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The Golden Touch – Intersys Wins Managed Service Solution of the Year at 2019 IT Europa Awards

It’s official, Interys has won the Managed Service Solution of the Year at the 2019 IT Europa Awards! We are thrilled to have taken the trophy for our core Managed Service offering and beaten eight other worthy competitors (UK based and global). Matthew Geyman, Managing Director at Intersys said “It is a real honour and privilege to be recognised for delivering great service in such a competitive market. With this […]

Intersys Shortlisted for 2019 IT Europa Awards

We are IT Europa finalists…again For the second year in a row, we have been shortlisted for the IT Europa Awards recognising excellence in European IT and software. This year we have been shortlisted for the Managed Service Solution of the Year as well as the Public Sector/Utilities Solution of the year. The shortlisted categories Managed Services for Hummingbird Resources We are thrilled to have some of our most exciting […]

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Are Password Managers Safe? Our Expert View

Password managers – a problem or panacea for password security? One New Year’s resolution that many of us should keep for 2019 is to have better passwords for our online activity. The evidence is, though, that we probably won’t. A recent list of the “100 worst passwords” of 2018 is most striking for its similarities to 2017 – and every other year. Based on the most common passwords found in leaked […]

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Stay Safe Online this Christmas – How to Improve your Internet Safety

If recent headlines are anything to go by, 2018 was the year of the data breach. Marriot, Facebook, Eurostar and Google+ are just some of the big global brands that had their customer data compromised. Its clear that cyber criminals are becoming more and more sophisticated about how they exploit online vulnerabilities whether for people and organisations. When it comes to individuals, it’s certainly true that the ‘age of […]

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Shopping, Friends, Children and Other Surprising Causes of Computer Viruses

November marks the 30th anniversary of the ‘Morris worm’ and, with it, the first distributed denial of service attack. The ‘Morris worm’ was certainly one of the more interesting viruses partly because it was in a sense caused by accident: It’s source was a programmer who wrote it because he wanted to gauge how big the Internet was. No harm was intended. Unfortunately, that’s not true of the majority […]

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Securing the Future with IT Apprenticeships

The current national IT and cyber security skills gap is a key concern for organisations, businesses and government alike. It’s estimated that there will be 1 million tech vacancies in the UK by 2020. As a thriving IT Support business and employer, we are always on the lookout for emerging talent and this is where IT and cyber security apprenticeships have played a key role. 100% Apprentice Employment Rate […]

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Data exposure: Don’t make yourself a victim

Its European Cyber Security Month and this October we are looking at the pervasive but little known issue of data exposure. With cyber attacks and malware becoming increasingly sophisticated, keeping data secure is a real challenge. Sometimes, though, businesses make it just too easy for those looking to get past their defences. Take data exposure for instance. While it’s usually data breaches that make the headlines, data exposure can deliver […]

Matthew Geyman Offers Expert Tips on Data Security in Quality Matters Magazine

We were recently asked to offer expert advice on how the hotel industry can keep customer data secure. Intersys Managing Director Matthew Geyman was interviewed in the first edition of Quality Matters magazine – a new industry publication for participants and members of VisitEngland and AA schemes. Quality Matters aims to provide helpful tips and advice to providers in the accommodation and leisure industry. These include hotels, guest and self-catering […]

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The Next Big Thing: Securing the IoT

IoT Security The Internet of things has the potential to radically change business and everyday life – and that could be a problem if we don’t focus on cyber security. The rapid growth of the Internet of things isn’t in doubt, but you can argue about the numbers. Is the number of connected devices 27 billion heading to 125 billion by 2030; or just 20 billion and looking to reach 50 […]

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