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Cyber Security Awareness: Understanding 001

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Cyber Security is a broader subject and Going-Concern Risk than Employees and most Employers are aware of. Employees and employers most often believe that the IT Department "has a handle on it" but don't realise it's also their responsibility... If you’re an employee, you are on the front lines of information security. Your company may have comprehensive cybersecurity policies for you and coworkers to follow. But even with these types of protections in place, it’s important to stay on guard to help assure your company’s data and network are safe and secure. Cyber Security like "the Cloud" and "IoT" are terms or subjects that are broader than most people realise.  Because they're so broad people quite often misunderstand what they can encapsulate and ideally what they should know as a base understanding. Yes Cyber Security does involve computers; software; servers and passwords but it also includes everything leading up to that for potential att

Filling the G-Apps: RIP Google Legacy

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For all those that don't know Google announced Change is inevitable and   The G Suite legacy free edition will no longer be available starting July 1, 2022 Upgrade to Google Workspace by May 1, 2022 If you're one of the lucky few that managed to set yourself up with what was called "Gmail for your Domain" and then " Google Apps for Your Domain " back in 2006 and have managed to keep ahold of your account I'd recommend filling in the form ASAP! For those that don't know the Legacy Edition was originally just the ability to use your own personal domain with some limited personalisation and collaboration through associated Apps such as Google Plus, Calendar, and adding email address accounts to the same domain which then evolved into the back end Admin Console. It's understandable Google wants to deprecate Legacy, it's been around for over 15 years. Whilst storage and business functionality has been limited in comparison to the entry-level busin