Sometimes the simplest things that you can do to defend your organization against cyber-attack get neglected. Take keeping software and hardware up to date for example. When you use unsupported software or fail to apply security patches, you’re creating holes where cyber criminals can enter.
If you’re getting outsourced cybersecurity services from a managed IT service provider, you may have been presented with options for different tiers of service. If this surprised you, it may be because you didn’t expect to have choices. You do have choices, however, because cybersecurity is about risk management, and that responsibility ultimately rests on executives’ shoulders, as do decisions about allocating resources towards managing risks.
If you knew that spending a few thousand dollars would save you tens of thousands in the long run, would you spend the money? That’s how it goes with business process automation. It’s an investment that reaps a harvest of efficiency and cost savings over time but if you’ve never done it before it might take some effort to get the buy-in and resources to move forward.
(February 15, 2022 – Ellicott City, Maryland) XPERTECHS has been recognized as a top Managed IT Service Provider with placement on The Channel Company’s list of technology providers whose forward-thinking approach to managed services delivery is changing the landscape of the IT channel.
This happens all too often – someone files their tax return expecting a nice refund when their return is rejected because one has already been filed with their social security number. How did that happen? You can’t necessarily point the finger of blame on that unfortunate person because they had a piece of their personal identity stolen.
Microsoft has started phasing in price increases that they announced last August 2021. They’re calling this their “New Commerce Experience” (NCE) and the bottom line is that licenses purchased through Cloud Solution Provider programs will be more expensive and less flexible.
You may not think what’s happening across the world has any impact on your world, but the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) thinks differently. CISA is a United States government agency that works with the Office of Management and Budget to manage cyber risks and protect critical infrastructure.
If you want to be sure that you’re investing in the right technology, and not wasting your money on the latest shiny thing or a so-called improvement that will cause a ripple effect of problems – then you need a Virtual Chief Information Officer (vCIO). It doesn’t make sense for most small and medium-sized businesses to have one of these IT leaders on their staff full-time, but you can get your own fractional Chief Information Officer and that’s where the “virtual” comes in.
There have been a lot of lessons learned from living through a global pandemic. One of these lessons was about technology and how its utilization helped companies to be resilient through the most challenging of times. As the calendar turns to 2022, here at XPERTECHS, we plan to continue helping clients improve operations and enable success with technology, and part of that is to bring them ideas on how to leverage IT.
Following are five areas of focus that we’ll be talking about with business leaders throughout the year.
You may be planning to relax during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, but cyber criminals aren’t. That’s the message sent out by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) as a reminder to stay vigilant with cybersecurity during a time when many organizations are winding down and taking time off at the end of the year.
