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Elephants never forget

Elephants never forget …. but do you? In the era before mobile phones, you would commit all the phone numbers you needed to memory and keep a stock of small change to make calls from the ubiquitous red telephone boxes. 

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Are you *completely* up to date?

You know that cyber security is *the* hot topic in the world of IT. You have implemented a range of protection measures – anti-spam, anti-virus, multi factor authentication – you know the drill. You have undertaken cyber awareness training and

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Should you be using Single Sign On?

Have you noticed a new option cropping up recently on your familiar login screens?  Alongside the usual username and password prompts, you may have an invitation to use Single Sign On. What is Single Sign On? Basically, it is what

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Christmas won’t be Christmas without a quiz

Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents according to Jo March in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. Which traditions are sacrosanct to your Christmas?  Delicious food, excellent company, carol concerts or perhaps a seasonal quiz? If you are looking for

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MFA is for life, not just for business

What could be more adorable than a fluffy bundle of energy and licks – aka a puppy?  Surely the perfect family Christmas present?  But what made perfect sense on 25th December can quickly grow into an overwhelming responsibility. Animal rescue

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Test Your Gullibility

Have you ever seen the Punch cartoon “Test Your Gullibility?” A very complacent gentleman is walking up to a quiz machine with his arm outstretched ready to place his penny in the slot.  The machine has an illuminated banner “Test

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Is MFA worth the hassle?

You have succeeded in finding a parking space, you have the right app installed to make a payment and you click to pay the £1.50 fee, but what’s this?  The dreaded request to enter the 6-digit code which will be

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File names – why length matters

Back in the pre-internet age (the 1980s to be exact) I had a job temping in the management offices of a local manufacturer.  The room was furnished with a series of large, dark grey metal filing cabinets and, on the

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