Managed firewall or purchased firewall: "We have a firewall." It's the phrase we hear in almost every initial meeting, and it's almost always true: there's a box in the rack with the name of a security manufacturer.

5 signs that your IT infrastructure is not scaling: Businesses grow in leaps and bounds: ten more people in a quarter, a new office, a line of business that needs different software. The computer infrastructure grows

Training the team against phishing and deepfakes: Two years ago, it was enough to teach people to look out for strange Portuguese and poorly written email addresses. Today, the phishing email is well written, and the phone call is real.

7 internal cybersecurity policies: The majority of security incidents in SMEs do not start with a sophisticated attack. They start with someone who did what they thought was normal: reused the email password on the carrier's website,

7 min read · DataRoad In summary A classic VPN connects the remote computer to the entire company network. With a stolen password, the attacker gains the same access. The alternative is application access:

8 min read · DataRoad In short, Zero Trust means this: no one has access just because they are "inside" the network. Every access is verified — who they are, what equipment they have, what they are for. In a 10-person SME

Windows 10 unsupported: On 14 October 2025 Microsoft stopped releasing free security updates for Windows 10. Computers still turn on, Office still opens, and so many

IT hardware audit checklist: Almost every company with more than ten workstations has equipment that no one quite knows what it's for, user accounts belonging to people who have already left, and a backup.

Proactive monitoring vs reactive support: There are two ways to find out that your company server's disk is full. The first is for email to stop working at nine in the morning and someone to call the