Advice On IT, Remote Working & Cyber Security For Businesses

Treat Cyber Risk Like Fire Risk: Prevention + Insurance = Resilience.

September 1, 2025

Treat Cyber Risk Like Fire Risk: Prevention + Insurance = Resilience. Imagine this: you wouldn’t run a business without smoke alarms, sprinklers, and fire drills — and then only rely…

The True Cost of IT: Why Proactive Support Can Save You More Than It Costs

August 1, 2025

The True Cost of IT: Why Proactive Support Can Save You More Than It Costs – Peace of mind, fewer surprises, and more time for what matters Most business owners don’t…

Why Growing Businesses Are Moving Away from Reactive IT Support

July 1, 2025

Why Growing Businesses Are Moving Away from Reactive IT Support – and why a proactive approach is becoming the new standard. For many small and mid-sized businesses, IT support has traditionally…

What Happens During a Cyber Essentials Audit? Step-by-Step for SMEs

November 25, 2024

If your business is preparing for Cyber Essentials or CE+, you’ve probably already looked at the questionnaire and thought: “Is this just a formality or is someone going to check…

Cyber Essentials vs Cyber Essentials Plus: What’s Right for Your Business?

August 1, 2024

You’ve probably heard the phrase “Cyber Essentials” come up in conversations with insurers, supply chains, or even customers. But what does it actually involve? What’s the difference between Cyber Essentials…

Why ‘Proactive IT Support’ Means More Than Just Patch Management

June 19, 2024

If you’ve been told your current MSP is “proactive,” but all that really means is they run patches and antivirus updates — we need to talk.At ALTO, we believe proactive…

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Keep Your Company Data Safe On Your Team’s Devices

April 4, 2024

Cyber attackers are remarkably resourceful. They can be inventive and pretty creative in how they infiltrate your systems. We have seen situations where work information is taken from a personal…

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How To Create A Company Culture & Business Core Values

February 1, 2024

8 Step Guide To Creating A Profitable Business Culture We’ve run various projects involving work on our business at Alto and one of the projects that we felt would be…

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What Are The Cyber Security Basics For Business

December 8, 2023

If you’re in a business, you need to make sure things are secure. It’s not something that should be taken lightly. You need patches, alerts, antivirus, email security, dark web…

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Microsoft 365 For Business Email

May 17, 2023

Microsoft 365 is a productivity suite of software, collaboration tools, cybersecurity products and cloud services. It includes what used to be called Microsoft Office – all the apps you use…

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Why Small Businesses Should Outsource Their Disaster Recovery

March 28, 2023

We’ve written about creating a business continuity plan and why it’s so important. To recap, you need to consider how your business would function if you lost access to your data,…

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Why Is Cloud Storage Important for Businesses?

February 24, 2023

What Is Cloud Storage? You’re almost certainly using cloud storage in your everyday life, even if you don’t realise it. If you back your photos up from your phone, share…

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How To Migrate To Microsoft 365

January 31, 2023

We’re regularly asked about the benefits of migrating to Microsoft 365 and we are firmly of the opinion that there are a large number of advantages and very few drawbacks.…

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What To Do When Your Computer Freezes or Crashes

December 7, 2022

There are five really common problems that people experience with computers and some of them can be fixed or at least diagnosed pretty quickly and easily, and are definitely worth…

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Guide To Buying A New Computer For Your Business

November 2, 2022

If you run a business then the obvious answer to the question ‘How long should your business computers last’ may seem to be ‘As long as possible’. With all of…

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How To Speed Up A Slow Computer In 2022

August 22, 2022

Slow computers are a constant irritation. They also cost your business a lot of money. How? Well, let’s take a look at the maths; a computer that runs slowly for…

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The Cyber Essentials Questionnnaire – A Helpful Summary

April 12, 2022

Following our explanation of the Cyber Essentials programme, we are going to go into more detail about the 80 question questionnaire and the type of information that is required. A…

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How To Get Cyber Essentials Certification

March 29, 2022

What Is Cyber Essentials? Cyber Essentials is a basic yet effective government-backed programme that will help you be aware of cyber threats and help protect your business against these threats.…

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