The NIS2 Directive is a recently released set of cybersecurity guidelines and requirements established by the European Union (EU) to improve the overall level of cybersecurity across its member states.
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GUEST BLOG: WHO FOOTS THE BILL AFTER A DATA BREACH?
It is naïve to expect a network security infrastructure expert to understand the full implication of financial and reputation loss associated with a data breach. It is not in their remit.
2023 THE YEAR SASE “REALLY TAKES OFF” ACCORDING TO TECH LEADERS.
The last two years have seen SASE becoming the mainstream security framework with businesses across all sectors either in the implementation stage of adoption or planning an adoption strategy.
HOW SASE & SD-WAN HELP SOLVE BUSINESS LEADERS TOP THREE CONCERNS – COST SAVINGS, CYBER SECURITY and SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES
92% of UK business leaders state that cost savings are their biggest worry [Oct 2022], cyber security fears come a close second, a well-founded concern with 74% of UK companies being attacked at some point in the last 12 months, and supply chain concerns come in third.
HOW TECHNOLOGY WILL CHANGE THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IN 2022 and 2023
In this blog, SD-WAN Solutions highlights the varied and myriad technological innovations the leading construction businesses are adopting to counter this impact, many of which are now trickling down into SMEs and even family run building companies and partner organisations.
DEVICELESS SD-WAN REPLACING VPNS
VPN Technology has been around for years now, (in fact the first ever VPNs were introduced back in 1996) since then, they have allowed enterprises with remote workforces, such as on-the-road salespeople, to enable those remote workers to access corporate assets on the corporate network from remote locations.
Double Thriller – Halloween and Bonfire Night 2021
Make sure the Evil Hacker doesn’t attack your business this Halloween and make sure you’re not the guy whose old firewall fails to protect you on Bon(-voyage) fire(wall) Night. Read our blog on past cyber-attacks and cyber-crime and see why you need SASE to protect your network and business every single day.
OMNICHANNEL OMNIPOTENCE AS RETAIL GOES REAL-WORLD ONCE MORE
Research show that 37% shoppers will not wait more than 5 minutes to pay for their shopping before dumping their basket and leaving the store. 17% of these shoppers would not wait more than 3 minutes.
IT’S TIME TO PUT YOUR BIG-BOY (OR GIRL) SASE PANTS ON
Many companies have as many as 40 different security solutions and products, which their IT teams battle to manage and maintain – We’ve devised SaSe and SD-WAN security solutions that enable you to consolidate these myriad solutions, simplify management and, most importantly, allow you to strengthen your network and increase worker protection
2020 CHRISTMAS CAROL
Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and miserly old man with no family and even fewer friends, is sitting in his office counting his bitcoins, when suddenly the network goes down. Again.
“Cratchit! The internet has crashed again. Go fix it!” He hollers.
Bob Cratchit, smiles benevolently and shakes his head. The silly old sod has no idea about technology; Scrooge thinks ‘hardware’ is only sold in an ironmongers and that ‘application’ is something to do with haemorrhoid cream.
“The internet hasn’t crashed, sir,” Bob explains. “It’s the old network that you refuse to update. Look, all your businesses are offline.”
“New network, bah humbug! There’ll be no Christmas break for you Cratchit until you get this lot back up and running. I’m losing money hand over fist!”
“Hmmm tight-fist.” Cratchit mutters.
BUILDING A POST-COVID FUTURE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Our recent research into the construction industry shows it has had it as tough as any other sector in 2020 – projects were delayed or cancelled, supply chains were unreliable, social distancing proved an on-going logistical and practical challenge and the lack of financial reserves many construction companies operate without has brought a sense in instability in an already unstable world. But that very same research shows clear trends for 2021 on how the construction sector plans to recover and future proof. And some have already begun that task.
TAKING SD-WAN TO SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES
Small and medium-sized business owners could be excused for thinking that SD-WAN is provided by corporates for corporates, but a new partnership between SDWAN Solutions and Adaptiv Networks has been forged via a combined mission to break through the glass ceiling of SD-WAN provision to bring tailored SD-WAN to small and medium-sized businesses across the UK and Europe.
Now, even if your business has only a handful of sites, just one site with staff who also need to work remotely, or even if you simply want to ensure your team members can work at home, remotely and in office locations without buffering or delay, together we will tailor an SD-WAN Solution for you, with up to 65% savings compared to traditional MPLS.












