In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses of all sizes face an increasingly complex array of cybersecurity threats. From data breaches and ransomware attacks to sophisticated phishing scams, the risks to sensitive information and critical infrastructure have never been greater. As a result, organisations are turning to cybersecurity consolidation as a strategic approach to strengthen...
Cybersecurity Consolidation: Streamlining Your Business' Defences
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Windows 11: To upgrade or not to upgrade? That is the question
Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield. After first being announced earlier this year, Microsoft’s latest operating system (OS) Windows 11 was finally made available to a select number of users earlier this month.
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Work smarter, not harder. 3 typical use cases for IoT.
Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield. You might already be familiar with the term Internet of Things (IoT), but what you might not realise is just how much real-world value this technology is providing for businesses just like yours today.
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Your biggest cybersecurity threat in 2024? Human error.
Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield.
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Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield. It has certainly been an unusual year, and as we head into the festive period I’m sure we are all looking forward to some much-needed downtime with family and friends. This year has presented some unexpected challenges, with the unprecedented nature of the enforced changes to our...
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Important security update for customers: Log4J vulnerability
Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield. Some customers may already be aware of a major security vulnerability that has been identified within popular open-source platform Log4J. We are aware of this vulnerability and will be contacting customers directly to discuss in more detail. In the meantime we wanted to share some...
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Business continuity planning in a cloud-first world
Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield. As enterprises rapidly migrate business systems and data to multi-cloud environments, continuity planning must keep pace. Traditional strategies to minimise disruption – both due to expanded attack surfaces and operational dependencies introduced through distributed systems and data –...
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The importance of data management and security when leveraging AI tools
Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield. As artificial intelligence continues rapid mainstream adoption, proper data governance becomes pivotal – both to train high-quality AI models and to safeguard sensitive data AI tools may ingest or generate. Take Microsoft’s innovative AI companion, Copilot. Having previously only been...
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Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield. With data volumes growing exponentially, organisations are struggling to manage ‘dark data’ – data assets that are unknown, untapped, and underutilised. Dark data is generated by users’ daily interactions with devices and systems. Previously, businesses considered this data either too...
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Please note: This post was written by Highlander prior to their rebrand to FluidOne Business IT - Sheffield. Following a 2021 Forrester report which referred to Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) as “the zero-trust edge (ZTE) model for security and network services”, many in the industry incorrectly began conflating ZTE with Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA). SASE and ZTNA are two emerging...
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