New UK Campaign to Encourage Greater Cyber Defences

With cyber threats now costing UK businesses £14.7 billion a year and half of small firms experiencing one attack in the last 12 months, a new government initiative is calling on organisations to increase their cyber vigilance.

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Thought leadership: Onboarding AI

As we move into 2026, we are no longer seeing AI as a mere software tool but as a "digital colleague". This is not just a semantic change; it is a structural one that requires a new approach to governance and accountability.

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Thought leadership: Signal vs WhatsApp

The Case for Signal: Why Your Business Should Look Beyond WhatsApp. For most of us, WhatsApp has become the default setting for quick chats, not just personally but in a business setting too. Is it secure or just convenient?

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Are you being Slack with Your Internal Comms?

Would you like to simplify your internal communications? If so, then Slack could be the answer. Slack is a powerful workplace messaging platform that helps teams communicate efficiently and complements existing IT systems.

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The Overlooked Aspect of IT Defences

Lifeline IT’s Daniel Mitchell was recently featured in the media, talking about the importance of physical IT security. His article about ‘Cyber Security Intelligence’, focused on the role that physical and personnel security should play.

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The Tech Opportunities and Challenges for the Year Ahead

As 2026 gets under way, we thought we’d set out some of the key IT and tech priorities for the year. Ranging from cyber security changes to AI development, Daniel and Adam talk us through what’s on the horizon for the next 12 months.

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Physical Security – The Overlooked Aspect of IT Defences

Online cyber protection is at the forefront of everyone’s mind as companies and individuals aim to safeguard themselves against the cyber threat. And whilst this is essential, physical security to protect IT systems and infrastructure is equally important.

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Businesses Neglecting to Harness Benefits of Data

Companies are failing to maximise the potential of their data to give valuable business insights. Our annual ‘IT Trends Survey’ research showed almost a third of organisations do nothing with the data they keep to help improve company performance.

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Lifeline IT Goes to the Hague for Cyber Conference

Cross-border cyber security cooperation was the key aim of the ONE Conference, attended by Lifeline IT’s Daniel this week. The two-day event, held in The Hague, is Europe’s prime cyber event, where businesses and government share knowledge, best practice and research results.

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