by Nikki Skinner | Sep 21, 2026 | Compliance, Professional Services
IT compliance for manufacturers means meeting the cybersecurity and data protection rules tied to your customers, contracts, and products. For most U.S. manufacturers, the frameworks that matter are NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC for defense work, ITAR and EAR for...
by Nikki Skinner | Aug 24, 2026 | Business Efficiency, Managed Services, Professional Services
What is MDR? Managed detection and response (MDR) is a cybersecurity service that pairs threat detection technology with a team of security analysts who monitor your environment around the clock, investigate suspicious activity, and act to contain threats. Put simply,...
by Nikki Skinner | Jul 7, 2026 | Cybersecurity, Managed Services
The most effective cybersecurity practices for small and medium-sized businesses are multi-factor authentication, consistent patching, endpoint protection, email security, employee training, limited access, protected backups, network segmentation, an incident response...
by Nikki Skinner | Jun 18, 2026 | Information Technology, Managed Services, Risk Management
What’s The Difference? Quick answer: A backup is a copy of your data. Disaster recovery is the plan, systems, and people that get your entire business running again after a major disruption. Backups are one piece of disaster recovery. You need both, and having...
by Nikki Skinner | May 12, 2026 | Information Technology, IT Consulting Services, Managed Services
Distributed teams run on infrastructure they can’t see. When it works, nobody notices. When it doesn’t, productivity stalls, security gaps open, and IT gets the call. Here’s what remote work IT support actually needs to cover — in plain terms. What...
