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Icon IT Limited Icon IT Limited – independent, unbiased IT consultants specialising in IT Audits and Reviews, Phish Testing and Education, Virtual CIO service.

This question, “How often should I replace my laptop?”, is very common. People seem to have different views on the answe...
26/11/2021

This question, “How often should I replace my laptop?”, is very common. People seem to have different views on the answer, and often that answer is based on hearsay or something someone once told the person, and it’s stuck.

This question, “How often should I replace my laptop?”, is a very common. People seem to have different views on the answer, and often that answer is based

Icon IT is celebrating Cyber Security Week in New Zealand by pushing aside the myth that Multi-Factor Authentication (MF...
19/10/2021

Icon IT is celebrating Cyber Security Week in New Zealand by pushing aside the myth that Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is too hard. We’ve heard lots of the reasons that clients don’t want to move to MFA. None of them are true.

Icon IT is celebrating Cyber Security Week in New Zealand by pushing aside the myth that Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is too hard. We’ve heard lots of th

There is no doubt that an independent audit of your IT systems is Best Practice. It means you get that fresh pair of eye...
28/09/2021

There is no doubt that an independent audit of your IT systems is Best Practice. It means you get that fresh pair of eyes, and not knowing your systems from the outset is a positive; it means that we can ask those questions because we don’t know the answers, and often those questions will find holes or issues in your IT systems.

Let’s say you feel that your IT systems aren’t working as well as they should be. Are our backups safe from ransomware? Do we have the correct security meas

A nice referral from one of our clients!“I highly recommend ICON IT if you are looking to have an IT Review completed fo...
14/09/2021

A nice referral from one of our clients!
“I highly recommend ICON IT if you are looking to have an IT Review completed for your company. ICON IT through our systems, interviewing our staff and the various IT-based support companies that we use, and at the end of this process provided us with a detailed report that included recommendations on what we should do to improve our services, decrease our costs and improve how staff access and understand the technology we use to do our jobs. Implementing their recommendations has resulted in a significant decrease in expenditure, a change to new IT providers with improved service, better access to our technology, much-improved cyber-security, and many other benefits.

Steve Williams, Business Services Manager, Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of NZ

Forest & Bird is Aotearoa/New Zealand's leading independent conservation organisation. We focus on bringing positive change to New Zealand's Land, Fresh water, Oceans and Climate. We can't do it without you and your support!

Were your IT systems ready for this lockdown? How to avoid the IT lolly scramble
29/08/2021

Were your IT systems ready for this lockdown? How to avoid the IT lolly scramble

By now, most company’s IT team or IT provider should have been all set for this latest lockdown, with little or no disruption to your staff. If this didn’t

On visiting three separate clients lately (to carry out IT Reviews) we have noticed a growing trend of users not keeping...
23/07/2021

On visiting three separate clients lately (to carry out IT Reviews) we have noticed a growing trend of users not keeping their Windows up to date. There are always lots of common excuses, but it does make you wonder: why should I keep my Windows up to date?

Upgrades vs. Updates

In this blog post, we aren’t talking about a Window upgrade.

On visiting three separate clients lately (to carry out IT Reviews) we have noticed a growing trend of users not keeping their Windows up to date. There are alw

Let's be careful out there, folks. This scam using a real Google doc could fool a lot of people...
23/06/2021

Let's be careful out there, folks. This scam using a real Google doc could fool a lot of people...

Exploit in the widely used document service leveraged to send malicious links that appear legitimate but actually steal victims credentials.

In the aftermath of this major IT event, is there something everyone can take from this? What can we learn from Waikato ...
20/06/2021

In the aftermath of this major IT event, is there something everyone can take from this? What can we learn from Waikato DHB, and the pain they are still going through as they restore their systems and their services?

For Icon IT, there is one simple answer to this: people click on things they shouldn’t. They always have, and they always will.

In the aftermath of this major IT event, is there something everyone can take from this? What can we learn from Waikato DHB, and the pain they are still going t

Do you need any more reasons than this to take up our Phishing Education service? Contact us for details.
18/05/2021

Do you need any more reasons than this to take up our Phishing Education service? Contact us for details.

Someone who opened a message and clicked on a link thought to have caused the "absolute chaos" at Waikato hospitals.

I hate to think how many times I’ve been in an organisation, and you can work out how long someone has been working ther...
09/05/2021

I hate to think how many times I’ve been in an organisation, and you can work out how long someone has been working there by the number at the end of their password. Generally, in a larger company, passwords are required to be changed every 3 months, and so Joe over in Accounts is now up to ‘Brook12’ as his password. Brook is his daughter’s name and 12 is the amount of times he’s changed his password.

During our Phishing Education and Training sessions, we cover off passwords. Far too many people have simple passwords, or just change the number at the end of

Most small business owners that have a server (or more than one) onsite understand the costs of this, and often internal...
01/05/2021

Most small business owners that have a server (or more than one) onsite understand the costs of this, and often internally ask themselves: Do I really need a server at my office?

It isn’t just the physical cost of purchasing a new server every 3-5 years, there’s the ongoing maintenance, updates and patching, potential hardware failures, and more.

Most small business owners that have a server (or more than one) onsite understand the costs of this, and often internally ask themselves: Do I really need a se

No one wants this to happen, but it happens. Somehow, a hacker has got your password and has got control of your email a...
18/04/2021

No one wants this to happen, but it happens. Somehow, a hacker has got your password and has got control of your email account. It's a terrible position to be in - especially so if it's a business or corporate account - but you need to know what to do next. This post comes from a client who had exactly this happen, and called to ask, "My email has been hacked, what do I do now?"

So

No one wants this to happen, but it happens. Somehow, a hacker has got your password and has got control of your email account. It's a terrible position to be i

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