Working From Home puts firms at greater risk of cyber breaches, as employees may not be following best practices or may lack basic cyber protection tools that protect them in their office environment.

Company owners need to be extra vigilant as the true extent of cybercrime in 2020 emerges.

A police-led initiative has been launched to help businesses in Swindon and Wiltshire protect themselves against cybercrime.

The new South West Cyber Resilience Centre is part of a network of centres being established across England and Wales to provide businesses with a free level of support, and an affordable way to access more bespoke cyber security services and consultancy.

The challenges faced by businesses around data security and how their users are accessing, handling, or disposing of sensitive data outside of the office will be addressed in a webinar next week.

Although workforces are starting to return to the office, many plan to mix office time with work from home for the foreseeable future.

Keeping your business cyber-safe in the age of flexible working is the subject of a webinar hosted by Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce next week.

As part-time or full-time home working becomes the norm for millions of employees, virtual delegates will hear from cybersecurity experts about how to keep sensitive and confidential information secure from cybercriminals.

Marlborough-based cyber security specialist Foregenix has signed a strategic partnership with e-commerce hosting firm Sonassi – part of the iomart group – to provide more protection to firms planning to upgrade their website platforms to Magento 2.

The partnership will give Sonassi’s clients access to Foregenix’ FGX-Web security solution, which monitors for threats and suspicious behaviour and alerts users to attacks and possible breaches as they migrate. Higher FGX-Web plans are also available which include protection from online threats.

Web design firm Black Nova Designs has taken on a new team member in response to a growing number of enquiries sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.

Richard Tydeman has become the sixth permanent member of staff offering customer-facing tech support at the Calne-based company, which saw a spike in enquiries for new website design and hosting projects in March and April.

Our lives have all been changed over these last months, and through no choice of their own, companies all around the world have also had to make changes to the way they work. Now their team members are working from home too.

This is completely new territory for many company directors or owners and creates issues, particularly around safety and security. Getting this right is important for any business, but particularly if you are running a business where you think ‘working from home’ may become part of your model as we come out of lockdown.

5G mobile, ultra-fast fibre connectivity, and the way ‘digital transformation’ will benefit Swindon businesses will be discussed at a free seminar next week.

The seminar – How Game-changing Technologies can Meet Your Business Challenges – will also look at Cloud services, the Internet of Things, and cybersecurity.