The majority of organisations are heavily reliant on 3rd party software owners to develop and maintain their business critical applications and business process tools.

Cyber Hygiene relates to the practices and precautions organisations need to take in order to protect their devices and infrastructure, maintain system health and improve their online security.

Using applications delivered through a Software as a Service (SaaS) model is becoming an increasingly popular way to deliver critical applications. SaaS Applications reduce the need for users to invest in and support their own infrastructure.

All businesses use at least one critical application in their organisation which is essential to their daily operation, examples include: CRM, financial software, stock control and logistics software and your company’s website.

Following on from last week’s mailer where we discussed the various phishing attacks which exist and how your organisation can defend against them, this article discusses the advantages of a multi layered approach to secure your organisation against phishing threats.

Phishing is a type of social engineering attack used to steal individual’s sensitive data such as login credentials and credit card data. Attackers masquerade as trusted entities and dupe their victims into opening malicious links which can lead to the target revealing sensitive information or malware being installed on their devices.

As SES grows, choosing to recruit apprentices for various roles within the business provides us with the opportunity to identify the best potential talent and provide them with the skills, knowledge and experience to fit the skills gaps in our organisation.

It is widely known that Software Escrow protects you against the trigger events such as supplier failure and enables you to retain access to your application and continue to use it until a time when a suitable replacement can be procured.

The Master Multi Licensee Agreement SES have created is designed to allow you to offer Software Escrow protection to all of your clients, regardless of the application or version that they are using and without having to pay additional setup fees.

Following on from last week’s article where we discussed the topic of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As), retaining IP, key developer knowledge and how Software Escrow can help with the M&A process, we began thinking about the Cyber Security risks involved with these transactions.