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Staying Cyber Secure: Top tips to keep your business safe during COVID-19

Tips to keep businesses cyber-secure during the pandemic as the result of unprecedented shift to distance working and new cybersecruity challenges.

How data discovery platforms are vital to protect your high-value data

Searching for sensitive unstructured data across the entire digital estate is a significant requirement to meet both contractual and compliance obligations

5 Tips For Effective Data Discovery and Classification

Five tips and best practices to help companies strategically plan and implement a flexible approach to data discovery and classification.

Recent cyber-attack shows the potential vulnerability of local authorities

AJ Thompson’s thoughts on how the public sector can fight back against cyber attacks using a robust, resilient approach to data protection.

2020 European IT & Software Excellence Awards

Northdoor are finalist in the Best Security Solution of the Year category in the IT Europa Awards for RiskXchange solution, deployed by The Salvation Army.

Helping charities understand their cyber risks

Cyber Risk Assessment of the UK charity sector, a report that shows the state of the industry and provides targeted recommendations for improvement.

Good practices/models for assessing cyber risk

Northdoor were invited to present at one of the first SIG meetings on the topic of “Good practices/models for assessing cyber risk”.

Northdoor comment: Regus and Mitsubishi data breaches show the importance of securing your supply chain

Regus and Mitsubishi Electric data breaches were both caused by a partner having insecure defences of their security practices.

How Brexit will impact GDPR and other data regulations

With Brexit, how will the UK’s withdrawal from EU impact data regulations? In many ways GDPR & Brexit has clouded the main point of regulations.

Avoiding common pitfalls in conventional Data Warehouse Projects: The six golden rules for successful deployment

Six golden rules for avoiding the typical pitfalls encountered during conventional data warehouse projects & how to successfully deploy them.

Dixons Carphone £500,000 data breach fine should act as a warning to others

Northdoor urges companies to be proactive in their approach to cyber security and to be aware of supply chain, and how secure their partners are.

Data warehouses done the right way

A blog post on the advantages of a proven, packaged, highly automated approach to designing and deploying a data warehouse.

Finding certainty in an uncertain world – preparing your IT systems for anything

IBM i 7.4 is an opportunity for users to step up the resilience and versatility of their business-critical enviroments to greater heights

Speed, agility and proven outcomes in data warehousing

Northdoor repeatable data warehouse solution, combinies highly skilled consultants with advanced tooling to enable speed, surety and adaptability.

Key considerations for businesses to safeguard their data - Third Party Risk

A checklist and some key considerations for businesses to secure data against third party risk under the General Data Potection Regulation.

Free SQL Server Security Tools

SSMS has tools to run a series of checks at server and database level to review potential security risks & assess what confidential data could be breached.

Private sector contractor employment changes will lead to disruption of IT projects

The expansion of the IR35 rules to impact private sector means businesses have to plan now to avoid IT delays and cancellations

Getting to grips with cyber risk in the insurance industry

By providing insurers with crucial insight & recommendations, Northdoor shed light on how the insurance industry can improve their security posture.

Do insurers really understand their own exposure to cyber threats?

While insurers may help their clients prepare for the unexpected, they are not all doing the same when it comes to their own cyber risk strategies.

Find and protect personal data

Available as either a one-off scan or a continuous service, the Northdoor Data Discovery Service based on Geolang Technology is ideal for data governance

Digging up the dirt on data discovery

The blog introduces GeoLang’s Ascema Platform for Sensitive Data Discovery and the joint GeoLang-Northdoor service offering.

Social Engineering attacks: How you keep your organisation safe

A social engineering attacks could bypass all of corporate security defences within minutes. Find out what to look out for, and other prevention tactics

SQL Server 2019 Features by Edition

SQL Server 2019 is now available, and Microsoft have announced that they have made what used to be an enterprise-only feature available in Standard edition. It might help with GDPR compliance too,…[ ]

How Best To Secure Your SQL Server

The best way to ensure that a system is secure is to design it from the ground up with security in mind, so consider everyone interacting with a system.

Computing Security Excellence Awards 2019

Northdoor plc is shortlisted as a finalist in Computing’s Security Excellence Awards 2019 in the Risk Management Award category.

SQL Server Performance Tips

SQL Server performance tips starts around the design. This blog covers some tips that will ensure your database performs to the best of its ability

IBM Think Summit London on 16th October at the Olympia London

Northdoor and Cobalt Iron will sponsor, exhibit, and present at the upcoming IBM Think Summit London on 16th October at the Olympia London

The Insurance CIO’s Inbox

Richard Jefferies describes some of the internal emails the CIO would receive from their C-suite colleagues about digital transformation

Still running SQL Server 2008 R2 or later? You are missing out!

SQL Server latest version is a fully supported platform. Upgrade to take advantage of the latest innovation & improvements

Introducing SQL Server 2019

An overview of the new Microsoft SQL Server 2019 database engine features that bring innovative performance, security and compliance features and enhancements.

Northdoor partners with GeoLang
to deliver award-winning data security solutions

Northdoor announces its most recent reseller partnership with UK-based, award-winning cyber security solution provider, GeoLang.

To the Cloud! SQL options in Azure

In this post, we provide an overview of the Northdoor services available to companies for running SQL Server and SQL Server databases in Azure.

Don’t panic: A practical guide to handling Data Subject Access Requests

By introducing automated data classification & our web-based DSARs response solution, organisations save significant time reducing the risk of non-compliance

World Triathlon Championships

Sponsored athlete Thomas Ballard competes for the first time in the World Triathlon Championships achieved a top 50 finish.

Northdoor Sponsors Wiltshire White Horse Community Project

Northdoor is delighted to have sponsored the community project,and support the re-chalking of the iconic Wiltshire White Horse’s located at Alton Barnes

Information alchemy: Transforming base data into business gold

By introducing automated data discovery & classification, organisations can rapidly transform raw data into business insight & competitive advantage.

Fight fraud with advanced multi-dimensional analytics

Rules-based anti-fraud measures can’t adapt fast enough to changing criminal tactics. Try flexible, intelligent, multi-dimensional analytics

Getting the balance right: securing systems without limiting user productivity

Northdoor stays abreast of the latest advances In cyber-security. IBM i 7.4 is the key to a more effective, agile security strategy

Take control of sensitive and personal data across multiple systems

Automated data discovery, classification helps companies understand what sensitive data they hold, for faster responses to Subject Access Requests (SARs)

Protecting critical data in the multi-cloud age

Using AI-powered automation, our solution accelerates backup, cuts costs & frees up IT personnel from low-level administration.

Your money or your data: why immutable data is key in the fight against ransomware

With immutable data backups from Northdoor, organisations can ensure that data is protected, and easy to restore in the event of a ransomware attack.

Northdoor Announces G-Cloud 11 Certification in Cyber and Third-Party Risk Management

Northdoor Has Achieved Supplier Status For Enterprise And Third-Party Cyber Risk Exposure To The Public Sector And NHS Trusts

Northdoor plc awarded Cyber Essentials scheme certification

Northdoor achieves Government-backed Cyber Essentials Accreditation ensuring customers information assets are protected from cyber security threats

Are you placing your bets on the right technology?

Upgrade To IBM i 7.4 to gain new capabilities that enable unprecedented service continuity, working with Northdoor for a seamless transition

Leading change in the real world

In our latest blog, Richard Jefferies, Insurance Client Manager, explores key factors for consideration when managing change in the real world

Why a 360° view is crucial to monitor and mitigate cyber risk

The threat of cyber-attacks faced by organisations need a consistent approach to monitoring and mitigating cyber-attacks. We can help with your cyber defence planning.

Risk Assessment For Cyber Insurance

Organisations need to look at fast, acccurate, efficient pricing and risk assessment for Cyber Insurance Policies. AJ Thompson, Professional Security Magazine

GDPR Anniversary: Compliance Matters to Consumers

One year In, read what we have learned about how GDPR requirements have affected organisations and what still needs to be improved.

What is the London Insurance Market telling us?

Key Topics That London Market Insurance C-Level Executives Have Been Discussing At Some Events Of Multinational Insurers.

Backup – the number one enterprise application

Redirect skilled IT staff from low-level backup admin to truly protecting data with Northdoor AI-powered backup, delivers 99%+ success

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