakest link?
Don’t let your weakest link bring your business down, writes Paul Barber, an infrastructure manager from managed service provider IT Specialists. We’ve all heard the saying “A chain is only as strong...
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