https://staticcomputers.com/blog/IT and cyber security articles from Static Computers, Sydney.en-auhttps://staticcomputers.com/static-computers-is-iso-27001-certified/https://staticcomputers.com/static-computers-is-iso-27001-certified/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:10:00 GMTStatic Computers is ISO 27001 certified. What being ISO 27001 certified means, how the certification process works, and what it means for businesses choosing a Sydney IT provider.https://staticcomputers.com/iso-27001-certification-cost-australia/https://staticcomputers.com/iso-27001-certification-cost-australia/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMTWhat does ISO 27001 certification cost? There's no fixed price. The five cost components, what drives the price up or down, and practical ways Australian small businesses keep the cost down.https://staticcomputers.com/iso-27001-controls-explained/https://staticcomputers.com/iso-27001-controls-explained/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMTA plain-English guide to the ISO 27001 controls: all 93 Annex A controls in four themes, examples small businesses will recognise, the Statement of Applicability and what changed from 2013.https://staticcomputers.com/iso-27001-vs-essential-eight/https://staticcomputers.com/iso-27001-vs-essential-eight/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMTISO 27001 vs Essential Eight compared in plain English: what each one is, the key differences, which one Australian businesses are asked for, and how to use them together.https://staticcomputers.com/why-your-it-provider-should-be-iso-27001-certified/https://staticcomputers.com/why-your-it-provider-should-be-iso-27001-certified/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMTYour IT provider usually has administrator access to everything. Why choosing an ISO 27001 certified IT provider matters, what certification tells you, and seven questions to ask any provider.https://staticcomputers.com/still-on-windows-10-heres-why-youre-putting-your-business-at-risk/https://staticcomputers.com/still-on-windows-10-heres-why-youre-putting-your-business-at-risk/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 02:00:00 GMTArticle Summary: Windows 10 reached the end of Microsoft support on October 14, 2025, which means it no longer gets security updates. The computers still work, but any new flaw found in Windows 10…https://staticcomputers.com/who-can-see-what-your-ai-note-taker-records/https://staticcomputers.com/who-can-see-what-your-ai-note-taker-records/Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:00:00 GMTArticle Summary: AI note-takers join your meetings, transcribe everything said, and save the recording and summary to the vendor’s servers. Who can see that recording depends on the tool. Some…https://staticcomputers.com/how-to-stop-scammers-from-sending-emails-in-your-companys-name/https://staticcomputers.com/how-to-stop-scammers-from-sending-emails-in-your-companys-name/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 02:00:00 GMTArticle Summary: Email spoofing is when a scammer sends a message that appears to come from your domain, often to trick your clients or staff into paying a fake invoice or changing banking…https://staticcomputers.com/qr-code-scams-what-they-are-and-how-to-protect-your-business/https://staticcomputers.com/qr-code-scams-what-they-are-and-how-to-protect-your-business/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:00:00 GMTArticle Summary: A QR code scam, sometimes called quishing, hides a malicious web link inside a QR code. Because the link is buried in an image instead of written as text, it slips past the email…https://staticcomputers.com/how-small-business-ransomware-attacks-work-and-how-to-protect-against-them/https://staticcomputers.com/how-small-business-ransomware-attacks-work-and-how-to-protect-against-them/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMTSmall businesses are the most common ransomware target by volume of incidents, even though many small business owners assume hackers focus on larger organizations. A 22-person company has enough…https://staticcomputers.com/how-to-answer-cyber-insurance-renewal-questions-without-voiding-your-policy/https://staticcomputers.com/how-to-answer-cyber-insurance-renewal-questions-without-voiding-your-policy/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMTIf you have a cyber insurance renewal coming up, the application is probably longer than the one you filled in last time. It’s also more specific. Each new question maps to a control that, if…https://staticcomputers.com/why-bad-onboarding-is-the-real-cause-of-messy-offboarding/https://staticcomputers.com/why-bad-onboarding-is-the-real-cause-of-messy-offboarding/Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMTBy the time an employee hands in their notice, the decisions that will make their departure clean or messy have already been made. They were made in the first weeks of the person’s tenure, when…https://staticcomputers.com/why-human-habits-are-your-biggest-security-risk/https://staticcomputers.com/why-human-habits-are-your-biggest-security-risk/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 02:00:00 GMTMost cyberattacks do not start with a sophisticated intrusion. They start with a click on a personal email, a reused password, or a file uploaded to a familiar cloud service because the approved…https://staticcomputers.com/what-is-passkey-migration-and-how-can-it-help-your-team-eliminate-passwords/https://staticcomputers.com/what-is-passkey-migration-and-how-can-it-help-your-team-eliminate-passwords/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:00:00 GMTYour team locks everything down with passwords. Some are strong, some are not, and most have been reused somewhere over the years. Every month, IT fields reset requests. Every year, the same…https://staticcomputers.com/the-zombie-saas-audit-finding-the-3-apps-your-former-employees-still-access/https://staticcomputers.com/the-zombie-saas-audit-finding-the-3-apps-your-former-employees-still-access/Sat, 20 Jun 2026 02:00:00 GMTSomeone leaves the company on a Friday. By Monday, their email account is disabled, and their laptop is back in the pile. What nobody checks is their login to the project management tool they…https://staticcomputers.com/stop-the-bleeding-how-revoking-admin-rights-eliminates-support-tickets/https://staticcomputers.com/stop-the-bleeding-how-revoking-admin-rights-eliminates-support-tickets/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 02:00:00 GMTThe most time-consuming ticket in your queue is rarely a hardware failure. It’s the PC infection that started when a user installed something they shouldn’t have been able to. Or it’s the broken…https://staticcomputers.com/is-your-invoice-a-deepfake-securing-your-accounts-payable-process-against-voice-and-email-cloning/https://staticcomputers.com/is-your-invoice-a-deepfake-securing-your-accounts-payable-process-against-voice-and-email-cloning/Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:00:00 GMTIt’s a statistic that sends a shiver down the backs of SME owners, managers and employees. According to the FBI’s 2025 Internet Crime Report, business email compromise (BEC) cost US businesses…https://staticcomputers.com/adversary-in-the-middle-attacks-how-phishing-sites-steal-your-active-login/https://staticcomputers.com/adversary-in-the-middle-attacks-how-phishing-sites-steal-your-active-login/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:00:00 GMTYou click a link, sign in, approve the MFA prompt, and get on with your day. Completely unaware that someone else just logged into your account at the same moment. That scenario surprises many…https://staticcomputers.com/the-session-cookie-hijack-why-mfa-cant-always-save-you/https://staticcomputers.com/the-session-cookie-hijack-why-mfa-cant-always-save-you/Sat, 30 May 2026 02:00:00 GMTMFA is a strong front-door lock. But it’s not the only thing that decides whether someone can get in. After you sign in, your browser keeps you logged in using a session token (often stored as a…https://staticcomputers.com/the-legacy-debt-audit-identifying-the-3-oldest-risks-in-your-server-room/https://staticcomputers.com/the-legacy-debt-audit-identifying-the-3-oldest-risks-in-your-server-room/Mon, 25 May 2026 02:00:00 GMTThe most dangerous thing in a server room is often the phrase, “Don’t touch that.” It’s usually said with a half-joke and a grimace. It refers to the old box that “still works”, runs something…https://staticcomputers.com/the-backup-exit-strategy-can-you-move-your-data-without-the-vendors-help/https://staticcomputers.com/the-backup-exit-strategy-can-you-move-your-data-without-the-vendors-help/Wed, 20 May 2026 02:00:00 GMTWhen you first sign up for a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, everything is designed to feel effortless. The problem is that the first real test of a SaaS relationship isn’t the onboarding.…https://staticcomputers.com/micro-saas-vetting-the-5-minute-security-check-for-browser-add-ons/https://staticcomputers.com/micro-saas-vetting-the-5-minute-security-check-for-browser-add-ons/Fri, 15 May 2026 02:00:00 GMTBrowser add-ons have a funny reputation. They feel “small”. A quick install. A tiny productivity boost. A harmless little helper that lives in your toolbar. But in practice, a browser extension is…https://staticcomputers.com/linkedin-social-engineering-protecting-your-staff-from-fake-recruitment-scams/https://staticcomputers.com/linkedin-social-engineering-protecting-your-staff-from-fake-recruitment-scams/Sun, 10 May 2026 02:00:00 GMTA fake recruiter message is one of the cleanest social engineering tricks around because it doesn’t look like a trick. That’s why LinkedIn recruitment scams work so well inside real businesses.…https://staticcomputers.com/clean-desk-2-0-securing-your-home-office-from-physical-data-leaks/https://staticcomputers.com/clean-desk-2-0-securing-your-home-office-from-physical-data-leaks/Tue, 05 May 2026 02:00:00 GMTIn the traditional office, a “Clean Desk” policy was a simple habit: shred the sensitive stuff, lock it away, and don’t leave passwords where someone can see them. In 2026, the same idea still…https://staticcomputers.com/the-essential-checklist-for-securing-company-laptops-at-home/https://staticcomputers.com/the-essential-checklist-for-securing-company-laptops-at-home/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:00:00 GMTAt home, security incidents don’t look like dramatic movie hacks. They look like stepping away from your laptop during a delivery, or leaving it unlocked while you grab something from another…https://staticcomputers.com/the-2026-guide-to-uncovering-unsanctioned-cloud-apps/https://staticcomputers.com/the-2026-guide-to-uncovering-unsanctioned-cloud-apps/Sat, 25 Apr 2026 02:00:00 GMTIf you want to uncover unsanctioned cloud apps, don’t begin with a policy. Start with your browser history. The cloud environment most businesses actually use rarely matches the one shown on the…https://staticcomputers.com/stop-ransomware-in-its-tracks-a-5-step-proactive-defense-plan/https://staticcomputers.com/stop-ransomware-in-its-tracks-a-5-step-proactive-defense-plan/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:00:00 GMTRansomware isn’t a jump scare. It’s a slow build. In many cases, it begins days, or even weeks, before encryption, with something mundane, like a login that never should have succeeded. That’s why…https://staticcomputers.com/how-to-run-a-shadow-ai-audit-without-slowing-down-your-team/https://staticcomputers.com/how-to-run-a-shadow-ai-audit-without-slowing-down-your-team/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:00:00 GMTIt usually starts small. Someone uses an AI tool to refine a difficult email. Someone enables an AI add-on inside a SaaS app because it promises to save an hour a week. Someone pastes a paragraph…https://staticcomputers.com/a-small-business-roadmap-for-implementing-zero-trust-architecture/https://staticcomputers.com/a-small-business-roadmap-for-implementing-zero-trust-architecture/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:00:00 GMTMost small businesses aren’t breached because they have no security at all. They’re breached because a single stolen password becomes a master key to everything else. That’s the flaw in the old…https://staticcomputers.com/5-security-layers-your-msp-is-likely-missing-and-how-to-add-them/https://staticcomputers.com/5-security-layers-your-msp-is-likely-missing-and-how-to-add-them/Sun, 05 Apr 2026 02:00:00 GMTMost small businesses aren’t falling short because they don’t care. They’re falling short because they didn’t build their security strategy as one coordinated system. They added tools over time to…