Atlas Cloud – Reassuringly Secure IT

I've just been reviewing UK Home Office's annual Cyber Security Breaches Survey for 2024. The official proportion of UK firms that identified an attack and/or breach has suffered a huge jump this year. From 32% in 2023... to 50% in 2024. The figures really debunk the "won't happen to us" myth. Charity? 1/3 organisations targeted. Tiny business? Just under 50% targeted. Also in the study – a very low awareness of the most obvious starting point for cyber due diligence: #CyberEssentials, just 12% of people identified with the "most responsibility for cyber security" have heard of the scheme. The UK Gov-backed scheme is designed to help make sure British businesses have the basics covered. It's low cost to certify and comes with a level of Cyber Liability Insurance included. It should be a no-brainer for many. Drop me a line if you'd like to learn more.

Open invite to my connections: Every year, I put on a fitness challenge at Atlas Cloud – Reassuringly Secure IT for those interested in going out of their comfort zone a little. This year, we're taking on the #HYROX challenge! We're hiring out a gym in Newcastle on the afternoon of Friday 14th June and having a beer or two once we've all finished. We've had a few friends come along in previous years by chance but this, year, I'm formally opening up invites. Drop me a DM to learn more if you: 👉 Want to put push your fitness 👉 Have ever wanted to take on me or Atlas CFO/COO Michael Conn 👉 Want to see me beat Andrew Jacques once again (he'll hate me for saying that) 👉 Want try something different, make some connections and have a laugh There's still time to prepare. All fitness levels welcome!

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A first for us at Atlas Cloud – Reassuringly Secure IT! Thanks to the work we've done standardising processes, documenting them and upskilling the team; we've made steady progress over the last few months in our service feedback scores. But April was the first month both NPS and CSAT have ever averaged 100%, meaning our customers are delighted with us. Thanks again to the whole team for contributing to it. If you're one of our customers, please continue to provide feedback – good or constructive.

March has been another strong month from the team. Thanks to all at Atlas Cloud – Reassuringly Secure IT for keeping up our world class service. We're proud to be a transparent organisation. Anyone can view our historic scores from the last 12 months, right on our homepage.

We’re going big and making the power of Microsoft Copilot available to customers of every size! Today we introduced individual subscriptions, availability for small and medium-sized businesses, and expanded availability for commercial plans. Get the details here: https://msft.it/6048iq1Fk #SmallBusiness #AI