Can Your Infrastructure Handle AI? The Backup, Ransomware and Storage Questions to Answer First AI is moving quickly through Irish organisations, and much of the infrastructure underneath it was built for a very different set of demands. As large language models, AI agents and automated workflows become part of everyday operations, data volumes climb, data […]
A report from Brandefense on the Irish threat landscape makes for uncomfortable reading. Irish organisations are being actively targeted. Data is appearing on dark web forums. Phishing campaigns are running undetected. Attack surfaces are exposed in ways that most IT and security teams are simply not aware of. Read the report here: Ireland Cybersecurity Threat […]
Taking Control of Cloud Data Risk: What Irish Organisations Need to Know Ask most IT or security leads in Irish organisations where their sensitive data lives and you will get a variation of the same answer: mostly in the cloud, probably across a few SaaS tools, and possibly some places we have not fully mapped […]
Every week, there’s a new headline about a cyber-attack. Often, the blame lands squarely on one product or vendor: a firewall didn’t stop the breach, or a vulnerability (CVE) was discovered in a popular tool. But this “blame game” misses the real issue. Cyber threats aren’t caused by one failing product. They’re the result of […]
Theta Lake’s recently published Compliance & Security Report 2024/25 shines a light on how modern communication complexity is overwhelming compliance efforts particularly within regulated industries. It shows that over a third of organisations now use seven or more collaboration platforms, while two-thirds fear that staff are using unmonitored channels in their work. The downloadable report […]
In the ever-evolving digital landscape, securing Microsoft 365 environments has become increasingly challenging for MSPs. Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) stands as the most effective defence against account breaches and greatly reduces the risk of unauthorised access. However, Microsoft’s deprecation of Entra ID Legacy MFA and the limitations of security defaults, such as 90-day token lifetimes and […]
Full remote and hybrid working arrangements are becoming the norm in many businesses, and are growing in popularity in public sector organisations. This move to partial or complete remote working is true for “knowledge workers” outside of the IT department, but it is also increasingly true for IT staff who perform System Admin functions or […]
The best-developed software applications in the world may as well not exist if IT teams can’t deliver them in a highly performant and continuously available way to the people who need them. The development process for creating good applications is important. But so are the processes and the people who make sure that applications are […]
Ransomware attacks are an ongoing threat to educational institutions of all sizes. These attacks cause significant disruptions to educational operations by encrypting critical data, such as student records and online learning systems. Attackers often also steal data as well as encrypt it, and there are threats to release this stolen data on the dark web […]