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With over a decade of experience, we excel at installing, configuring, and maintaining IT Infrastructure for small to medium-sized businesses. For larger global organizations, we collaborate with internal IT to form a co-managed partnership, providing unparalleled service.
What separates us from other IT providers is our customer service driven culture – we are small enough to deliver an exceptional customer experience and large enough to deploy enterprise-grade security and systems support. We take pride in forming lasting partnerships, by truly getting to know your people, your business, and its goals.
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Adversary-in-the-Middle Attacks: How Phishing Sites Steal Your Active Login
You click a link, sign in, approve the MFA prompt, and get on with your day. Completely unaware that someone else just logged into your account at the same moment.That scenario surprises many businesses, particularly those that rely on multi-factor authentication (MFA) to protect cloud accounts. But this is exactly how Adversary-in-the-Middle (AiTM) phishing attacks
You click a link, sign in, approve the MFA prompt, and get on with your day. Completely unaware that someone else just logged into your account at the same moment.That scenario surprises many businesses, particularly those that rely on multi-factor authentication (MFA) to protect cloud accounts. But this is exactly how Adversary-in-the-Middle (AiTM) phishing attacks
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The “Session Cookie” Hijack: Why MFA Can’t Always Save You
MFA is a strong front-door lock. But it’s not the only thing that decides whether someone can get in.After you sign in, your browser keeps you logged in using a session token (often stored as a cookie). It’s the digital version of a wristband at an event: once you’ve been checked, the wristband proves you
MFA is a strong front-door lock. But it’s not the only thing that decides whether someone can get in.After you sign in, your browser keeps you logged in using a session token (often stored as a cookie). It’s the digital version of a wristband at an event: once you’ve been checked, the wristband proves you
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What FDA Investigators Are Actually Looking at When They Walk Into Your Facility, and Why IT Is on the List
For many small and mid-sized life sciences and medical device companies, an FDA inspection still feels like a quality or manufacturing event. Teams prepare documentation, review SOPs, organize training records, and make sure production processes are ready for review.But today’s FDA inspections go much deeper than the production floor.Investigators are increasingly looking at the systems,
For many small and mid-sized life sciences and medical device companies, an FDA inspection still feels like a quality or manufacturing event. Teams prepare documentation, review SOPs, organize training records, and make sure production processes are ready for review.But today’s FDA inspections go much deeper than the production floor.Investigators are increasingly looking at the systems,
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What Happens in the First 10 Minutes After Someone Clicks a Phishing Link?
Most cyberattacks do not start with some dramatic Hollywood-style hack. They start with a normal workday. An employee gets an email that looks legitimate. Maybe it appears to come from Microsoft 365, a shipping company, a vendor, or even a coworker. They are busy, distracted, and trying to move quickly. They click the link.
Most cyberattacks do not start with some dramatic Hollywood-style hack. They start with a normal workday. An employee gets an email that looks legitimate. Maybe it appears to come from Microsoft 365, a shipping company, a vendor, or even a coworker. They are busy, distracted, and trying to move quickly. They click the link.
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The First 5 AI Use Cases SMBs Should Actually Prioritize
AI conversations are everywhere right now, but for many SMBs, the challenge is not whether AI matters. It is figuring out where to start. Many businesses feel pressure to “do something with AI,” yet most teams are already stretched thin, operating with limited resources, inconsistent processes, and growing cybersecurity concerns.
AI conversations are everywhere right now, but for many SMBs, the challenge is not whether AI matters. It is figuring out where to start. Many businesses feel pressure to “do something with AI,” yet most teams are already stretched thin, operating with limited resources, inconsistent processes, and growing cybersecurity concerns.
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The “Legacy Debt” Audit: Identifying the 3 Oldest Risks in Your Server Room
The most dangerous thing in a server room is often the phrase, “Don’t touch that.”It’s usually said with a half-joke and a grimace. It refers to the old box that “still works”, runs something important, and has survived so many fixes and workarounds that nobody feels confident changing it anymore.That’s legacy debt. Not just “old tech”,
The most dangerous thing in a server room is often the phrase, “Don’t touch that.”It’s usually said with a half-joke and a grimace. It refers to the old box that “still works”, runs something important, and has survived so many fixes and workarounds that nobody feels confident changing it anymore.That’s legacy debt. Not just “old tech”,
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The “Backup Exit” Strategy: Can You Move Your Data Without the Vendor’s Help?
When you first sign up for a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, everything is designed to feel effortless. The problem is that the first real test of a SaaS relationship isn’t the onboarding. It’s the exit. For many small businesses, the front door is wide open, but the emergency exit is bolted shut: exports are incomplete, key data sits
When you first sign up for a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, everything is designed to feel effortless. The problem is that the first real test of a SaaS relationship isn’t the onboarding. It’s the exit. For many small businesses, the front door is wide open, but the emergency exit is bolted shut: exports are incomplete, key data sits
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Micro-SaaS Vetting: The 5-Minute Security Check for Browser Add-ons
Browser add-ons have a funny reputation. They feel “small”. A quick install. A tiny productivity boost. A harmless little helper that lives in your toolbar.But in practice, a browser extension is more like a micro-SaaS vendor sitting inside your browser session. It can see what you see, interact with the pages you open, and sometimes
Browser add-ons have a funny reputation. They feel “small”. A quick install. A tiny productivity boost. A harmless little helper that lives in your toolbar.But in practice, a browser extension is more like a micro-SaaS vendor sitting inside your browser session. It can see what you see, interact with the pages you open, and sometimes
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LinkedIn “Social Engineering”: Protecting Your Staff from Fake Recruitment Scams
A fake recruiter message is one of the cleanest social engineering tricks around because it doesn’t look like a trick.That’s why LinkedIn recruitment scams work so well inside real businesses. They don’t arrive as malware. They arrive as a normal conversation that nudges someone toward one small action: click this link, open this file, “verify” this
A fake recruiter message is one of the cleanest social engineering tricks around because it doesn’t look like a trick.That’s why LinkedIn recruitment scams work so well inside real businesses. They don’t arrive as malware. They arrive as a normal conversation that nudges someone toward one small action: click this link, open this file, “verify” this
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Whether It’s a Storm or a Cyberattack, the Question Is the Same: Can You Keep Operating?
You hear the siren, check the sky, and pull up the weather app. It's just part of spring in Minnesota. We're good at preparing for storms. We watch the radar, we know which neighborhoods flood, and we've all done the mental math on whether to head to the basement. But most businesses apply that
You hear the siren, check the sky, and pull up the weather app. It's just part of spring in Minnesota. We're good at preparing for storms. We watch the radar, we know which neighborhoods flood, and we've all done the mental math on whether to head to the basement. But most businesses apply that
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