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Black Swan Cyber Security Solutions

Empowering SMBs and nonprofits with cybersecurity solutions that provide peace of mind.

We offer proven strategies and proactive protection, so you can focus on what matters most.

15/10/2026

Clicked it? Tell someone.

That includes the link you wish you hadn’t opened, the password you entered and the MFA request you approved before thinking twice.

Your IT team or provider would much rather hear from you early.

Please don’t spend the next hour trying to work out whether you’ve done something terrible, and don’t quietly delete the message and hope that sorts it.

Contact your usual IT or security contact through a route you trust. Explain what happened and roughly when.

Be clear about anything you entered, downloaded or approved. Those details help them decide what needs doing.

Opening a link doesn’t automatically mean an account or device has been compromised. It does mean it’s worth reporting if something felt wrong.

For business owners and managers, your reaction matters too.

If the first person who reports a mistake gets a dressing-down, the next person may say nothing.

The attached poster has space for your own IT contact details. They don’t have to be ours.

Glitch would quite like you to keep this between yourselves.

Please disappoint him.

14/10/2026

Glitch didn’t ask how many people you employ. He found an account with an easy password.

“We’re too small for anyone to bother with.”

I understand the thinking. If you run a small business, it’s hard to imagine someone taking a particular interest in your three laptops and a printer that only works when it feels like it.

But an attack doesn’t always start with someone choosing your business.

Automated tools can look for exposed systems or try stolen passwords across different services. Phishing emails can reach thousands of businesses without the sender knowing much about any of them.

Sometimes the opportunity comes first. Finding out whose account they’ve accessed comes later.

Being small doesn’t mean you need a huge security budget. It does make getting the basics right worthwhile.

Start with a few questions:

- Are your devices and applications supported and up to date?
- Does everyone have their own account, with unique passwords and MFA?
- Have you removed access for people who’ve left?
- Could you recover important files from a tested backup?
- Does everyone know who to contact if something looks wrong?

You may already have several of these covered. That’s a useful starting point.

At Black Swan, we help smaller businesses work out what’s in place, where the gaps are and what deserves attention first. The aim is protection that fits your work and budget.

Glitch was looking for an easy way in. He never checked the size of the car park.

Not sure where you stand? Ask us about a free cyber health check.

13/10/2026

Selling in three currencies but reporting in one? That’s a Friday-afternoon headache for too many growing businesses.

Business Central treats multi-currency as a default, not a workaround. Real exchange rates post automatically, intercompany transactions reconcile both ways, and you get live consolidation across entities. That means less time on foreign exchange adjustments and more time running your business.

If you trade across markets, talk to Bitz 'n' PC'z Ltd about running everything from one connected platform.

https://microsoft.channext.com/bitz-n-pcz-ltd/microsoft-dynamics-365-business-central-en-gb?lang=en_US&utm_source=fb&utm_term=44535

13/10/2026

Glitch clicked “Remind me tomorrow”. Again.

To be fair, it was a busy morning. There was a customer waiting, a document open and absolutely no appetite for a restart.

We’ve all been there.

The problem starts when tomorrow becomes the unofficial patching policy.

Some updates fix security weaknesses. Leaving them outstanding can leave an opportunity open long after a fix is available.

Telling everyone to “keep things updated” only gets you so far. Somebody needs to check that updates actually install, that required restarts happen and that devices aren’t quietly falling behind.

At Black Swan, we help organisations put a manageable routine around that work, including finding the machines that keep missing it.

For this week, ask whoever looks after your IT: “Which devices have overdue security updates, and what’s the plan for them?”

That’s a more useful answer than “updates are switched on”.

Glitch is very patient when you keep pressing the same button.

11/10/2026

One thing to check on Monday…

Your backup says “successful”.

Now ask a slightly different question:

Could you actually restore something from it?

Glitch doesn’t care how many green ticks are on the dashboard.

He cares whether your data comes back when you need it.

Pick a file.

Restore it.

Open it.

That little test tells you far more than a green status light ever will.
..and if you haven't got a backup, we can help you with that...

09/10/2026

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀.

We talk a lot about protecting laptops, PCs and servers, but what happens when a cyber criminal doesn’t break into your device?

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗶𝗻.

A stolen password. A convincing phishing page. A hijacked session that lets them use an account that has already passed its security checks.

There doesn’t have to be malware on your laptop for someone to gain access to your Microsoft 365 account.

Once inside, they might quietly read conversations, create a forwarding rule or wait for the right moment to change the bank details on an invoice.

Glitch doesn’t always need to break a window. Sometimes he’s carrying somebody else’s staff pass.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗻, 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴.

At Black Swan, we provide managed Identity Threat Detection and Response: 24/7 monitoring backed by security analysts who investigate suspicious activity and respond to threats.

Collecting logs is useful, but having someone looking at them at 2am, (and taking action), is what makes the difference.

Identity monitoring belongs alongside other practical protections:

✅ 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗙𝗔. Still essential, even though some attacks target the authenticated session that comes afterwards.

✅ 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴. Help people recognise unusual requests and report concerns quickly, without making them responsible for spotting every convincing scam.

✅ 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝟯𝟲𝟱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘂𝗽𝘀. Give your business a way to recover important emails and files if data is deleted or damaged. Then test that recovery works.

These layers do different jobs: reduce the chance of compromise, spot suspicious activity and help you recover.

𝗪𝗵𝗼’𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝟯𝟲𝟱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲?

Book a free cyber security review with Black Swan. We’ll help you understand your identity protection, staff training and backup arrangements (and explain what’s worth improving in plain English.)

👉 https://blackswancyber.co.uk/contact-us/

08/10/2026

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳

If cyber security has ended up on your desk because there is nobody else to own it, that is exactly the sort of business we work with.

We can help you work out what you already have, where the sensible gaps are, and which controls are actually worth putting in place.

No pressure to buy a huge security stack. No unnecessary jargon. Just a practical conversation about what would make your business safer.

Book a free 30-minute cyber security consultation with Black Swan - link in the comments.

We’ll help you understand where you are now, what matters most, and what a proportionate next step could look like.

08/10/2026

Dave left six months ago. His account didn’t.

The leaving card went round. His mug disappeared. Somebody finally got his chair.

But his access to the business carried on.

Glitch thought that was very considerate.

It’s easy to miss an account when someone leaves. Email might be dealt with, while an old remote access login or business application gets forgotten.

Forwarding Dave’s email to somebody else doesn’t, by itself, remove his access.

A leaver process needs a named owner and a list of places to check. That includes ending active sessions and reviewing any shared passwords the person knew.

Business records may need retaining. Access still needs dealing with promptly.

Here’s a useful question for this week:

Who was the last person to leave your organisation, and can you confirm their access has been removed everywhere it should have been?

No blame if that takes a little digging.

That’s exactly why it’s worth asking.

Glitch doesn’t care that Dave has moved on. He cares that Dave’s login still works.

07/10/2026

Not sure where to start with Copilot Chat? We can help your team use it effectively and securely.

Bitz 'n' PC'z Ltd will guide you through:
• Rolling out Copilot Chat across departments
• Setting sensible data and access policies
• Training staff to get real value quickly

All of this sits inside Microsoft 365, so it fits with tools you already use.

Want a Copilot Chat onboarding session?
https://microsoft.channext.com/bitz-n-pcz-ltd/smb-copilot-en?lang=en_US&utm_source=fb&utm_term=44526

📧 [email protected]
📞 01246 927142

07/10/2026

We sell cyber security for things you hope will never happen and I understand why that can be a difficult purchase.

A new laptop does something useful the moment you switch it on. Security can be working well for months without giving you much to point at.

That makes it tempting to leave it until something happens.

Sometimes people come to us while planning ahead. Sometimes it’s after a suspicious login, a missing folder or a very uncomfortable phone call. Both are understandable. Running a small business means deciding which of today’s problems gets your attention and budget.

The Black Swan name fits here. An unexpected event can have a significant impact. We can’t predict every incident, but we can help you prepare so there are fewer decisions to make under pressure.

Another tool or dashboard only gets you so far.

With the right managed service, you’re buying the reassurance that someone is checking the alerts and responding at 2am, or while your business is closed for the holidays.

You’re buying a clearer answer to “what happens now?” and, hopefully, a better night’s sleep.

That reassurance needs substance: agreed responsibilities, tested recovery and people who know what to do when something looks wrong.

I’d much rather help you make those arrangements over a coffee than while you’re wondering whether you can open tomorrow.

Glitch doesn’t know you’ve booked a week off this October half-term, but it helps if someone else is on watch.

If you’re unsure what’s covered, ask us. We’ll help you work out what’s worth doing now, what can wait and who is responsible when an alert appears.

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