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Why Your Staff Are Your Biggest Security Risk, Not Your Software

Why Your Staff Are Your Biggest Security Risk, Not Your Software

Your accountant gets a WhatsApp message from the managing director. It’s urgent. A supplier is waiting, the MD is suppo...

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Free vs Paid Antivirus — Does the Difference Actually Matter for a Small Business?

Free vs Paid Antivirus — Does the Difference Actually Matter for a Small Business?

The question in the title is the wrong one. We’ll answer it anyway, because it’s the one business owners actually ask, b...

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What the Nigeria Data Protection Act Means for Your Business Website

What the Nigeria Data Protection Act Means for Your Business Website

A client asked us last year, almost as an afterthought at the end of a project call, whether their new website "needed t...

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How Phishing Attacks Target Small Businesses and How to Train Your Staff Against Them

How Phishing Attacks Target Small Businesses and How to Train Your Staff Against Them

The email that costs a business the most money rarely looks like an attack. It looks like your accountant asking for an...

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How to Spot a Fake Business Website Before You Send Money or Share Information

How to Spot a Fake Business Website Before You Send Money or Share Information

Here's what nobody tells you about fake websites: they don't look fake.That's the part people get wrong going in. Most o...

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The Data Law Most Nigerian Businesses Have Never Actually Read

The Data Law Most Nigerian Businesses Have Never Actually Read

In Part 2, we looked at how Nigerian businesses can structure recurring client relationships using documents such as Mas...

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Two-Factor Authentication — The Simplest Security Upgrade Most Businesses Have Not Made

Two-Factor Authentication — The Simplest Security Upgrade Most Businesses Have Not Made

A client called us in a panic a few months ago. Someone had logged into their business Gmail account from an address the...

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What to Do in the First 24 Hours After Your Business Email Gets Compromised

What to Do in the First 24 Hours After Your Business Email Gets Compromised

It's usually a small thing that gives it away. A client calls asking why you sent an invoice with a different account nu...

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The Most Common Way Nigerian Businesses Get Hacked — And It Is Not What You Think

The Most Common Way Nigerian Businesses Get Hacked — And It Is Not What You Think

When a business owner asks me "how do we protect ourselves from hackers," there's usually something in their mind alread...

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