Microsoft has increased the price for its Microsoft 365 business licensing in 2025. Whether you work with a provider for M365 managed services or handle everything yourself, you need to understand how price increases
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What To Look For In A Virtual CIO
Updated May 28, 2025. From strategy to execution, modern IT management is getting harder all the time. Midmarket companies have it especially difficult because it’s challenging to hire a C-level IT executive as an employee. Enter the virtual CIO (also
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Does Your Bank Need Better Cyber Insurance and Security Solutions?
Banks are a tempting target for cyber attackers. Even though cyber insurance isn’t required by regulators, it’s essential to the survival of a bank in the case of a breach. Cyber insurance is different from a banker’s fraud bond that
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How to Stretch Your IT & Cybersecurity Investment Dollars
With constant threats and the need for new and better tools, IT and cybersecurity spending can start to overwhelm a company. You can rein in expenses, though, with the right budget strategies and cybersecurity ROI calculations. Here are some tips
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Cybersecurity Consulting Can Help You Meet Insurance Requirements
The average cost of a data breach is $4.45 million. It’s even higher in industries like healthcare, finance, and pharmaceuticals. Cyber attacks are impacting the public and private sectors so much that “widespread cybercrime and cyber insecurity” is a newly added
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Grow Your Business with the Right Outsourced IT Services
Last updated June 9, 2025. Growing your business often requires hiring and training skilled employees through a costly and time-consuming process. But outsourcing your IT services can drastically reduce the time needed to scale. By choosing an IT services provider to manage
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Where Your Business & IT Strategies Converge
More companies are seeing the value in converging their business and IT strategies. Convergence involves breaking down silos between the departments so you can align your IT initiatives with your business objectives. When you view the IT department beyond just
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A CISO’s Guide to Developing an Incident Response Plan
Every company needs a cybersecurity incident response plan. Without one, you may waste time deciding how to respond to an incident, resulting in more damage to your organization. Here’s more information on how CISOs can develop an effective incident response
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5 Ways Healthcare Firms Can Bolster Compliance
Healthcare faces the same cyber threats as other industries while also being under constant pressure to protect patient safety and be in IT compliance regarding patients’ protected health information (PHI). Phishing, social engineering, ransomware, and the like can lead to
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How to Reduce Manufacturing Downtime with Cybersecurity Best Practices
Thirty-nine percent of advanced manufacturing executives say their companies were breached in the past year, and 75% say they lacked resources with essential cybersecurity skills. Cybersecurity is essential to keeping manufacturing businesses running. Availability is a key cybersecurity concern when it comes
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Optimize Microsoft 365 to Digitally Transform Your Business
Companies ready for digital transformation often want to start off with a bang but end up trying to change too much too quickly. To avoid getting overwhelmed by your digital transformation efforts, it’s better to start with manageable projects that
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What Are the Latest Cybersecurity Threats to Businesses?
Barracuda Networks, an IT security company, recently patched a vulnerability in its email software, but not until after attackers exploited the weakness by installing malware in user networks and stealing data. Unfortunately, zero-day and other vulnerabilities are common threats to
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Minimize Employee Error with Cybersecurity Awareness Training
Employees are often the reason attacks slip through corporate cyber defenses. Sometimes employees don’t know better, and sometimes they get fooled or make a mistake. So how do you protect your organization from these vulnerabilities? The right cybersecurity training program
