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Free Tools for Working from Home

The Coronavirus/Covid-19 pandemic is causing ongoing global disruption, in addition to the obvious illness and loss of life in most corners of the globe. Many countries are at different levels of lock-down, supported by the requirement or strong advice to work from home (WFH) if you possibly can.  This is putting some strain on the technical capabilities and budget of many individuals and organisations who were not previously well prepared for ongoing remote working.  Some of that strain is technical and quite visible, and some of it is security-related and more hidden. Here we wanted to let you know what

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phew and the Coronavirus, Covid-19

An altogether different type of virus Although we don’t like to appear alarmist, we are in the business of pre-empting and managing risk and so we prefer to be early and prepared, and to communicate well in advance of predictable scenarios. We are mindful of the potential disruptions that may be caused by the novel Coronavirus and the Covid-19 illness it causes, depending on how the pandemic progresses in Australasia. This is a just short post setting out our own processes and future plans in this regard. We do not anticipate any business continuity issues at phew in the event

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Antivirus – What’s the Deal?

What Is Antivirus? Antivirus software is a type of computer program designed to seek out and remove bad software and exploits like viruses, worms and spyware that can infect your computer. These threats are more generally referred to as “malware”, and antivirus is therefore often called “antimalware”. Malware is dangerous because it can easily allow your confidential data and information to be exposed to hackers. Effective antivirus solutions provide peace of mind that your systems are protected from various types of threat because they are able to adapt with the ever-changing cyber landscape. Antivirus is normally high on the ‘bang

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Additional Steps For Sophos Central Installations on MacOS 10.15 Catalina

Additional steps for Sophos Home installations on macOS 10.15 Catalina   What’s changed with Catalina MacOS After completing the Sophos installation, or upgrading to Catalina 10.15,  macOS users will need to perform additional steps in order to allow Sophos to fully protect their systems (especially to run Scans, and automatically remove malware from user folders), as well as to allow notifications to appear. This is due to a new security feature introduced by macOS 10.15-Catalina, related to Data protections, that requires users to manually grant Full Disk access to applications that need to access/modify user folders. Note:  Despite these changes, even

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How To Resolve Sophos TPM PIN Issue For Surface Pro PCs

How To Resolve Sophos TPM PIN Issue For Surface Pro PCs Users who are using Microsoft Surface Pro PCs or other slate type devices might face an issue saying “TPM Pin could not be created”. Follow the bellow instruction to fix it. PLEASE NOTE that you must be logged into the PC through an account that has local administrator privileges.  If you are not sure how to do this, or do not have such access, please ask your IT administrator before proceeding. Right-click on the Windows logo and click Run. Type gpedit.msc and hit Enter. Local Group Policy Editor window will

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How To Install Sophos Central Endpoint

How to Install the Sophos Endpoint Protection Client Application You will receive an email from Sophos asking you to download the installer file Click on the relevant link to download the Sophos Endpoint Protection installer. Note: Before you start installing Sophos Endpoint Protection, please uninstall your existing Antivirus application if you have any. Installing the Sophos Endpoint Protection Application: (MacOS) Unzip the Installer. Open the Sophos Installer.app file to start the installation. The Welcome screen will appear. Click Install. Enter local machine user credentials that allow application installations. Click Install Helper. The installation will start. Hit Quit once the installation

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What’s Happening in the World of Passwords

New Report LastPass have released their latest Global Password Security Report. The Report contains some great insights into employee password behaviour at over 47,000 businesses around the world. Password security has gained increased awareness over the last few years. However, the Report highlights that businesses still have a lot of work to do in the areas of password and access security. Who is LastPass? LastPass provides advanced password management solutions for businesses, with freemium products available for personal and family users. A user’s content, which includes passwords as well as secure notes, is protected by one master password. LastPass makes

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LastPass Teams/Enterprise – Accepting an Invitation

LastPass Teams/Enterprise – Accepting an Invitation When you receive an email invitation to join a LastPass Team or Enterprise account and you do not already have any kind of LastPass account, the steps you should follow are: Copy the Activation code and then click on Activate LastPass. This will take you to your web browser and you will see an Account Activation form. Paste the Activation code from the email above and then type in your new master password into the New Master Password field. (Remember the Master Password must meet the password criteria listed on this form). Then click

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LastPass Teams/Enterprise Invitations

LastPass Teams/Enterprise Invitations Please see these articles to help with understanding LastPass Teams/Enterprise invitations, and deciding what to do if you already have a LastPass account: Understanding LastPass Teams/Enterprise invitations I have an existing LastPass personal/free account and it is associated with my work/organisation email address I have an existing LastPass personal/free account and it is *not* associated with my work/organisation email address I do not have an existing LastPass account, and have received an invitation to join a Teams/Enterprise account

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