5 Signs You Have Outgrown Your IT Guy As any small business grows, responsibility is spread over an ever-increasing number of staff and eventually it becomes necessary to implement controls in various areas of the business. Simple practices that worked well for a team of six employees begin to break down when the team expands […]
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Recently we helped an organization who was under attack by an email bombing campaign. Imagine receiving 5,000 email messages an hour. There are so many messages, it is impossible to sift through the junk to find legitimate correspondence. If you are lucky, you can call your MSP for help. If not, we hope this brief
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With all the AI products being hyped by so many vendors, it is hard to understand the value they can provide your business and whether they are worth the investment. Microsoft Copilot offers a free version that can help generate ideas or assist with general problem solving and a paid version for $30 per month
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Employees today demand to work remotely, and this creates a challenge for IT support teams, who must provide the tools that make remote work possible while keeping the firm’s data secure. Remote workers are particularly challenging for IT support teams because they work outside the protection of the corporate security infrastructure and they often use
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We often meet with companies who have been stalling on cybersecurity. They know a breach happens every 39 seconds and that Ransomware could shutter their business, but they fear picking the wrong solution or that the right solution far exceeds their budget. So, they do nothing. If this is you in 2025, this simple guide
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When your accountant comes to you and suggests you spend money before the end of the year, do you know where that money should go? If you don’t, you might get to the middle of your fiscal year and then discover unexpected IT expenses that strain your budget. A strong MSP partner will have ongoing
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On October 14, 2025, Windows 10 will be End-of-Life. This means that Microsoft will no longer provide monthly security updates for the operating system. Readers of this blog will know that patching is a key component of cybersecurity, so if your system is no longer receiving patches from the manufacturer, it is time to upgrade.
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On November 7th, the MTSi team was joined by several customers and a few new faces to discuss cyber resilience, play Top Golf and enjoy a barbecue lunch with some fried chicken on the side. If you haven’t tried Top Golf yet, we highly recommend it. The folks at Top Golf have reinvented golf, making
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Best practices in cybersecurity recommend a layered approach to security tools because networks are made up of a variety of devices each with their own vulnerabilities. Most organizations employ several tools to prevent and detect unauthorized activity on the network. We often discuss tools like Multi-factor Authentication (MFA), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Intrusion Detection,
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Business Email Compromise (BEC) is a growing problem that every organization needs to protect against. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), business email compromise (BEC) attacks cost businesses an estimated $2.9 billion in 2023. In Massachusetts, there were $65,960,320 total losses in 2023 with an average loss per victim of $131,657.33. BEC as the name
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Zero Trust is a promising concept, but many implementations are costly and difficult to implement. ThreatLocker has a novel approach called application whitelisting. The idea is that only applications that are explicitly allowed to run can execute. All other applications are blocked. The result is devastating for malware. Untrusted software, ransomware and other malware is denied by default.
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