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SIARP ~ not-so-tedious tech support
@siarp.uk
IT Support and Cyber Security for small businesses who are fed up of being confused by business tech. 🥰

Based in #Wales, customers are #UK wide.
5 things you can do right now to improve security at your business. Go!

✅ Get a password manager. For the WHOLE team.
✅ Enable two-factor authentication everywhere.
✅ Make sure everyone has their own user accounts.
✅ Get rid of out of date systems.
✅ Update or create your security policy document.
December 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Hoping for a quiet week ahead, after two weeks of phishing attacks on our clients.

It's important to stay alert when you're getting emails that are out of the ordinary.

Question anything with a link in it.

Security tools can only do so much, people still need responsibility and training.
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I'm busy telling a Phishmas tale over on Substack, find out how our modern day Scrooge is going to fare after a devastating phishing attack on his business!

#SmallBusiness #SmallBusinessUK #CyberSecurity #Phishing

jtsiarp.substack.com/p/a-phishmas...
A Phishmas Carol.
Chapter 1 (Yes, I’ve got a bit carried away, this one’s coming in chapters).
jtsiarp.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We posted on LinkedIn yesterday about how you can lock down your Microsoft 365 platform to just the countries you ned.

Nobody cared.

Is BlueSky any different? 👀
September 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Wondering how many #business owners are currently unaware that Windows 10 is going out of support in the next few months.

Are we going to be busy in October? Likely.

Got a #SmallBusiness and need to get your Windows 10 machines upgraded? Don't leave it until the last minute like your tax return!
July 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Not a week goes by without someone asking about blocking phishing messages from their mail system. Stopping messages at an individual level is like playing whack-a-mole.

Systems and training are the answer.

siarp.uk/blog/email-s...
Your Email Security Feels Like Bringing a Butter Knife to a Gunfight
Stop trying to block individual phishing messages and find out how you can stop more messages from reaching your mailboxes.
siarp.uk
June 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
🏳️‍🌈 Tech’s better when everyone’s included. In fact, the world is better, when everyone is included. 🏳️‍⚧️

As we close this Pride Month, we celebrate diversity in every line of code. Without diversity, you wouldn't have the great apps, devices and services you rely on today.
June 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Happy #InternationalWomensDay - we attended a great event this week where women shared their stories of success, adversity, happiness and sadness.

It was inspiring, it was informative but it was also depressing to see just how much further we have got to go until we reach true equality. #iwd
March 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Happy New Year all! We’ve not logged on to BlueSky yet in 2025. Sorry!

We must do better.

What are your business tech goals for this year? 👀

#HNY #SmallBusiness
January 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Should Fridays be this busy? Multiple client onboardings, an ISO audit and new device setups... We're sure we should be winding down now... right?
December 13, 2024 at 10:26 AM
We've sent part of the team off on a finance workshop today... our bet is that they're not still awake at this point! 😳
December 12, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Just listening to someone talk about a client of theirs, who had a cyber attack earlier this year and STILL isn't convinced they need to spend any money on support or security.

What can you do? Some people will never be convinced.

How would you convince them to part with a few quid?
December 11, 2024 at 9:41 PM
This is Siarp.

We are a friendly team, who are absolutely obsessive about helping people to improve their businesses.

We are UK based, our clients are all over the country.

We're primarily an IT and Cyber Security business and we have a Virtual Business Management part of the business too!
December 11, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Why are we here? 🤷‍♂️

It’s time to try something new. We are all about working differently.

Helping our clients to build better businesses needs new ways of thinking.

So let’s give BlueSky a try.

Please introduce yourself… 🙏

#SmallBusiness #SmallBusinessUK
December 11, 2024 at 6:26 AM