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Restaurant POS security: stop breaches before Friday night service

Monday, 13 April 2026 by Raphael Waller

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It’s 7:30pm on a Friday. The dining room is full, your POS terminals are taking payment from card after card. But somewhere on your network, an attacker who joined your guest Wi‑Fi an hour ago is quietly harvesting customer and payment data. In almost every breach we see, the root cause is the same: a flat network where guest Wi‑Fi, staff

Published in Cyber Security, Managed IT

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The People Factor: Why Technical Controls Fail Without Human Training

Tuesday, 17 March 2026 by Viki Asimov

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What’s the point in spending tens of thousands on security infrastructure, getting it all configured properly, running penetration tests which come back clean only to have, three months later, someone in accounts clicking on a fake invoice and compromising the entire network. I’ve been thinking about why this keeps happening, and I don’t think it’s actually

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The Distributed Creative Team: Technology That Enables Remote Collaboration

Friday, 13 February 2026 by Pratik Patel

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Can a distributed creative team hit deadlines without late-night panic, version chaos, and endless “where’s the latest file?” messages? Yes, but only when operating rules come first and tools come second. It’s Thursday evening. The client deck is due tomorrow morning. Someone updates slide 7, another person tweaks the narrative, a third person “just fixes

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The Hidden Truth About Hotel IT Budgets

Wednesday, 21 January 2026 by Sagi Saltoun

Are hotels spending enough on managed IT services? No, they’re not. And I’m not just saying that because that’s what we do. Hotels spend 4.2% of revenue on technology, but most of that goes to maintaining failing systems rather than preventing problems from arising. Meanwhile, UK hospitality businesses face median downtime costs of £600 per hour, with

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The Triple AI Threat: Data Leaks, Hallucinations, and the Trust Crisis

Wednesday, 29 October 2025 by Sagi Saltoun

Research shows 77% of employees share sensitive company data through ChatGPT and similar tools. Most don’t understand the AI data protection UK regulations require. They see a helpful assistant. They don’t see that every query creates a potential GDPR violation. This pattern is repeated time and again: Each interaction seems harmless. Collectively, they represent systematic data

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What is Your Data and Reputation Really Worth? Understanding the Full Impact of Data Breaches for Nursery Schools

Thursday, 16 October 2025 by Raphael Waller

Impact on Nursery Schools of a Data Breach

How can nursery leaders and boards realistically protect the children and communities they serve from the escalating threat of cyberattacks? Are best-practice policies and supplier arrangements really keeping pace with today’s risks, and what happens if they do not?