‘Quishing’ is a relatively new form of cyber scam, which is based on the familiar ‘phishing’ technique but instead uses fake QR codes to trick victims into disclosing confidential details to waiting cyber criminals. Why are so many people falling victim to Quishing? In recent years QR codes have become prolific both in consumer [...]
Lawyers are trusted by their clients to protect a significant amount of their most confidential information. From negligence claims to custody battles, a huge amount of personal data is stored by law firms in the management of legal cases: not just personal identifying information but medical records, detailed information about clients’ family disputes, wills, [...]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has a huge number of applications for law firms. From help with drafting emails and letters to support with managing documents and legal compliance tasks, AI can revolutionise lawyer’s case management methods and productivity and can level up the way law firms operate. Read on to discover the top AI tools [...]
In the face of a startling increase in the sophistication and frequency of cyberattacks in the UK, especially against essential everyday services including water, energy, and transport, the UK government has confirmed their plans to strengthen the Network and Information Systems (NIS) Regulations to protect these essential and digital services from cyber threats. What [...]
What is Cloud Computing? Cloud computing refers to the on-demand availability of computing resources, such as storage and infrastructure, as services over the internet. This eliminates the need for businesses to manage physical resources and means they are only required to pay for what they use. Cloud computing is based on the concept of [...]
Imagine this… You wake up in the morning and your mobile phone is dead. It died during the night. Hardware can fail at any time and these amazing devices take a daily battering in pockets / bags / coats. Perhaps you woke up late because your alarm didn’t go off? If, like me, you [...]
The stability and security of IT systems may be something brought to your attention recently on a global scale; July 2024’s IT outage saw transport, healthcare, banks, and media outlets affected by an issue that originated with Crowdstrike, a cybersecurity company based in America. Whilst this particular problem wasn’t caused by a security breach, [...]
With the rapid growth in the availability of AI you will no doubt have heard of Microsoft’s AI product, Copilot. Many people are however confused about what exactly Copilot is and whether they must pay for it. Copilot is in fact a term Microsoft used for any AI assistant and different versions of it [...]
The eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed some changes to the appearance of Microsoft Teams recently. For a little while you will have had the option to switch to ‘new Teams’. Some of you may have done this or, as the cut off point for using ‘old Teams’ is approaching, have already been [...]
Pro Drive recently undertook an exercise to look for a part time virtual assistant to help out our team with some administration work to free up more time to focus on working with our clients. However, what we expected to be a straightforward process became more challenging once we took into consideration our data [...]
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