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In IT, 'boiling the ocean' means trying to do everything at once, a guaranteed recipe for wasted time, budget overruns, and failed projects. It describes taking on an impossibly broad or undefined scope, with tasks that are unmanageable given the available time, resources, or complexity involved.

Artificial Intelligence is reshaping industries, transforming processes, and creating new opportunities for efficiency and innovation. But in this era of rapid technological change, established management frameworks such as ISO 9001 (Quality Management) and ISO 14001 (Environmental Management) remain just as relevant, if not more so. These standards provide the foundation for organisations to integrate AI responsibly, sustainably, and effectively.

OpenAI (the company that created ChatGPT) lets you share ChatGPT conversations with others, but it's easy to accidentally click a box and inadvertently make your private conversations public. Here's how to stop Google spying on your conversations...

The shocking stat is not only the rise in attacks, but that 60% to 70% of the phishing attacks this year have come from PhaaS kits. A PhaaS kit refers to a pre-packaged set of tools and resources provided by Phishing-as-a-Service platforms that enables cybercriminals, often with little technical expertise, to launch phishing attacks quickly and efficiently. Attackers can subscribe to or purchase these kits, often through darknet forums or messaging apps like Telegram.

The IT landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. What was once a support function tethered to break-fix and updating servers and software now needs to be very much a strategic function. For many organisations, this shift hasn't been fast enough, and in many cases, is not happening at all. The question is no longer 'if' businesses should evolve their IT strategy, but ‘when’ can they.

Economit is proud to announce that it has been awarded the Stellastra Platinum Cyber Security accreditation for 2025, recognising its outstanding commitment to core cyber security principles and practices. As a Platinum accredited cyber security partner, Economit now offers specialist consultancy to help organisations improve their DNS hygiene, enhance their Stellastra risk score, and achieve either Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum recognition on Stellastra's global cyber security ranking platform.

PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is a set of security requirements to ensure that all companies that process, store, or transmit credit card information maintain a secure environment. Here's a simplified breakdown to help you understand the essentials...

ISO 42001 is the world's first certifiable AI governance standard, developed to provide essential guidance for managing the unique challenges of artificial intelligence. Designed for the rapidly evolving AI landscape, this standard helps organisations balance innovation with governance while setting out a structured approach to handling AI-related risks and opportunities.

Businesses typically have no idea what is on the near- or long-term horizon concerning AI. How will it pervade the workplace, and what will it look like? The honest answer is no one truly knows. There is a lot of uncertainty out there, and quite rightly so. While challenges remain, such as data security concerns and talent shortages, the overall trend shows that businesses are increasingly embracing AI.

Most organisations don't know that technical debt exists, let alone understand that it can be critical to their success. Technical debt is a concept in information technology, that refers to the future costs and consequences of choosing quick or cheap, less optimal solutions over more robust, long-term approaches. Like financial debt, where you borrow money that has to be repaid over time and costs more in the long run, technical debt will be repaid with additional work, maintenance and expenses further down the line.

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Whether you're a small business or a multinational corporation, an independent IT audit can provide the clarity and assurance needed to support a resilient and forward-thinking IT strategy.

Economit's virtual team provides independent and strategic IT leadership and direction based on many decades of experience. They'll bring the skills and confidence your business needs, enabling immediate access to specialised expertise without the delays, costs or typical pain of finding and hiring full-time staff. This can be particularly beneficial for growth aspirational small and medium-sized companies.

Why InfoSec Compliance is more than just ticking boxes... One common misconception is that once you've checked off compliance tasks or received a certificate, the job is done. However, compliance goes far beyond merely obtaining a certificate. Organisations must incorporate compliance policies and best practices into their everyday procedures, systems, tools, and people to achieve a compliance culture.

DPO services are among the most requested consulting services in the UK. At Economit, we offer a cost effective virtual DPO service, a legally compliant data protection service that provides your business with expert guidance and support.

In today’s complex world of cyber security, threats and combative products, you need reliable, independent and impartial strategic advice from highly accredited and certified industry professionals to mitigate such threats. If you lack the in-house resources and want to improve your information technology and cybersecurity strategies, we can provide support via our in-house team of experts to help you build robust strategies and assist in implementing, maintaining, and continually developing them.

ISO 14001 is a standard that helps your company create an effective Environmental Management System (EMS). It benchmarks your current environmental performance and suggests ways to improve it, making your organisation more environmentally friendly.