Reduce IT Costs: Streamline Vendors and Applications With Managed IT

Reduce Vendors and Applications with Managed IT

When you are building a company, it’s common to delegate certain tasks and responsibilities to third-party vendors. When it comes to your IT needs, this often involves layering multiple applications over time, each performing a small part of your overall technology needs. As a managed service provider, we see this accumulation of vendors all the…

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Your Cloud Migration Strategy in 10 Steps

Cloud Migration Strategy in 10 Steps

Cloud migration, simply put, is moving your digital business operations such as relevant data, applications and IT-related processes from your onsite premises to an offsite cloud. A cloud migration strategy is the process behind the move. You probably already use cloud services to store your personal photos or documents. Unlike with those personal services that…

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Why You Need Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR): Next Gen AV

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

You know by now that your cyber security comes down to far more than your antivirus (AV) software. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t stay up to date on the best AV solutions for business. Unless you are using the next generation antivirus: endpoint detection and response (EDR), aka endpoint threat detection and response, you’re…

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Are Your Cyber Security Essentials Covered? Get the Checklist

Business Cyber Security Essentials - Have You Pulled Levers_

Every year, cyber thieves get increasingly creative when it comes to stealing your data.  From the Colonial Pipeline to the attack on JBS Foods, last year’s cybercrime had significant impacts on the everyday consumer, not to mention businesses. Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that ransomware will cost its victims more around $265 billion (USD) annually by 2031.…

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Ransomware as a Service (RaaS): Cybercrime, No Hacking Skills Needed

Ransomware as a Service easy as pushing a button

We’ve said it before: Cybercriminals are smart — so smart they’ve now branched out to Godfather villainy much the same as a cartel. They’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse, a ransom threat, but they don’t necessarily need the wherewithal to do it themselves. They hire “hit men” – companies, groups, nefarious entities  –…

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The Key To Business Resilience: Get Your DBR In Shape

Business Resilience

Business resilience means making sure your business can survive anything that comes at it, from supply chain issues to a ransomware attack (and everything in between). As a managed service provider, we have a great deal of experience helping companies improve their business resilience through Data Backup Recovery (DBR) planning. If you are working to…

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Cyber Security Measures vs. Productivity: Who Wins?

Cyber Security Measures

If you feel like you are in a battle with your cyber security team to get access to the files and systems you need to get work done, you’re not alone. It unfortunately happens far too often that security comes at the cost of productivity. But it IS possible to create and maintain your cyber…

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Multifactor Authentication: There’s No Cyber Security (Insurance) Without It

Multifactor Authentication

If you are in the market for cyber insurance, be prepared to document your multifactor authentication (MFA) policies and procedures. That’s because insurance companies are starting to require MFA to issue cyber insurance policies. In a recent flyer to its customers, Travelers Insurance, noted, “99.9 percent of account compromise attacks can be blocked by MFA.…

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Which Is Better: Google Workplace or Microsoft 365?

Google Workplace vs Microsoft 365, Google vs Microsoft 365

As a managed service provider, we get asked this question a lot. Why Microsoft 365? Why not Google Workplace?  You might think: six of one, half dozen of the other, but there are some significant differences. Before you decide, here are some questions to ask yourself: If you’re thinking that we, at Intrust, are more…

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