Digital Edinburgh

Edinburgh's monthly #DigitalMeetup. Co-organisers are @rebecca_curtis & @LockhartL.

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Who else is at @scvotweet #OneDigital sessions today? Come and say hi - @rebecca_curtis is here in her dinosaur jumper! #ILoveCharity

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That's us for tonight. Thanks so much, Twittersphere, for turning up too!

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If you ever need 3rd party help to write or review contracts, help you get control of your domains, etc contact @Piotr_Qx of Massive Digital

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Chat in the room: keeping information safe and accessible when you have high turnover. Keep everything in 1 place and the process written.

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Q from the room: 'Why is it so hard to know what a fair price is for IT services? How does it all work?'

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@ly0nsd3n Oh man. This is gold!

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Q from the room: 'Should I back up my https://t.co/A8y2hm51ua? I assume they back up their servers.' A: YOU SHOULD BACK UP EVERYTHING.

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A lot of small orgs want to outsource IT but they don't know enough about IT to pick a reputable supplier. Get advice from a 3rd party!

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Fun fact: superman is a commonly used password because it's 8 characters. But don't use simple passwords like this please...😬

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@EdDigiMeetup and remember to have a linked back up email address to reset passwords if req.

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If someone has control over your domain, they will have control of your email. Get your written agreements right from the start, folks!

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https://t.co/7mFLhh1sJ5 gets another shout for helping you to find where your website is being hosted. In case the contractor buggers off!

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Shout out to Amazon Web Services for cloud service, place to host a site https://t.co/8XLYGMTJqm. Piotr likes the level of control for users

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Do you know where your website, email, databases are hosted? Do you have backups of your servers?

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Using https://t.co/7mFLhh1sJ5 to look up a domain can give you info about where your domain is registered- vital for regaining control of it

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Can you answer: What domains do you have registered? Where are they registered? When do they expire? No? Head to https://t.co/7mFLhh1sJ5

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Multifactor Authentication (MFA) = time limited codes that are secure ways to get secondary authentification. All admins should set this up!

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@rebecca_curtis *waves* Welcome home!

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If you are a small org with few admins/high turnover, using password managers are super useful.

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Recommendation: keep passwords secure with https://t.co/C4Lcu47PIf. You can keep up to 100 passwords safe with them FOR FREE.