Quick Fixes: Ten Problems You Can Solve Before Logging a Ticket

These ten account for most of what comes through the service desk. Every one of them takes under five minutes, and none of them requires admin rights. Work through the relevant one. If it doesn’t clear, log a ticket and tell us what you already tried — that alone usually saves a round trip. 1. […]

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Who to Contact in IT — Functions, Numbers and Escalation Path

Who to Contact in IT — Functions, Numbers and Escalation Path The short version: log a ticket for everything, phone as well when it’s urgent, and don’t route the request through whoever you happen to see in the corridor. The longer version is below, because knowing how IT is structured makes it obvious where your

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How to Spot a Phishing Email — Five Things to Check Before You Click

Most successful attacks on companies like ours don’t start with someone breaking through a firewall. They start with someone clicking a link. That isn’t a criticism of anyone. Phishing works because it’s designed to work — the emails look real, they arrive at plausible moments, and they’re written to make you act before you think.

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