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Stay informed with practical advice from Rockfield IT on cyber security, Microsoft 365, AI, IT support and the technology issues affecting growing Irish businesses. Our blog shares clear, useful guidance to help SMEs reduce risk, improve productivity and make better decisions about their IT.

Rockfield IT Named Finalist for Customer Service at Carlow Business Awards 2026

We are delighted to announce that Rockfield IT has been named a finalist in the [...]

Revoking local admin rights – why it cuts your support tickets in half

The most time-consuming ticket in most queues isn’t a hardware failure. It’s the PC infection [...]

Passkey migration – a sensible way out of passwords

Every month, your IT helpdesk fields password reset requests. Every year, the same breach reports [...]

Invoice deepfakes – AI and the new face of accounts-payable fraud

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center recorded more than $3 billion in business email compromise [...]

Immutable backup – the cyber insurance question most firms get wrong

There’s a question on most cyber insurance renewal forms that catches a lot of people [...]

Human habits – the biggest security risk in most firms isn’t technical

Most attacks on small firms don’t start with a sophisticated intrusion. They start with a [...]

How a ransomware attack on a small firm unfolds in reality

Most ransomware operators target small businesses by volume. A firm of 10 to 50 people [...]

Five M365 settings worth a second look

Microsoft has quietly tightened a lot of Microsoft 365 defaults over the last few years. [...]

Copilot rollout – permissions audit before switching it on

Before you switch on Microsoft Copilot, ask your IT provider one question Before any firm [...]

AiTM attacks – how attackers steal active login sessions after MFA succeeds

You click a link, sign in, approve the prompt on your phone, and carry on [...]