In this episode, Glenn takes 60 seconds talking about your options if you’ve got a server that’s still running Windows Server 2012. It goes out of support in October 2023, so you need to act before then.
If you have a VMware environment with vSphere 6.5 or 6.7, the end-of-life is 15th October 2022 so you need to upgrade urgently. Running EOL versions of vSphere (or any other critical software) would be automatic non-compliance with Cyber Essentials, as all your software and hardware must be within a current lifecycle and receive vendor … Read more
We are pleased to announce that Nexus has been awarded the public sector Framework Agreement Contract G-Cloud 13 for cloud hosting, cloud software and cloud support.
In our survey, obtaining Cyber Essentials was the top cyber goal in our cyber-security survey. We discuss the top 2 concerns.
Nexus Engineer Julian Dean describes his findings from vulnerability scans on clients
With cyber threat at an all-time high, it’s now more important than ever to ensure your company has secure, correctly-stored passwords. These are your first defence in protecting valuable and sensitive information from hackers and malware, so it’s vital to make them as secure as possible. Password-guessing is one of the most common ways a … Read more
EDITS: Changes added in Dec 2021, Feb 2022 and March 2022 as information was released. You may have heard the recent news that Microsoft’s commercial seat-based licences (User Subscription Licences) will be moving to the new commerce experience. But what exactly does this mean for Microsoft customers? Microsoft have already moved Azure Plan, Server Software, … Read more
IN BRIEF: WHAT IS IT? Lots of IT eqiupment uses software written in a language called Java. It’s particularly common in devices with embedded systems, including those with web-based admin interfaces. It’s normal for software developers to re-use common code to achieve common tasks. There’s a code library called Log4j which is used by lots of systems … Read more
Today is Computer Security Day – a great opportunity to review your security infrastructure and ask the difficult question – ‘just how secure are we?’. Did you know, more than 80% of UK organisations experienced a successful attack in 2020/2021? Read our top 5 computer security tips to help protect your business. Did you know … Read more
The 2021 NCSC annual report is out, discussing their work in cyber security. They say “we have offered support to 777 significant incidents– up from 723 the previous year – with around 20% of organisations supported linked to the health sector and vaccines”. On the SolarWinds IT management platform attack, they say “Russia’s Foreign Intelligence … Read more
So, you may have heard the news that Microsoft has released Windows 11; with the promise of being the best operating system so far, what exactly does this mean for you? We’ve asked our expert team for their thoughts. What’s New? From what we have seen, this feels more like a visual upgrade to Windows … Read more
We love the pace at which Microsoft is adding new functionality to Teams. As well as improving all the usual calling and meeting features, here are a couple of novel additions that we thought you might like to try. These could really help if you’re transitioning to a hybrid working environment or looking to modernise … Read more
