The Lucid View

30th March 2026

What is email spoofing?

Email spoofing is when a scammer sends an email that appears to come from your address, without actually accessing your account. It is not a hack […]
20th March 2026

The Hidden Risk of Onsite Hardware

Small businesses that rely heavily on on-site servers and NAS devices are exposed to significant risks, including downtime, data loss, and limited scalability. By introducing off-site […]
13th March 2026

What is Shadow AI?

The Hidden IT Risk Growing Inside Small Businesses: Shadow AI Shadow AI refers to employees using artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot, or Gemini for […]
6th March 2026

The Day Passwords Started Dying

What Are Passkeys? A passkey is a secure, passwordless authentication method that replaces traditional passwords with a cryptographic key pair. One key stays on your device, […]
27th February 2026

The £17,000 Phone Call

The £17,000 Phone Call It started with a perfectly normal Tuesday. One of the directors of a small Midlands manufacturing firm received a call from his […]
13th February 2026

AI Phishing: The New Threat to Small Businesses

AI Phishing: The New Threat to Small Businesses You’ve probably seen one of those dodgy emails from a “Nigerian prince” or a supposed “Microsoft alert” asking […]
19th January 2026

Microsoft 365 MFA Update: Multi-Factor Authentication Now Enforced by Default

Email security remains one of the biggest risks facing businesses today. The vast majority of cyber attacks we see start with a compromised email account, often […]
5th December 2025

The owners’ blog #1

The owners’ blog #1 So this is the first of a potentially weekly blog article, which I’ve decided to do as the owner of Lucid Computer […]
4th December 2025

The Day the Cloud Got a British Passport

The Day the Cloud Got a British Passport Picture this: you’re a small business owner, sipping your coffee (flat white, obviously), doing that end-of-year spreadsheet dance […]
29th May 2026

Linux Mint as a Daily Driver

Linux Mint is a free, open-source operating system built on Ubuntu that is widely regarded as one of the most accessible and user-friendly versions of Linux […]
15th May 2026

RescueTime Review: Track Your Time

RescueTime is an automatic time-tracking application that runs quietly in the background on your computer and phone, logging every application, website, and document you interact with […]
1st May 2026

Build a Personal Daily Dashboard

A personal daily dashboard using Zapier and Microsoft To Do works by automatically routing tasks, alerts, and messages from multiple tools — such as Zendesk, Outlook, […]
24th April 2026

The Principles of Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials is a UK government-backed certification scheme, supported by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), that defines five core security controls every organisation should have […]