Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Microsoft Teams was steadily growing in its use but when the exodus to remote work happened, it skyrocketed. If you’re one of the many companies that jumped onboard the Teams bandwagon, then you’ve probably asked yourself – what else can we do in Teams? You might have even wished that you could do all of your voice communications inside of your favorite workspace.
It would be nice to get to a point with your technology where you can just coast along and maintain the status quo. However, if you’re coasting with technology, you’re probably slipping backwards. Technology is evolving all the time and to get the most out of it, you have to evolve too.
When executives want to find ways to cut operating costs, nothing is untouchable, not even IT. However, when it comes to identifying the exact measures to take in order to spend less on technology, cost cutting can actually backfire and cost the company more because product and service delivery, and employee and customer satisfaction take a nosedive.
It might be commendable to fix and patch your lawn mower, your snow blower, or even your car until it finally gives out. It’s a different story, however, when you’re talking about the technology that runs your business and one reason why business leaders insist on stalling new technology investments is because they’re afraid.
You didn’t used to need cyber insurance, but now you do if you want to make sure that your cybersecurity strategy does what it’s supposed to do. The goal of cybersecurity isn’t just to prevent cyber attacks. It’s to give you the ability to bounce back if and when you have an intrusion.
Think back to what your organization looked like prior to the COVID-19 exodus to remote work. Now consider what it looks like today. Chances are good that you found out that your technology setup was integral to your ability to pivot to changing circumstances.
We recently hosted a webinar for our clients to help them become better informed buyers of cyber insurance. The positive response that we received from clients confirmed for us that managing cyber risk is an increasing concern for business leaders. In fact, some of our clients opened up participation in the webinar to their management staff which was a signal that they understand that cybersecurity is everyone’s job.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has started a “Bad Practices” list and they’re beginning the list with two things that you need to stop doing right now. Stop using unsupported software and stop using weak passwords on accounts.
If you’re holding back on outsourcing Managed IT Services because you really don’t want to let go of your internal IT staff, there’s a solution that you may not have considered – use both. Having both outsourced and internal IT can bring you benefits that you can’t get when you go with one or the other.
No one likes to waste money. If you knew that right now your organization was leaking money because of the way IT is managed, you’d want to plug the leak. Some of the ways that you can waste money are due to a lack of oversight on spending. Some are due to poor decisions.
