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Eight reasons small businesses should read our new IT security guide

blog posted by Simon Rice, Group Manager for Technology, on February 10, 2016

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The ICO’s new and improved A Practical Guide to IT is now available online and in print.

It’s aimed at small businesses and gives advice on how to keep IT systems safe and secure.

We first released the guide in 2012 and whilst some new threats have emerged the classic security issues are still important to address.

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