Insight from 100+ Scottish Organisations About Adopting AI Securely Our recent webinar with Microsoft specialists Ben Voce and David Fortnam drew in more than 100 people from Scottish accountancy firms, housing associations, charities, professional services businesses, and public sector bodies. Everyone came with the same underlying question: how do we adopt AI in a way…
Cyber Scotland Week has become a cornerstone of Scotland’s efforts to build a more cyber‑resilient nation. Each year it brings organisations, communities, and sectors together to share practical knowledge and strengthen collective awareness. The 2026 theme, “Can’t Hack it?!”, reinforces a simple truth: cyber resilience isn’t reserved for specialists. It’s something everyone can influence -…
Enhancing Productivity and Security with Microsoft 365 Copilot During our event AI and Cyber Security Strategies with Microsoft Copilot for CyberScotland Week 2025, various aspects of Microsoft 365 Copilot were discussed, highlighting its potential to enhance productivity and security within organisations. This article summarises the key points and insights shared during the meeting, providing a comprehensive…
Only 21% of organisations are very confident in their organisation’s current approach to cyber security, according to data gathered during a recent ICAS (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland) webinar co-hosted by Lugo and Mitigo during CyberScotland Week 2024. The webinar (which you can view here: https://tinyurl.com/LugoICAS) which attracted around 100 attendees, also revealed that…
Many longer-term plans for your IT have been fast-tracked over the past 16 months. As more organisations start to return to the office, business owners face many decisions about their IT strategy moving forward. Typically, many accountancy firm’s technology choices have been driven by the products they’ve chosen over the years, perhaps by the relationship…
Over the last year, firms have had to quickly adapt to be able to keep delivering accountancy services to clients. This has been a smoother process for some than for others. For example, did your phone system continue as normal, or did you have to stop accepting inbound calls? Regrettably, not every firm has been…
ICAS and Lugo both conducted independent research projects last year on the risks and opportunities presented by technology for the Accountancy profession. In this article, we look at technology training, sharing insights from both studies. The two most common concerns highlighted in the ICAS study were: Cyber-attack, especially in the light of the increasing use…
WEBINAR: Top Tips to strengthen your firm’s cyber security As part of Cyber Scotland Week, on Tuesday 23rd February at 11am we’re hosting a TOP TIPS webinar with our friends from ICAS, SBRC and Azets. We’ll have a round table chat about practical steps including where to start when it comes to securing your firm,…
Where to focus your Cyber Security Following on from our overview of the research we conducted on IT in Accountancy published in November 2020 (you can access the article here), we’re now going to take a deeper dive into one of the key themes to come out of this study, cyber security. We were surprised…
During August and September 2020, we video interviewed a variety of accountancy firms across Scotland to discuss their views on IT for Accountants. These firms are not existing customers of Lugo and the people interviewed were in a leadership role and responsible for the firm’s IT. The findings of the interviews have been collated and…
