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Cyber Security: Introducing Sentinel One

October is Cyber Security month, so we would like to introduce our latest cyber security offering, Sentinel One. Sentinel One offers broad endpoint protection against diverse modes of attack. Statistics from its Global Ransomware report showed that 45% of respondents who suffered a ransomware attack in 2018 did so because the anti-virus they had in place...

Stephens IT opens New York Office

After months of planning, hard work and preparation, we are pleased to announce that we have opened our New York office as part of our US division. Launched officially on 2nd September 2019, the office has been nicknamed “Apollo” after the famous US space program, and is the official home of our US company, Stephens...

Funding for the AV1 No Isolation Robots

Yesterday we were visited by Michelle from the Chartwell Cancer Trust, who came in to demonstrate the AV1 No Isolation robots the charity are currently funding for. The robots were created in Norway with the intention of helping poorly children feel like they can still go to school and learn/socialise despite being home-bound due...

Stephens IT run the ASICS 10K for the Chartwell Cancer Trust

This Sunday we ran the ASICS London 10k to raise money for the Chartwell Cancer Trust. 11 staff members from across the company completed the run and we managed to raise a staggering £1,815 for our chosen charity, which is amazing! The Chartwell Cancer Trust was founded in 2005, with the aim of raising funds...

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Cyber Security Glossary

Most people are unaware of the scope of methods that are actually used to commit cyber crime and the terminology can often be daunting and leave you confused or unaware of the severity of an attack. Which is why we have created this Cyber Security glossary to explain the terminology used and exactly what...

Are You Prepared For the End of Windows 7 Support?

While Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows 7 on January 13 2015, extended support for Windows 7 will end in January 2020. A survey by content delivery platform Kollective revealed that out of 260 businesses in the UK and US, two-thirds haven't developed a strategy to migrate to Windows 10, while a fifth of those...

Stephens IT Partners With Cisco Meraki

Stephens IT is proud to announce its new registered partnership with Cisco Meraki. Cisco Meraki allows us to offer smarter network solutions to our customers. We use Meraki to enable us to view networked clients, bandwidth consumption and application usage across the network and push policies to block, shape, or whitelist. Meraki includes features such as an...

Stephens IT Awarded with Cyber Essentials Certification

At Stephens IT we care a lot about security. According to the most recent study undertaken by Ponemon Institute on the cost of data breaches faced by businesses across the world, SMEs lost an average of 10,848 individual records to data breaches between 2017 and 2018. The Cyber Essentials scheme addresses the most common internet-based threats including hacking, phishing and password guessing, helping...