How to secure data on Microsoft Office 365

Although it may be tempting to think that with data in the cloud your business isn’t susceptible to data loss, it’s still vital to add an additional security layer to protect email from spam, phishing, ransomware and other advanced cyber threats. In fact, nowadays malware is usually sent via email and hosted on cloud storage platforms.

Protecting even a cloud-oriented business from known and unknown threats is therefore critical in order to instantly stop the spread of malicious software, phishing, ransomware, spam and business email compromise (BEC) – and best of all requires no high-tech skills.

What’s the solution?

With Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365, your company can protect Exchange Online, OneDrive files, SharePoint files, and Teams files against malware, phishing, spam, and other threats.

 

Make use of the most sophisticated technologies for your security and at the same time enjoy a quick start thanks to predefined policies and auto configuration.

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To support remote working in this challenging time, we’re offering 6 months’ FREE protection with the very latest version of Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365. This extends protection for SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams, securing all collaboration and messaging channels within Microsoft Office 365.

Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 uses advanced heuristics, machine learning and other next-generation technologies to protect your communication and collaboration processes from ransomware, malicious attachments, spam, phishing (including Business Email Compromise) and unknown threats.

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As Kaspersky Gold Partners, Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on the solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business.

To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

 

90% of malware is delivered via email. Is your business email secure?

Malware and email messages are, unfortunately, the same as bread to butter or hands to gloves. The two go hand in hand. In fact, the connection is so acute that it’s been found that over 90% of all known malware is delivered into companies via email.

And there’s even worse news for IT managers and systems administrators. Here’s some of the main points from the Cofense State of Phishing Defence report:

  • The average user / employee doesn’t go two full days between receiving phishing messages
  • More than 50% of phishing messages have the word “invoice” in the subject line
  • 21% of malicious emails carry harmful attachments or phishing-related malware

Given that this data was gathered over 135 million simulations, 800,000 emails and 50,000 actual phishing campaigns targeting companies in 23 industries, the threat is obviously a real one.

Protect your business email with a 6 month FREE Kaspersky trial!

To support remote working in this challenging time, we’re offering 6 months’ FREE protection with the very latest version of Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365. This extends protection for SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams, securing all collaboration and messaging channels within Microsoft Office 365.

Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 uses advanced heuristics, machine learning and other next-generation technologies to protect your communication and collaboration processes from ransomware, malicious attachments, spam, phishing (including Business Email Compromise) and unknown threats.

Sign up NOW for a FREE 6-month license and take protecting remote workers off your to-do list.

Why Kaspersky?

  • Prevent threats and keep your business running
  • Endpoint protection from the most tested, most awarded security vendor
  • Protect Windows desktops and file servers, Mac OS workstations, iOS and Android smartphones and tablets
  • Secure Microsoft Office 365 communication and collaboration

Want to find out more?

As Kaspersky Gold Partners, Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on the solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business.

To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

 

References:

https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/most-malware-arrives-via-email/d/d-id/1333023

Reopening the workplace after COVID-19: A checklist for businesses

As the UK and other countries and cities start to ease lockdown restrictions, this handy checklist for reopening business workplaces can help you jumpstart safe and efficient returns to work, and kick-starting of business.

You and your users have been quarantined in your homes for the past few days weeks months, and now
authorities are looking to lift restrictions and open up. You may be thinking, “We’ll be back soon, and I can get out of this house!” The problem is, if you just pick up and go, and don’t prepare for having people back in the workplace, you may run into issues that could have been easily avoided. So now is the time to prepare.

This checklist is not meant to be an exhaustive list, but it can help provide guidance as you look to reopen. It’s
organised into four sections:

  • People
  • Workplace
  • Technology
  • Your Customers

Every company’s situation is of course unique, but evaluating your plan with these components in mind can help you get organised and anticipate obstacles that may stand in the way.

Extra security layers for collaboration tools

As you can read in the Technology section of the checklist, many users have been using Microsoft Teams for collaborating with colleagues during the lockdown period. Yet one in three users experience data loss in cloud applications like Microsoft Office 365 and Google G Suite.

With more and more businesses now using the Microsoft Office 365 suite of tools, it’s more and more vital to ensure that your data is adequately backed up to avoid accidental loss, or the risk of being held to ransom for your own data.

We’ve pulled together a list of 4 reasons to add an additional layer such as Datto SaaS protection to your organisation’s data, and this video outlines Datto’s SaaS protection services in a little more detail.

Find out more

You can read more about Datto SaaS data protection in this article.

As Datto Partners, Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on the solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business.

To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

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Help during the COVID-19 crisis

The expert team at Complete IT Systems are publishing a series of guidance and tips to help you and your business through this situation. This covers all aspects of quickly providing safe, comfortable and efficient home offices for your users, including data security, collaboration tools, laptops, desktops, print and consumables, support for critical IT tasks, and more. Click here for our central COVID-19 resource hub.

 

 

FREE E-Signing throughout 2020!

In these trying times when the face-to-face signing of documents and contracts is no longer possible in many cases.

Nitro Sign is the smarter eSignature solution that keeps every business moving forward with 100% end-to-end digital document workflows from anywhere. Get documents signed smarter, faster and more securely – without the need for paper and pen.

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You can prepare your business now for the future of remote work with Nitro Sign Team FREE for the remainder of 2020! Get up and running quickly during these challenging times!

Here’s just some of the ways Nitro Sign can help your business!

 

What customers say

“We’ve already seen a positive impact from implementing Nitro Sign to facilitate everyday signature requests
that can now be completed much faster — and without involving paper.”

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Chief Information Officer, Baker Tilly

Want to find out more?

Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on various homeworking and remote working solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business.

To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

Help during the COVID-19 crisis

The expert team at Complete IT Systems are publishing a series of guidance and tips to help you and your business through this situation. This covers all aspects of quickly providing safe, comfortable and efficient home offices for your users, including data security, collaboration tools, laptops, desktops, print and consumables, support for critical IT tasks, and more. Click here for our central COVID-19 resource hub.

 

Back to work PPE packages

All businesses are now having to consider health and safety more than ever in order to create a safe and hygienic working environment for staff returning to work. Social distancing rules, sharing of equipment, positioning and cleanliness of desks and workstations, and educating staff about what they need to be doing are clear areas of concern.

To help with this, Complete IT Systems are offering 3 specially designed packages of workplace PPE materials:

Want to find out more?

Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on various PPE solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business.

To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

Help during the COVID-19 crisis

The expert team at Complete IT Systems are publishing a series of guidance and tips to help you and your business through this situation. This covers all aspects of quickly providing safe, comfortable and efficient home offices for your users, including data security, collaboration tools, laptops, desktops, print and consumables, support for critical IT tasks, and more. Click here for our central COVID-19 resource hub.

 

Get back to work safely with thermal imaging smartphones

The award winning Cat S61 smartphone is a fast, smart and reliable solution to detect individuals with an elevated skin temperature.

Thermal imaging technology allows users to quickly and efficiently screen people from a safe distance as they enter anything from an office to a shop.

Those identified can then be tested medically and provided with the necessary assistance.

Want to find out more?

Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on various PPE solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business.

To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

Help during the COVID-19 crisis

The expert team at Complete IT Systems are publishing a series of guidance and tips to help you and your business through this situation. This covers all aspects of quickly providing safe, comfortable and efficient home offices for your users, including data security, collaboration tools, laptops, desktops, print and consumables, support for critical IT tasks, and more. Click here for our central COVID-19 resource hub.

 

Glass screen dividers: Prepare your workplace and protect your staff

In response to the challenges faced by businesses looking to provide measures to protect their staff from the spread of airborne viruses, protective screens are a great way of securing your staff but getting them back to work in a productive manner.

The protective glass screens are an ideal solution to enable employees to social distance in the office, and other workplace environments.The glass is high enough to give protection but not too high to make employees feel cut off and isolated. The screens also reduce unwanted office noise as the material has sound-reducing properties. Glass also has the benefit of being easier to clean and resistant to scratches ensuring longevity. The screens can be manufactured to any size and can be made using toughened or laminated glass. The screens can include privacy bands and incorporate company branding such as logos. Fastenings for the screens are also included.

*Screens are made to order and can be bespoke to your exact requirements*.

Want to find out more?

Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on various PPE solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business.

To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

Help during the COVID-19 crisis

The expert team at Complete IT Systems are publishing a series of guidance and tips to help you and your business through this situation. This covers all aspects of quickly providing safe, comfortable and efficient home offices for your users, including data security, collaboration tools, laptops, desktops, print and consumables, support for critical IT tasks, and more. Click here for our central COVID-19 resource hub.

 

6 months’ FREE Kaspersky protection for Office 365

Working remotely is now mandatory for many users – including some whose companies have never even considered it before. IT leaders worldwide are having to react quickly to support remote workers, and ensure their cybersecurity. Many are turning to collaboration solutions based on the Microsoft Office 365 suite, and if this includes you, we’re here to help you.

6 months FREE Kaspersky protection!

To support remote working in this challenging time, we’re offering 6 months’ FREE protection with the very latest version of Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365. This extends protection for SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams, securing all collaboration and messaging channels within Microsoft Office 365.

Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 uses advanced heuristics, machine learning and other next-generation technologies to protect your communication and collaboration processes from ransomware, malicious attachments, spam, phishing (including Business Email Compromise) and unknown threats.

Sign up NOW for a FREE 6-month license and take protecting remote workers off your to-do list.

Why Kaspersky?

  • Prevent threats and keep your business running
  • Endpoint protection from the most tested, most awarded security vendor
  • Protect Windows desktops and file servers, Mac OS workstations, iOS and Android smartphones and tablets
  • Secure Microsoft Office 365 communication and collaboration

Want to find out more?

As Kaspersky Gold Partners, Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on the solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business.

To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

 

Cost-effective flexible communication connections on O2

In these unprecedented times, it is important that businesses are still able to communicate effectively and flexibly. That’s why Complete IT Systems are offering our customer base Flexible Energized SIM Connections on O2 – a communications lifeline with no contract.

The E241S enables you to access 4G Internet, Wi-Fi and GPS, to download apps, plus lots of other services. The KaiOS operating system brings essential smartphone functions to classic mobile phones.

Energizer E241S 4G at just £39*.

Features

1900 mAh battery – 28 hours Talk Time – 6 days Standby Time.
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Additionally, a 60 day SIM on O2:

ALL with Unlimited Voice/Texts, PLUS:

  • 2GB Data at £11.75 per month
  • 5GB Data at £12.75 per month
  • 8GB Data at £14.50 per month

To order your Energizer and SIM now, please contact us

To order your Broadband Failover solution now, simply give us a call on 0333 772 9544 or email us at .

Talk to us – we’re just at the end of a phone

Complete IT Systems Ltd have been providing these services to our customers for over 10 years and have many satisfied clients. For more information on the support packages, or just to get some general advice on IT and business supplies during the crisis, please call us on 01274 396 213 or email us on .

You can also see the full range of products and services we offer, or read more about our support services here.

Help during the COVID-19 crisis

The expert team at Complete IT Systems are publishing a series of guidance and tips to help you and your business through this situation. This covers all aspects of quickly providing safe, comfortable and efficient home offices for your users, including data security, collaboration tools, laptops, desktops, print and consumables, support for critical IT tasks, and more. Click here for our central COVID-19 resource hub.

(*plus £6.00 p&p. Device delivered directly to the remote workers address)

Coronavirus and cybersecurity – what’s the impact in the UK?

Arguably, the cyber security industry has never had a more important role to play than keeping mission-critical organisations and agencies safe from cyber attacks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

And this is especially true for the UK, which has by far the highest number of reported instances in the world of malicious spam emails with ‘coronavirus’ in the subject line.

This article was previously published here. On our COVID-19 resource hub, we have a range of cyber security options and services to keep your business’ valuable data safe on cloud applications, including BitDam for Microsoft Teams and Zoom, Barracuda firewalls, and Datto SaaS Protection for Office 365.

Cyber threat actors are actively attacking the World Health Organisation (WHO) and there has been a rise in scams touting fake cures for the novel coronavirus, said Paul Dwyer, CEO of Dublin-based Cyber Risk International, which specialises in developing corporate cyber defence programs. Dwyer was the guest on this week’s edition of Task Force Seven Radio, with host, George Rettas, the president and CEO of Task Force Seven Radio and Task Force Seven Technologies.

At the same time as the attacks are occurring, “we’re also seeing the ingenuity, the collaboration, the people putting egos to one side and just trying to work together to come up with solutions,’’ said Dwyer, who is also president of the International Cyber Threat Task Force.

He said cyber security professionals play an integral role in helping find a cure for the coronavirus. “At the end of the day, the solution is going to come from a line of code or some sort of system that has been supported from an IT perspective, and that means that it has to be secure,’’ Dwyer said.

There is also a realisation “that national borders don’t matter anymore,’’ he said. “It’s about humanity being connected and trying to deal with this threat, and the solution will lie in the ability to be able to communicate effectively, to be able to analyse data, to be able to distinguish between fake and real and be able to end this. I do believe it’s bringing out the best and the worst in people.”

Noting that there is a huge focus on hand washing right now, Rettas asked Dwyer to discuss the parallels that can be drawn between that and good cyber hygiene.

Just as there are contagion factors that can be caused by someone who is infected with the coronavirus, Dwyer said, a system can be infected malware when basic controls such as patching and applying updates are not practiced.

One small player can cause a widespread cyberattack, Dwyer said.

“I’m unfortunately putting out a bit of a negative message, a warning, to people saying all these bad guys … have been holding off,’’ he said. Then he issued a dire prediction.

“The big one is going to happen in relation to the financial sector in particular, because [hackers are] highly organised … The general defences of cyber hygiene stops most attacks as we all know, but the big organised guys, — we can see that they’re rubbing their hands and they’re getting ready to make moves and more sophisticated moves on the larger targets.”

But beyond the financial sector, Dwyer said he believes healthcare remains a big target too.

The Geopolitics Of Cyber Security

The conversation then turned political and after Dwyer mentioned he has interviewed National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, Rettas said he couldn’t “ squander the opportunity” and asked Dwyer for his thoughts about Snowden’s actions.

“I think he did the world a favour,’’ Dwyer replied. “I’ve interviewed him twice. Supremely nice and intelligent guy … I understand his motivations and his passion.”

Dwyer went on to say that Snowden brought “attention to the fact that things were going on that shouldn’t be going on,” and that “he’s done the world a favour and he’s given us a chance to reflect upon privacy,” which he said he advocates for.

In response to a question by Rettas about Snowden’s future, Dwyer said he believes he’s willing to come back to the US “as long as there’s a guarantee that he won’t be tortured.” He added that depending on becomes president after the 2020 election, he might even be pardoned.

Rettas then pivoted the conversation back to the fact that geopolitics plays a big role not only in issues like that, but in the country’s response to the COVID-19 virus as well. He asked whether it’s important for a CISO to understand geopolitics?

Dwyer responded that it absolutely is and noted that a lot of hackers’ actions are motivated by “national pride.”

He likened hackers to “being on the Olympic team of their country,” and said that “when we saw lots of hacking coming in from China and … still do obviously, a lot of this was about nationalistic pride. It wasn’t about making money. It wasn’t about scam artists … whether it was Russia, whether it was Nigeria, a lot of it was just about nationalistic pride.”

Dwyer also said he thinks in every crisis and every challenge, there’s an opportunity, and the COVID-19 virus presents both.

When he founded the International Cyber Threat Task Force, he said that “one of the goals was to form an organisation where all the good guys can work together” and share knowledge with “the right kinds of people” and train together with the goal of disrupting cyber attackers.

CISOs And Risk Management

Rettas noted that Dwyer advises CISOs all over the world, and that risk is a big part of their jobs, “but effective CISOs really map the residual risk of controls back to their business objectives.” This is a language that corporate boards understand, Rettas pointed out, and it also helps the CISO gain credibility. He asked Dwyer to discuss how a CISO determines what metrics should be communicated to the board and how the net message should be crafted? And, if a CISO is not a risk professional, can they even do their job?

Dwyer said that meaningful metrics are when a CISO is able to tie any residual risk identified back to the key objectives of the business. “So, if the business objective is it wants to roll out a new app or it wants to get X thousand customers onto an online system, and you’ve identified that there are cyber risks around that and you’re able to quantify those — not subjectively, but empirically actually put numbers on those and have science behind it — then the business will eat that up.”

The solution, he continued, “is to marry the principles of security risk management.” That means have security practices around confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and incorporating them into a risk management program that the business will understand, he said. To make this happen, CISOs absolutely have to understand the business they are in, Dwyer stressed. It’s not enough to say, “Oh, I’m business aligned. They don’t even know what business aligned means,” he said.

Admitting that what he was about to say makes him “lose friends,” Dwyer then posited that “cybersecurity doesn’t belong to the CISO. It belongs to the CEO … I always feel that cybersecurity should be integrated as part of the enterprise risk management program.”

And, he added that a CISO should not be working under the CIO since they’re trying to innovate and keep systems running.

A CISO should report to the enterprise risk manager, and ultimately, the executive board and the CEO, Dwyer said.

At the end of the day, the CISO “is as much a salesperson as a politician, as a subject matter expert. And it’s a business leader position,’’ he said. “That person needs to be able to sell ideas within the organisation … be able to collaborate, be able to join people together with different opinions, to be able to support and understand the business model.”

A CISO is “sometimes a person with a big personality, sometimes a person that’s good with people, a good communicator, good business [savvy],’’ he added. “They’re very important skills that a CISO should have.”

Help during the COVID-19 crisis

The expert team at Complete IT Systems are publishing a series of guidance and tips to help you and your business through this situation. This covers all aspects of quickly providing safe, comfortable and efficient home offices for your users, including data security, collaboration tools, laptops, desktops, print and consumables, support for critical IT tasks, and more. Click here for our central COVID-19 resource hub.