The 848 Group is delighted to announce it has earned the leading Cyber Essentials Plus Accreditation. Cyber Essentials is a proven Government backed scheme to guard organisations from cyber threats, endorsed by the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the IASME Consortium. Under the Cyber Essentials scheme, Cyber Essentials Plus is the highest level…

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At the beginning of the year, employees voted for the Dougie Mac Hospice and Samaritans as our 2022 charities. Our charity committee, which is made up of staff members from all areas of the business, created a charity roadmap and calendar of events to raise funds for these amazing causes. And we’re delighted to share that as a business we have raised £4343 which was split between the two charities!

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  Hackers are constantly evolving their techniques. The latest statistics show that a cyberattack takes place every 39 seconds. It’s important that your business is aware of emerging cybersecurity threats so you can respond accordingly and keep your critical data protected. This article looks at the latest cybersecurity threats that have surfaced this year and…

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Feeling stuck with your IT plan for the new year? A looming recession, rising cyber threats, and ongoing skills shortages will all impact your 2023 IT strategy. Due to the instability of the current economy and business environment, business leaders will need to tackle IT planning with precision to overcome challenges, get more out of their investments, and improve efficiency.

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The Adoption and Change Management Specialization validates expertise in helping clients embrace change. The 848 Group is delighted to have been awarded another Microsoft Specialization in Adoption and Change Management. This takes our total number of Specializations to 6. Earning this Specialization certifies our extensive capabilities in enabling customers to adopt Microsoft 365 services, and…

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Gartner has Predicted the Top 10 Technology Trends for Next Year Are you planning your strategy for 2023? Have you considered how the forecasted technology trends may impact your plans? Gartner has recently unveiled its predictions of technology trends for the new year, built on three key themes: Optimise, Scale, and Pioneer.  The three themes…

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Are you struggling to demonstrate the ROI of your CRM system? Is user adoption low and impacting outcomes? A CRM audit enables you to analyse usage, data accuracy, automation and more, to help you get more value out of your CRM.

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The Microsoft Exchange 2013 End of Life date is fast approaching. Running services and applications after their end-of-life date presents new security risks, whilst also impacting functionality and integration with other services. The longer you run a system past its’ end of support date, the bigger the issue becomes.

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Microsoft Teams is a secure collaboration platform built on Microsoft 365. You can use Teams to communicate with colleagues and clients, share files, documents, and content, and work together on projects in real time. This can be done via chat, calls, video meetings, file storage, and much more.

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Exchange Server 2013 will reach its extended end of support date on the 11th of April 2023. This means Microsoft will no longer provide security updates, patches, and technical support for the platform. Sticking with a service passed its end of support date creates a range of security and functionality risks.

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New features in Teams are here! During its annual Ignite event, Microsoft shared new features and updates coming to Microsoft Teams. As the world’s most popular collaboration platform, Teams took centre stage at Ignite as product leaders discussed rich new features and updates including, Mesh avatars, Microsoft Places, and Microsoft Teams Premium.

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There’s a common misconception that cybersecurity is all about tech. But that’s just one piece of the puzzle. An effective and robust security strategy is built on three pillars: People, Process, and Technology.

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As businesses tighten their defences against cybercrime, hackers are turning their attention to your people as a way to ‘get inside’. Just last year, Russian organised cyber criminals, attempted to launch a ransomware attack against Tesla by bribing one of its employees.

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Penetration testing (also known as pen testing or ethical hacking) is a simulated cyberattack on your IT systems, networks, and applications. The aim is to test and evaluate security levels by attempting a breach using the same approach as a hacker.

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This week Microsoft hosted Microsoft Ignite. The annual event reveals the latest features, updates, and technology coming to Business Applications, Microsoft 365, Azure, Industry Cloud, Power Platform, Security, Windows and more.

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