World Password Day 2025
- By Simon Wong
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Today is World Password Day so please take a moment to think about improving your basic Cyber Security. Ensure you have MFA enabled on all your logins and use a password manager to create unique, random passwords for everything. We love 1Password, try it out here: https://1password.com. Finally, please DO NOT email passwords! Stay Safe, […]
read moreWindows 10 End of Support: What It Means for Your Business
- By Simon Wong
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Microsoft will officially end support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. This means no more security updates, patches, or official assistance for Windows 10 systems. 🔗 View Microsoft’s announcement Why it matters: Devices running Windows 10 will become increasingly vulnerable and may no longer meet security or compliance standards. What we’re doing: Reviewing all […]
read moreTropical Cyclone Alfred
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We’ve had a few enquiries regarding Tropical Cyclone Alfred which will potentially make landfall near Brisbane on Thursday (6/3/25). Therefore, we thought it may be useful to publish a few notes in preparation: Data Backups If your backups are not managed by DT, ensure you have a full backup of important data and take it […]
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- April
- 2024

Twenty Years and Counting
- By Simon Wong
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On this day 20 years ago, our IT services business was incorporated. With the goal of providing customers with technologies that were fundamentally “dependable”, our name “Dependable Technologies” was born. In the early days, we primarily focused on Linux and Open Source technologies and although we’ve greatly expanded our technological scope over the years, our […]
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- January
- 2024

Recommended improvements for your organisation’s email with DMARC
- By Simon Wong
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I’d like to make you aware of some important recommendations to help improve the security and deliverability of your Organisation’s email. What we are recommending is for you to secure your email sending by implementing some technologies called DMARC, DKIM and SPF. In essence, these technologies: digitally sign your emails (DKIM), tell other Organisations who’s […]
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