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The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has formally reprimanded The Electoral Commision as personal details of millions of UK voters were left "vulnerable to hackers"🫣 The hackers had access to this data for over a year between 2021 and 2022 but have since been kicked out. This comes as a result of passwords not being changed and software not being updated, an issue that the Electoral Commission claims to have since fixed🛠️ Read more: https://lnkd.in/g3dJYuxD #ico #cyberattack #cybernews #bbcnews #cybersecurity #CybersecurityRisk #cybersecurityexpert

Throwback to Watchguard Apogee 2024🔙 Colin and Ian were lucky enough to attend the Watchguard Apogee Conference in Amsterdam just a couple of months ago! Check out the highlight reel below to see this awesome event in action for yourself🎥🎬 #watchguard #watguardapogee #apogee2024 #businessevent #amsterdam #techevent #cybersecurity #TechSecurity

In light of the 2024 Summer Olympics beginning tomorrow, we thought we'd share a useful cybersecurity lesson for you IT folks out there!🦾 Staff may use their work devices to stream the Olympic games, which of course opens up a huge can of cybersecurity worms as it leaves your organisation vulnerable to cyber attacks😬 Here's the advice you as an organisation, should give to staff: 👉 Encourage staff not to use work devices to stream the Olympic Games or use web filtering to block sites 👉 Avoid clicking on suspicious links or ads 👉 Advise staff to get information or buy merch only from the official Olympics website For even more helpful tips, visit this article from TechRepublic: https://lnkd.in/g4ir2FtP #Olympics #SummerOlympics #2024Olympics #ParisOlympics #ParisOlympics2024 #OlympicGames #RoadtoParis2024 #Paris2024 #CybersecurityTips #ITSecurity #DataProtection #OnlineSafety #TechSecurity #WorkDevices #WebFiltering

Kind words from a satisfied customer following the global IT outage on Friday. It was undoubtedly a technological nightmare for many, but we are lucky to have an outstanding team of technical engineers who work tirelessly to keep things running smoothly!🙌 #customersatisfaction #happycustomer #clientspotlight #globalitoutage #itoutage #crowdstrike #microsoft #itprovider

As you may be aware, there are some very widespread IT issues being reported this morning, affecting everything from travel to TV stations and much, much more. Crowdstrike has since confirmed that this is due to a corrupted update file on Windows machines and that they are now rolling out a fix. Thankfully, our clients should not be experiencing much disruption from this, but for more info please make sure to take a look at your email inbox for any communications from us if you're a Nitec customer! For more info on the outage, please click here: https://lnkd.in/e-SJSwKQ #itoutage #crowdstrike #crowdstrikeoutage #microsoft #microsoftoutage #itnews #skynews #microsoftnews #crowdstrikenews

Bad news for Trello users🫣 Popular project management tool, "Trello" had its users' data stolen, including email addresses, full names and other account info. The information was accessed via an exposed API that allowed any unauthenticated user to map an email address to a Trello account, leaving users vulnerable to phishing attacks. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/ebV9tRb5 #trello #phishing #phishingattack #cybersecurity #CybersecurityRisk #cybersecurityawareness #cybersecurityexpert #hack #itnews #itprovider

Meet Nitec's Service Desk Manager, Chris!🎉 After 17 years you'd think we'd have introduced him by now, but now is as good of a time as any!🙈 Chris manages our team of skilled engineers who are dedicated to providing exceptional IT support to our clients. Swipe to read all about his journey at Nitec so far! #MeetTheTeam #EmployeeSpotlight #EmployeeAppreciation #StaffAppreciation #WorkCulture #WorkplaceCulture #ITSupport #TechnicalEngineer

📢Office Closure📢 Please note that our office is closed on Friday 12th and Monday 15th July. But fear not, our service desk will still be open from 9am - 5pm should you require any technical assistance! #openinghours #officeclosure #announcement

We all have the expectation that it will never happen to us - until it does. And then what?🤔 When it comes to cybersecurity, this kind of mindset just does not work❌ Cybersecurity is not something to fear or avoid. It's something that is absolutely necessary, otherwise, it's only a matter of time until some nefarious individual weeds their way into your network. Introducing... 'The Expectation Effect', where Gavin Woods explains why your mindset towards cybersecurity is holding you back. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ex2e-nMm #CybersecurityMindset #NetworkSecurity #CybersecurityAwareness #DataProtection #DigitalSecurity #Cybersecurity #SecurityAwareness #ITSecurity #CyberAwareness

It turns out we have some bowling prodigies here at Nitec!🎳 The past couple of Fridays we have been having some well-deserved fun and testing out our bowling skills - or embarrassing ourselves in front of each other as some would put it! As much as we love serving our amazing clients, we also feel it's important to spend time together and recharge the batteries every once in a while and what a fun way to do it!🎉😁 #TeamBonding #TeamBuilding #employeeappreciation #staffappreciation #worklifebalance #WorkCulture #belfast #nibusiness #fun #bowling