Article Summary: A small business IT budget should cover the technology you already use, the support needed to maintain it, and the upgrades you expect during the year. It should also include cybersecurity, backups, employee changes, planned projects, and a reserve for urgent repairs or replacements. If your IT budget only covers computers, Microsoft 365,…
Article Summary: Guest Wi-Fi should give visitors internet access while blocking connections to your internal business network. A different Wi-Fi name and password don’t prove the networks are separate. Your router, access points, and firewall also need settings that keep guest devices away from internal systems. Offering Wi-Fi to customers, contractors, and visitors is convenient….
Article Summary: A good BYOD policy allows personal devices only for approved work, through approved apps, and only when the device meets your security requirements. Use company-owned devices for administration, sensitive work, or jobs that require storing large amounts of data locally. Employees often start using personal devices for work before the business makes any…
Article Summary: Employees should use standard accounts for email, web browsing, and everyday work. Limit administrator access to approved IT tasks, and protect it with a separate account. This post explains why permanent admin rights raise your risk, how to handle software installs without them, and how to remove administrator access safely. Administrator access often…
Article Summary: Most IT problems don’t appear out of nowhere. Backups quietly stop running, updates sit unfinished for weeks, and old staff accounts stay active for months. A short monthly IT checklist catches these problems while they’re still cheap to fix. This post covers the six things to look at. Most owners only look at…
