Tagged: backups
The backup password on the laptop you're backing up
Recovery controls fail in a way audits miss: the control quietly depends on the very thing it is meant to recover you from. We found five in our own systems in a week — here's the one question that finds them, and a two-hour fix.
Read → GuideIT & Cyber Security for Veterinary Practices in the UK
A plain-English IT and cyber security guide for UK vets: protect client and pet data, keep practice software running, take payments safely, and stop phishing.
Read → GuideIT Security for Dental and Healthcare Practices: A Practical Guide
How UK dental and healthcare practices can protect patient data under UK GDPR and the NHS DSPT, keep clinical software running, back up safely and control access.
Read → GuideIT for Manufacturing and Engineering Firms in the UK
A plain-English IT and cyber security guide for UK manufacturers and engineers: keeping the shop floor running, protecting designs and IP, separating office and operational tech, and reliable backups.
Read → GuideIT Support for Care Homes in the UK: A Practical Security Guide
A plain-English guide to IT for UK care homes: protecting resident and staff data, CQC-aware information governance, reliable Wi-Fi and devices, and business continuity.
Read → GuideIT Support for Marketing and Creative Agencies in the UK
A plain-English IT and cyber security guide for UK marketing and creative agencies: protecting client data and assets, secure cloud collaboration, reliable backups and device security for a mobile team.
Read → GuideIT and Connectivity for Construction Trades: A Practical Guide
A plain-English guide to IT for UK construction firms: multi-site connectivity, rugged devices, job software, VoIP on site and backing up your drawings.
Read → GuideBusiness Continuity Plan for a Small Business: A Plain-English Guide
A jargon-free guide to writing a business continuity plan for your UK small business, covering key risks, RTO and RPO, backups and how to test it.
Read → ArticleCloud Backup Services for Business Compared: How to Choose Well
How to choose a cloud backup service for your small business: the criteria that matter, why Microsoft 365 still needs backing up, and how to test that restores actually work.
Read → ArticleRansomware and UK Small Businesses: How Firms Get Hit and How to Stop It
How a small UK business really gets hit by ransomware, and the handful of controls, backups, MFA, patching and staff awareness, that actually prevent it.
Read → ArticleHow to Securely Dispose of Old Computers and Data
Selling or scrapping an old work computer? Here's how to wipe data properly, when to destroy the drive, and how to recycle old kit legally — in plain English.
Read → GuideIT and Cyber Security for Retail Shops: A UK Owner's Guide
A plain-English guide to IT and cyber security for UK retail shops: safer card payments, splitting till and guest Wi-Fi, staff logins and backups that actually work.
Read → GuideBusiness Backups: The 3-2-1 Rule and Disaster Recovery
The 3-2-1 backup rule explained for UK small businesses: what to back up (including Microsoft 365), how to test restores, and recovering from ransomware.
Read → ArticleCyber Security for a Small Ecommerce Business
How to protect a small UK online store: securing your platform and plugins, safe payments, customer data under UK GDPR, spotting fraud, and backups that actually restore.
Read → ArticleCloud vs On-Premise for Small Business: An Honest Comparison
An honest, jargon-free comparison of cloud vs on-premise IT for UK small businesses — the real trade-offs in cost, security, control and when each approach makes sense.
Read → ArticleMicrosoft 365 Backup: Why Microsoft Won't Save Your Data
Microsoft 365 doesn't back your data up the way most business owners assume. Here's the shared responsibility gap, and why you still need a proper backup.
Read → ArticleCloud Storage for Business Compared: OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox and Privacy-First Options
Compare business cloud storage — OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox and privacy-first Proton Drive — on security, sharing, UK/EU data and the backup vs sync trap.
Read → ArticleHow Much Should a Small Business Spend on IT and Security?
A plain-English guide to setting an IT budget for your UK small business — what to spend, the categories that matter, and how to weigh value against cost.
Read → PlaybookThe 30-Day Small Business Security Hardening Playbook
A plain-English, week-by-week 30-day plan any UK small-business owner can follow to lock down MFA, backups, email, passwords and updates.
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