IT SECURITY

IT Security has become more and more essential.

Cyber security should be a key concern for businesses of any size, Cyber attacks are a big part of business downtime. At MCS we provide a number of specialist IT security tools to keep your business protected online 24/7.

A virus is a form of malicious software that piggybacks onto legitimate application code in order to spread and reproduce itself.

Like other types of malware, a virus is deployed by attackers to damage or take control of a computer. Its name comes from the method by which it infects its targets.

A virus isn't itself a standalone program. It's a code snippet that inserts itself into some other application. When that application runs, it executes the virus code, with results that range from the irritating to the disastrous.

Dont leave it too late and fall foul to a cyber attack.

Malware & Ransomware protection

Ransomware is a type of malware from cryptovirology that threatens to publish the victim's data or perpetually block access to it unless a ransom is paid. While some simple ransomware may lock the system in a way which is not difficult for a knowledgeable person to reverse,

More advanced malware uses a technique called cryptoviral extortion, in which it encrypts the victim's files, making them inaccessible, and demands a ransom payment to decrypt them. In a properly implemented cryptoviral extortion attack, recovering the files without the decryption key is an intractable problem.

There were 181.5 million ransomware attacks in the first six months of 2018. This marks a 229% increase over this same time frame in 2017.

of businesses / charities identified cyber security breaches or attacks in the last 12 months.

£4,180 / £9,470

is the average annual cost for businesses / charities that lost data or assets after a breach

Managed Antivirus Take the hassle out of fighting the war against cyber crime.

Cyber security is of paramount importance simply because smartphones, computers and the internet are now such a fundamental part of modern life,

It's difficult to imagine how we'd function without them as everything we do online from banking to social media is all part of our daily life, it's becoming more important than ever to take steps that can prevent cyber criminals getting hold of your accounts, data, and devices.