Patch management. It's a phrase you've most likely heard while watching the news or reading a business article about a data security breach, but why should you, as a business owner, care about it? Why should you understand its value? Because your business depends on it and you do not want to be the next [...]
Patch management. It's a phrase you've most likely heard while watching the news or reading a business article about a data security breach, but why should you, as a business owner, care about it? Why should you understand its value? Because your business depends on it and you do not want to be the next [...]
Did you know that "The global average cost of a data breach in 2023 was USD 4.45 million, a 15% increase over three years," according to this IBM report? I don't share this as a scare tactic because it simply is the reality of the situation. Cybersecurity concerns continue to rise as threats and bad [...]
I built my company with a simple premise: to help people. From the beginning, I wanted to transform people's perspective around managed service providers (MSPs) and IT consultants. “Geeks” who understand people and business operations. Many see information technology (IT) as a headache for business owners and employees. Technology may be necessary, but most business [...]
Did you know that "The global average cost of a data breach in 2023 was USD 4.45 million, a 15% increase over three years," according to this IBM report? I don't share this as a scare tactic because it simply is the reality of the situation. Cybersecurity concerns continue to rise as threats and bad [...]
Are you leveraging IT to grow your business strategically, or does managing your company's tech feel more like a burden than an investment? As a business owner, I understand that feeling. I know that critical components of our business can sometimes feel overwhelming and frustrating. As a small business owner of a managed service provider, [...]
Why Password Management Matters What is your relationship to your passwords? Are you a frequent user of the "Forget Password" function, or are you someone who uses the same password for every login and only changes one or two characters when it's time to update your information? For many, the plethora of passwords we must [...]
If you're a business owner, you've most likely heard the term DNS in meetings with your IT team or your managed service provider. How familiar are you with DNS? I'm here to help. DNS stands for Domain Name System. It is a fundamental component of the internet infrastructure that translates domain names into numerical IP [...]
Have you ever had a meeting with your IT consultant or managed service provider that left you with more questions than answers? Like in every industry, in the tech space, there are terms and acronyms used frequently by IT professionals that might confuse those outside the industry. If you've ever felt a bit overwhelmed [...]
Small business owners must understand the cost of downtime. Knowing how an outage or cyberattack might impact your business helps you prepare more thoroughly. This information is also often a catalyst for business owners to dive into the ROI of backup and recovery systems. So what is the average cost of downtime? When we refer [...]
