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Los Angeles is known for fast-paced innovation, which is why LA businesses need an MSP who can keep pace with rapid growth and cybersecurity needs.

Colorado business owners know a thing or two about preparing for the unexpected, and resilience is part of the local business DNA. Today, resilience increasingly depends on smart, proactive technology planning.

The holiday season can be filled with gratitude, joy, and celebration, but it's also brimming with opportunity for cybercriminals. Risks affect employees at home and at work — and put SMBs at risk on several fronts.

Halloween is the season of ghosts, goblins, and the occasional haunted hayride — a perfect time to talk about something else that's often presented in scary ways: cybersecurity training. Too many organizations treat Security Awareness Training (SAT) like a haunted house. Employees are ushered through a dark hallway of worst-case scenarios, fear-laden warnings, and dire consequences. It's memorable, sure — but it's also exhausting.

The reality is that even the best tools are useless if your organization's culture isn't security-focused.

There is no silver bullet for protecting your small to mid-sized business. No single tool or secret action that serves as kryptonite against hackers. However, there is an approach that provides the best protection against sophisticated, sneaky attacks: Defense in depth.

When businesses choose managed services, there can be early misconceptions about how the relationship works successfully. The bottom line is that managed services are a collaboration that takes engagement from both the MSP and your team.

Building a thorough and tested incident response checklist for your business is essential. It ensures your organization can react quickly to disruption, minimize your losses, and recover faster and stronger.

Regularly testing backup processes and data recovery validation is critical to maintaining data integrity and ensuring recovery readiness in the event of any type of disruption or disaster.

We advocate for cybersecurity practices to prevent situations like the one dominating tech news this week: Ingram Micro fell victim to a ransomware attack. If it can happen to them - one of the world's largest tech distributors - how can you stay safe?