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How Cybersecurity Helps Accounting Firms Win Clients
Accounting and CPA firms are bound by the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, which mandates principles such as integrity, objectivity, and due care. These principles require firms to handle sensitive financial data with the utmost responsibility, ensuring its...
Best Managed IT Services – Houston, TX
In today’s increasingly digital world, businesses rely heavily on technology to operate efficiently, stay competitive, and meet customer demands. However, managing IT infrastructure can be a daunting task, especially for small to medium-sized businesses that may lack...
A Guide to IT Outsourcing in Dallas
In today's fast-paced business environment, maintaining a competitive edge often hinges on leveraging the latest technology. However, managing IT infrastructure in-house can be challenging and costly. This is where IT outsourcing comes into play. Let’s explore the...
Pros and Cons of Outsourced IT Support
Your day-to-day business relies on technology, having IT support that can sustain your potential growth and help to keep your business running efficiently is crucial. Managing IT in-house can be difficult and expensive. Moving to outsourced IT could be a good way to...
[SMBs] How Much Cyber Insurance Coverage Do You Need?
By now, every business owner, big or small, should understand how critical cyber insurance is for protecting their business. Even if you feel you might not be storing information valuable enough for a cyber-attack, you are still a target. It’s not necessarily about...
How Cyber Insurance Helps You Recover from a Cyber Attack
The cost of damages from a data breach goes beyond repairing your databases, buying new security tools, or replacing lost hardware. While this is expensive, the company may have to deal with legal and PR issues and may need to check if there are remnants of the...
Do You Have the Right Cyber Insurance Policy?
It is not a matter of ‘if’, but ‘when’ your company will experience a security breach. A well-prepared company is one that has thought through their security incident response and has a plan on how to recover from a successful cyber-attack. Cyber insurance is the...
What is SOC 2 Type 2 Compliance & Why Your IT Provider Should Have It
Aldridge understands the value of our clients' data to their reputation and future success. Because of this, we obtained our SOC 2 Type 2 Report and completed the certification through the MSP Cloud Verify Program™. Like many other professionals today, you may be...
What is an MSSP? (Managed Security Services Provider)
Thanks to innovation in the cybercrime industry, launching a successful cyber-attack campaign has never been easier. This innovation has unfortunately led to an explosion in attacks, especially against small and midsized businesses. Smaller businesses typically lack...
Small Business Cybersecurity Stats 2022
Cybersecurity is on every business leader's mind, but what are they actually thinking about? To answer that question, we conducted a survey of over 100 small business leaders and here is what we learned. Where are you on your ‘Security Journey’? The ‘Security Journey’...
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Is Generative AI All Hype?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has captured everyone’s attention with its promise to revolutionize how we work and interact with technology, but is it all just hype? Is Generative AI All Hype? The Hype Cycle: Separating Fact from Fiction AI's trajectory follows an...
6 Benefits of Office 365 for Construction Firms
Depending on your role in the construction industry, where and how you work can be completely different from the day-to-day of your fellow employee. Whether you are part of the office staff, or you have to transition between the office and the field frequently,...
Crafting Your Security Incident Response Plan: What Goes into an Effective SRP
Cybersecurity threats loom large, making it imperative for organizations to have a robust security response plan in place. But what exactly goes into creating an effective plan, and how can businesses ensure they are vprepared to handle security incidents? Crafting...
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SharePoint in 30 Minutes – Part 5: Sharing Basics
Video Transcription You can share documents with others in your organization as well as those outside your organization in a few simple steps. When you share documents from SharePoint, you no longer have to worry about saving and editing multiple copies of the...
SharePoint in 30 Minutes – Part 4: Recover and Restore Documents
Video Transcription If you need to recover a deleted file from anywhere in SharePoint, regardless of who the changes or who deleted the file, you can do this from the recycle bin located in the left navigation menu. Once here, you can see information about a...
SharePoint in 30 Minutes – Part 3: Features and Collaboration
Video Transcription Now that we have our first document created, let me show you some of the actions that you can take on that document. If you'll notice, there's a ribbon up at the top with some quick actions that you can take. We've already used the "new"...
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Why You Need SOC and SIEM for a Strong Cyber Defense
As cyberthreats continue to evolve, business leaders are increasingly turning to solutions like Security Operations Centers (SOC) and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) to stay ahead. You’ve probably heard these terms before, and you might even be...
Best Managed IT Services – Houston, TX
In today’s increasingly digital world, businesses rely heavily on technology to operate efficiently, stay competitive, and meet customer demands. However, managing IT infrastructure can be a daunting task, especially for small to medium-sized businesses that may lack...
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Is Generative AI All Hype?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has captured everyone’s attention with its promise to revolutionize how we work and interact with technology, but is it all just hype? Is Generative AI All Hype? The Hype Cycle: Separating Fact from Fiction AI's trajectory follows an...
6 Benefits of Office 365 for Construction Firms
Depending on your role in the construction industry, where and how you work can be completely different from the day-to-day of your fellow employee. Whether you are part of the office staff, or you have to transition between the office and the field frequently,...
Crafting Your Security Incident Response Plan: What Goes into an Effective SRP
Cybersecurity threats loom large, making it imperative for organizations to have a robust security response plan in place. But what exactly goes into creating an effective plan, and how can businesses ensure they are vprepared to handle security incidents? Crafting...