It’s tough for employers at the moment trying to navigate the minefield around whether or not to require mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for their employees. For those who ultimately decide to make the vaccinations mandatory and collect evidence of vaccination status, things just got more complicated. The issue is that in collecting evidence of employees’ and/or […]
Category Archives: Consulting
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Oct
Oct
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month. As part of the theme for 2021, we encourage you to your part and be Cyber Smart. At CyberGuru we discuss cyber security every day, and there is always more to learn and discover, and to implement for our clients. Here we share seven tips to protect your organisation […]
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Sep
Sep
With Windows 11 being released on 5 October, you may be considering whether to upgrade. Here we discuss the main factors to take into consideration before upgrading. The good Windows 11 is all about improving productivity. It includes a revamped interface and provides some new features including the ability to search through apps and files […]
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Sep
Sep
In this month’s Ask CyberGuru we are asked, “I have moved onto a cloud-based service thinking that by moving onto this that it is backed up, but understand from talking to others that I need to back up. Is this the case?” When you move onto the cloud, you may not realise that cloud-based vendors […]
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Aug
Aug
Last week we were asked if online security can impact the customer experience. Absolutely it can. Take for example the potential issues around collecting a person’s date of birth. Many companies collect this information in order to offer free food or a discount voucher on a customer’s birthday as a way of enhancing the customer […]
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Jul
Jul
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has issued an alert for the construction industry after observing a growing trend of builders and construction companies being targeted by cybercriminals to conduct Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams. The ACSC noted that the construction industry had been specifically targeted over the last six months by cybercriminals using a […]
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Jul
Jul
The Queensland Government has announced a grants of up to $15,000 (excluding GST) for small businesses to improve their efficiency and productivity. The Business Boost Grant has three funding priorities: Future planning Specialised and automated software Staff management, development and planning The Business Boost grant differs significantly from previous Queensland Government grants in that applicants […]
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Jun
Jun
Microsoft called Windows 10 “the last version of Windows” ever. But in a case of never say never, here comes Windows 11. From what we know so far, it will be an upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11, bringing with it some changes adopted from an abandoned Microsoft project known as Windows 10X which […]
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Jun
Jun
Written by Jessie Jeffery, Business Development Guru, CyberGuru Recent changes to the domain name licencing rules mean some businesses may no longer be eligible to retain ownership of their domain names. The .au Domain Administration (auDA) is the body which oversees the administration of domain names ending in .au. As a result of recent rule […]
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Jun
Jun
Written by Jessie Jeffery, Business Development Guru, CyberGuru A recent landmark ruling by the Federal court finding for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in its case against Google means companies can no longer hide behind their privacy policies. In summary, the court found Google had misled Google account users about the whether their […]