South Ayrshire Council is now using Egress Prevent and Egress Defend to improve security, cut costs and remove complexity from its tenant-facing operations and services. In order to deal with the sensitive personal and financial information it holds on its tenants, the council wanted to have a secure network completely separate from its main corporate…
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Infrastructure
Sovereign pilots CTG fibre-optic broadband
Sovereign Housing has partnered with Complete Technology Group to install fibre-optic broadband in its communal properties. The first phase of Sovereign Housing’s project is to assess the suitability of various areas and properties for fibre-optic connections, followed by initial digital infrastructure works. The second phase will be for ISPs to give Sovereign’s residents the option…
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Keep the hackers out of your homes
Research by Housing Technology shows that across the housing sector over 75 per cent of organisations are deploying or planning to deploy IoT projects within the next 24 months. The main drivers for these IoT projects are improving tenant and building safety, better asset management, and more efficient repairs and maintenance. There are several parts…
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Assess your Microsoft environment to target security risks
The housing sector is a tempting target for cyber criminals. With an estimated 2.4 million homes under management in the UK, we know that housing providers hold a wealth of confidential and sensitive data of the sort that is stolen in droves every year, such as phone numbers, bank details, addresses and other personally-identifiable information…
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Broadacres Housing boosts cybersecurity with Arctic Wolf
At the beginning of 2021, when Broadacres Housing noticed a sharp increase in the number of cyber-threats it was receiving, the housing provider started looking for reinforcements as part of its wider cyber-strategy. After numerous product demonstrations and testing different security platforms, Broadacres Housing chose Arctic Wolf and its Concierge Security Team. Steve Cook, infrastructure…
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A smart approach to future-proofing homes
How can quick wins, not quick fixes, support housing providers’ long-term digital transformation strategies? The government has announced plans to pass the Social Housing (Regulation) bill by this summer. The intention of the legislation is to reform the housing sector in order to protect tenants’ lives, in part by compelling housing providers to address problems…
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