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The way organisations access government online services is changing. AUSkey and Manage ABN Connections are being retired at the end of March 2020 and are being replaced with myGovID and Relationship Authorisation Manager (RAM). myGovID is an authentication service that allows you to prove who… Read More »Say goodbye to AUSkey

1. Back up your data Back up your business’s data and website. This can help you recover any information you lose if you experience a cyber incident or you have computer issues. It’s essential that you back up your important data and information regularly. Fortunately,… Read More »ClubIT can help you protect your business from cyber threats

myGov scam tricking victims into handing over bank details through cloned website BY PATRICK WILLIAMSUPDATED THU 5 JUL 2018, 5:13 PM AESTEmailFacebookTwitterWhatsApp Scammers have cloned the myGov website and are luring in victims with a phishing email claiming to come from Medicare asking them to update their… Read More »It might look like a duck and quack like a duck, but it’s not always necessarily a duck…

Few cyber threats are as prevalent and costly as phishing attacks. In 2018, Microsoft documented a 250% increase in phishing campaigns, which masquerade as legitimate products or services but actually carry malicious payloads that steal credentials and compromise IT integrity. To no surprise, the rise… Read More »4 Phishing Attack Trends of 2019

Digital credentials, such as usernames and passwords, connect you and your employees to critical business applications and online services. Unfortunately, criminals know this — and that’s why digital credentials are among the most valuable assets found on the Dark Web. What is the Dark Web?… Read More »Your Business Credentials: A Hacker’s Hole-in-One

Savvy retailers know the value of building a strong presence across multiple channels. However, while businesses see the brick-and-mortar store at the mall, their mobile app, their e-commerce store and their various social media pages as separate channels, shoppers see the retailer as a single… Read More »How Retailers Can Navigate Omni-channel Customer Experience

Background Micropower have recently advised clients that they will be discontinuing their Payroll classic program for the 18/19 financial year, the reason being that the program requires substantial updates in order to stay relevant to the ATO legislation. Micropower is now recommending users of Classic… Read More »Micropower Payroll Classic discontinuation, discussing the options

The costs of cyber attacks and cyber crimes are significantly more expensive than taking preventative measures. The Australian Signals Directorate published the latest version of its ‘Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents’ in April 2019, a prioritised list of mitigation strategies known as ‘The Essential… Read More »The Essential Eight of Cybersecurity Explained

Small businesses already have enough to think about: limited cash flow, tight resources and staff going beyond job descriptions to accomplish more. Because of these, small business owners typically don’t put a lot of time and energy into cybersecurity, even though they invest in technology… Read More »Why Small Businesses Neglect Cybersecurity

I read a lot about cloud infrastructure being highly scalable with the ability to easily increase system resources as a business’s needs grow. This is correct but it isn’t unique to cloud-based systems. Underneath all of the marketing hyperbole, on a technical level, all of… Read More »Myths about cloud computing: Cloud vs In-House infrastructure