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RANSOMWARE HIT A FIRM LIKE YOURS LAST MONTH. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED.

A NJ accounting practice lost 3 weeks of billing data because their backup hadn't run in 14 days. No one knew until the ransom note appeared on every workstation.

Compliance

What the FTC Safeguards Rule Means for Your Law Firm

New rules require law firms acting as financial institutions to implement comprehensive security programs or face serious penalties.

Schools & Gov

E-Rate Category 2: How NJ Districts Fund Infrastructure

Category 2 funding covers internal connections — Wi-Fi, switches, and managed firewalls. Here's how to maximize every dollar.

Managed Services

Break-Fix vs. Managed IT: The Real Cost Comparison

When you add up reactive repair costs, downtime hours, and data loss risk, break-fix rarely wins on price.

Compliance

HIPAA Violations Almost Always Start With Email

Unsecured email is the leading HIPAA violation vector for medical practices. Here's what to fix before OCR comes knocking.

Schools & Gov

Municipal IT on a Budget: Redundancy Without Overspending

Small municipalities can achieve enterprise-grade redundancy with cooperative purchasing and smart network design.

Managed Services

The Hidden Downtime Cost Every Accounting Firm Ignores

Most firms calculate hardware replacement cost. Almost none calculate the billing hours lost while staff wait for IT issues to resolve.

Cybersecurity

Phishing Simulations: What We Found at 6 NJ Businesses

We ran simulated phishing campaigns at six local firms. The click rates and credential submissions were sobering.

Infrastructure

Network Segmentation: Why Your Guest WiFi Is a Liability

An unsegmented guest network gives visitors a path to your internal systems. Here's how proper VLAN design closes the gap.

Cybersecurity

5 Cybersecurity Mistakes NJ Small Businesses Make

From default router passwords to no MFA, these five mistakes show up at nearly every new client we onboard.

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