Cyber security sounds like something that falls under the responsibility of the IT department. IT may handle many of the responsibilities that go along with protecting your company from cyber threats, but that doesn’t make security the sole responsibility of the IT department. Ensuring that your business doesn’t fall prey to a cyber attack is everyone’s responsibility.
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When you need a cyber security assessment, the company that you choose to do the work matters. It matters because you don’t just want a provider who’s going to deploy some tools that will create a report. You need to choose a company that has expertise in interpreting the results so that your next step can be planning a course of action to close the gaps that are uncovered.
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So, you’ve decided to outsource some or all of your IT support needs to a managed IT services provider. Now comes the hard part – figuring out which IT support company is best for your business. You know as well as I do that there are a ton of IT companies to choose from. At Accent Computer Solutions, we’ve seen plenty of IT companies come and go as the IT industry has shifted over the past 35 years that we’ve been in business. With so many choices, how do you compare them to each other? How do you know which one is right for your business?
There are many reasons why you’re considering using outsourced cyber security services. Perhaps you want to augment your internal IT team, it may have become evident that your current IT provider doesn’t have the security expertise that you need – or worse, you’ve experienced a cyber incident. Whatever your situation, once you’ve decided to weigh your options, you need to be able to evaluate what each provider offers before you can pick the right one for your business. Unfortunately, it’s not going to be an apples-to-apples type of analysis because each provider has their own recipe for service delivery.
When Mark came to work at Accent in 2021, it was because he wanted to go back to his roots, working on computers. He began his career back in the 1980s, and he says that he and the computer industry grew up together. In the early days, it was all about the challenge and learning something new. These days he’s more interested in sharing his knowledge.
Email and marketing services provider, Mailchimp, discovered in March 2022 that a data breach had occurred. Mailchimp, owned by Intuit, has over 11 million customers worldwide but the data breach was confined to a very small number of customers who were targeted because they provided access to cryptocurrency accounts.
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A question that surfaces when business leaders are aware that they need to pump up their cyber security posture is – Can we augment our internal IT team with outsourced cyber security? The answer is “yes,” and it can be the solution to not only improve security but to enable everyone in the IT department to be more successful, as well as secure.
Cyber Security | Managed Security Services
Add another chair to your conference room table because there’s someone who needs a spot at your leadership meetings. It’s your virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO). While they may not literally sit in on your meetings, their input is vital for executive decisions that pertain to managing cyber risk because they provide guidance and oversight for your cybersecurity strategy.
In today’s business world, it’s rare to find tasks that don’t require the use of a computer, tablet, or smartphone. This means that delighting your clients and keeping your employees productive depends heavily on the efficiency and competency of your company’s information technology (IT) department and its processes.
Information technology is critical to operations for most companies and has the power to catapult growth when utilized effectively. Conversely, powerful business tools can quickly become frustrating and expensive roadblocks to achieving business objectives if things aren’t going well with IT. Through extensive conversations with many executives about their IT situations, some common themes have emerged. These are the top 10 most common IT problems that small and middle-market businesses face.
