Password management can be frustrating and impacts upon productivity. We work with market leaders LastPass to deliver a password management solution that ensures:

• All your passwords are organised in one secure place – so you only need to remember the one password to get in
• Keeps your master password private – it won’t send / store the master password
• Syncs everywhere – available across multiple devices with passwords that are always backed up
• Uncrackable – generates strong passwords with a two-factor authentication to add an extra layer of security

We've got some helpful solutions to bolster your the remote working environment for your colleagues and organisation generally.

Firewalls are key here and we offer a couple of solutions, namely:

Citrix provides remote access through virtualisation and application delivery with security tools such as web filtering and web isolation, and can be deployed on-premise or in the cloud. Citrix is seen as a much better alternative than traditional VPNs when working with larger files.

Forticlient is another option for you which provides a safe link from your computer network to your own laptop. When connecting to your network through a VPN, the data is kept secure, encrypted and delivers enhanced security.

There's also a range of threats associated with Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), where employees use their own devices for work purposes, we can advise on best practice threat protection.

One of the most popular ways of securing data is through a multi-factor authentication software to add additional protection layers to your infrastructure. At Kick we do offer this as a standard authentication model that will require a user to prove their identity prior to accessing specific IT systems.

Cyber Essentials is a Government supported initiative aimed at educating and protecting organisations of any size against the most common of cyber attacks.

The programme is simple to follow and wholly worthwhile, and it's something we'd strongly advocate for any business.

Working on your Cyber Essentials accreditation will help everyone in your organisation to become more cyber aware and to help you get the right security and education measures in place to protect your employees and customers alike.