Backups are great. We all love to know our data is safe and sound. But having a warm fuzzy feeling isn't a strong business case. At Blue Sky we adopt and strongly advise a full Disaster Recovery review process to ensure a business can continue to function effectively in the event of any given scenario. [...]
Penetration testing is a phrase that is used a lot in the current climate, especially with regards to web applications. There have been occasions where I have come across people who still do not see the value in cyber security services, particularly regarding a full penetration test. Vulnerability scanners - software either run locally or [...]
Blue Sky Hosting have renewed our certification for ISO9001, ISO27001, Cyber Essentials and Investors in People. It might seem like a collection of acronyms. It may also seem like a lot of work. At Blue Sky we see these as critical components of the value we deliver for our clients. We have an eye for [...]
As a director of both www.bluesky.co.uk and https://psyphr.com I interact with businesses of all shapes and sizes and business people at every level - from developers to CEO’s, finance directors to marketers. This has led me to develop some thoughts about business in general, how businesses feel about technology and how it helps (and sometimes [...]
This is a short list of natural disasters that damaged businesses in 2017: Hurricane Maria – This Hurricane devastated the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, virtually wiping out many businesses. It caused billions of dollars in infrastructure damage that will take years to repair. Earthquake in Mexico City – A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shattered Mexico [...]
On January 12th, selected customers and business partner were invited by IBM to contribute ideas and suggestions for the roadmap for IBM Notes/Domino. The #domino2025 jam session, held at IBM'S South Bank offices, was the latest in a series of global events both live and virtual. As vastly experienced IBM (and Lotus) business partners [...]
As an IT Professional for 20+ years, always with a keen interest in security the ‘Meltdown’ and ‘Spectre’ vulnerabilities aren’t exactly a surprise; it’s business as usual albeit with a wide reaching impact. Unless you’ve gone off-grid, shunning all computing equipment, you need to make sure you're patched. What has surprised me is how very [...]
These are exciting times to be joining Blue Sky and I am in the privileged position of being involved in the expansion of our cyber security services division. We live in a time that requires us to direct a lot of resources towards protecting our connected devices from attack on many fronts. But often businesses [...]
A report this week acts as a stark reminder that many businesses aren't yet off the starting line when it comes to cyber security. To us this begs the question why? We believe it's both a lack of knowing what actions to take and that cyber security isn't seen as enough of a risk yet. But [...]
The cloud market has been accelerating and evolving for some considerable time now and we all know who the main players are. We have Amazon with AWS, Microsoft Azure and a plethora of other smaller companies. All promise, in part at least that utilising the cloud will cut your costs or/ and enable you to [...]