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PCI DSS - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

Is Your Small Business IT Ready for PCI DSS Compliance?
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Is your small business ready for PCI DSS compliance? If your business accepts credit cards, you must comply with PCI DSS standards.  The current standard is PCI DSS v4.0.1.  The newer standards include a more flexible, risk-based approach to security controls while emphasizing continuous efforts to achieve security outcomes.  While the process can be complex, …
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Updated Password Best Practices

Updated Password Best Practices to Elevate Security in 2025
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Password best practices are changing, and in a good way.  Gone are the requirements for hard-to-remember groups of characters and the frustration of having to change passwords frequently.  Here’s how your business can elevate security by implementing these updated password best practices.
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Technical Debt

How to Reduce Technical Debt
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Technical debt occurs when a business delays IT upgrades or chooses solutions that are quicker or cheaper than required to effectively support its operations. This debt can accumulate over time, resulting in increased cybersecurity risks and significant, unplanned expenses to replace unsupported or obsolete software and hardware.
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strategic IT firm

How a Strategic IT Firm Can Improve Your Small Business
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Changing IT firms is rarely at the top of any leader’s to-do list.  However, when you’re faced with unexpected costs, mounting complaints from your team, or even new technology deployed without your knowledge, it’s time to consider alternatives. A strategic IT firm could be the answer.  
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Tech Terms

18 Tech Terms for Small Business IT Decision-Makers
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Every profession has its own “shorthand” for commonly-used terms and expressions, and IT is no exception.  As an IT decision-maker, here are 18 key cybersecurity and networking terms you may have heard but didn’t exactly know what they meant (until now)!
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IT Support Even if “Everything" Is in the Cloud

10 Reasons for IT Support Even if “Everything” Is in the Cloud
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There’s no doubt that cloud services make you more efficient. You can work anytime, anywhere without the frustrations and security concerns of managing your own servers.  However, along with the convenience of the cloud for you comes different responsibilities for your IT management. 
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