How to protect your webcam from spies

A good webcam has become an important part of doing business in the last couple of years as we adapt to working from home or elsewhere in the new hybrid environment.

Unfortunately, hackers can use tools to try to spy on people using their webcams.

There are free and easy ways to protect yourself and your staff and our new video shows you how (for windows 10 and 11)

View LinkedIn profiles in your Microsoft Teams chats

Microsoft recently announced it’s working on a new feature which will allow you to see colleagues’ LinkedIn profiles during personal chats in Teams.

Keeping your business data safe during work from home times

It looks like working from home and, more likely, hybrid working are here to stay. This means that businesses need to be confident that security in our staff’s homes is taken into account.
We’ve written a new guide to look at all the issues.

Defend and Invest – Your technology strategy for 2022

Did you get a short break at Christmas? Even if it was just a few days, that break can give you huge clarity of thinking about where to take your business this year.

We call this the January Refresh & Refocus.

Let us tell you the two technology areas that will be the most important in 2022. They are Defend and Invest.

Defend is about protecting your business from cyber criminals. We believe cyber-crime is going to rise again this year, to levels never seen before.

Invest is about making sure technology is powering your business forward, not holding it back.

Our new guide looks at both these areas in detail.

Do you know if any of your staff would click a dodgy link?

Do you know if any of your staff would click a dodgy link?

Phishing is one of many cyber-crimes and it’s a pain.

Emails are sent by criminals pretending to be someone they are not, hoping someone will click on a link and accidentally provide them with access to your data.

Do you think your team would be able to spot that phishing email?

Watch the latest video to see the easy way to check.

Merry Christmas from tKnowIT – And a Happy and Virus-Free 2022

Season’s Greetings to one and all,

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

It looks like this year, Christmas will be a little closer to normal than last year so try to have fun if you can and avoid clicking on those phishing links, opening those ‘too good to be true’ emails.

The most severe security threat ever is affecting the whole internet

The most severe security threat ever is affecting the whole internet. Here’s what you need to know

There’s a major security alert that’s affecting the whole of the internet right now. Security researchers have called it one of the most severe vulnerabilities the world has ever seen.

These small updates from Microsoft could make a big difference

These small updates from Microsoft could make a big difference

Don’t you often find it’s the small things that make the biggest difference?

That’s certainly the case with technology. Minor updates to the software you and your team use every day can have a surprising effect on your overall productivity.

Microsoft has recently announced a series of small improvements to Teams, Microsoft 365 and Windows 11. It’s keeping its foot on the accelerator despite the holidays being just a few weeks away.

Phishing is still the most likely way for your business to be breached

This new survey confirms what any IT professional could tell you: Phishing is still the most likely way for your business to be breached

How to predict your annual tech expenses

Are you pulling together your budgets for next year?
Software spend can be a challenge to determine – especially as your needs change throughout the year – but you can accurately budget for your hardware tech for the year.
Just ask yourself these 5 key questions.