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3 Ways That Managed IT Services Guide You Along Your Business Journey

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Merrick Sloss

Wondering if your company needs the benefits of working with a managed IT service provider is like asking if you need a guide to scale Mount Everest. Theoretically, you could do the climb yourself but how many years would it take for you to gather all the knowledge you need about the terrain? And how long would it take to get your technical skills up to the level that they need to be? And what’s it going to take to manage the whole expedition? By the time you get it all together you might very well have missed your chance […]

Cybersecurity Beyond the Basics: The Principle of Least Privilege

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Merrick Sloss

With a Zero Trust strategy for cybersecurity, the presence of an intruder is assumed. That means that tactics are needed to limit exposure and the potential damage that the intruder can do. One of those tactics is the Principle of Least Privilege. Least privilege involves matching up permissions to access data with the job or tasks that need to be done. This starts with determining exactly what data is needed to perform specific functions and then establishing limits. Historically, companies have been quite relaxed when it comes to allocating permissions with user and even administrator accounts because opening up access […]

The Pros and Cons of Internal IT vs Managed IT Services

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Merrick Sloss

There comes a time when business leaders are forced to rethink the IT function of their business and ask themselves – Should we continue to have internal IT staff or is it time to outsource managed IT services? It could be that the IT manager is leaving or there’s been a lot of turn-over in IT. Maybe the organization had a cyber-attack. It could be that the business has grown, and technology needs have become more sophisticated. Whatever the situation, it’s causing stress on the business, especially if it looks like there’s going to be a gap in IT support. […]

Cybersecurity Beyond the Basics: What is Zero Trust?

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Merrick Sloss

Imagine that you’re in charge of protecting a castle. The castle has a drawbridge and a moat around it. You have guards stationed at the drawbridge who monitor the people coming into the castle. The guards let citizens in and keep known bad guys out. Because the guards prevent the bad guys from coming into the castle, the citizens can safely go about their business. Now imagine that the bad guys have found other ways to get inside the castle besides the drawbridge. They’re scaling the walls unseen at night. They’re getting past the guards by disguising themselves as citizens. […]

Cybersecurity Basics: 12 Essential Layers You Can’t Ignore

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Merrick Sloss

It used to be that all you had to do to secure your network and protect your data was to create a technical barrier around it and you were good to go. Sadly, that’s not enough anymore. Cybercriminals have evolved their tactics and the technology that your people work with every day has changed too. You’re probably using more cloud apps and have your people working from more locations than ever before and cybercriminals would love to exploit the vulnerabilities that you don’t know are there. The bottom line is that yesterday’s cybersecurity strategy isn’t going to address today’s risks. […]

IT Not Serving Your Business? It’s Time for Managed IT Services

Posted on November 3, 2021 by Merrick Sloss

The term “Managed IT Services” isn’t new but unfortunately, there are a lot of companies that say they’re “managed” but they’re really not. How can you tell the difference and how do you know if that’s what your organization needs? Start by asking yourself, “Is IT serving our business?” Here’s what we mean by serving your business. Imagine that you hired someone to take half the workload off your plate. Sounds great, doesn’t it? Now imagine that instead of decreasing your work, it doubled because that person couldn’t do what you wanted them to do without your constant supervision and […]

Bellwether Technology Corporation Named a Top Workplace In New Orleans

Posted on October 19, 2021 by Merrick Sloss

Employee Survey Affirms that Managed IT Service Company is a Great Place to Work for Third Consecutive Year (October 19, 2021 – New Orleans, LA) –Bellwether Technology Corporation is on the Times-Picayune 2021 list of Top Workplaces in New Orleans. This is the third consecutive year that the company has received this recognition as a great place to work. Inclusion on the list is a sign of a positive work environment and a high level of employee engagement based on the results of an anonymous survey that considers 15 separate attributes of company culture that are critical to organizational success. […]

Is this Website Address Safe to Visit or Login To?

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Merrick Sloss

Here are some ways you can decide whether to trust a website link or page in a web browser and tell when things smell phishy. Taking the time to look for signs of a hack attempt in links and websites is like washing your hands; it helps keep you and your co-workers safe, and every adult should know how to do it. We’ll start with the best ways to tell if a link or website is safe or a hack attempt. First, look at the link address you are about to visit. In many cases, you can hover your mouse […]

Employee Spotlight Series: Kirk Coco

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Merrick Sloss

Kirk Coco: a brewery founder makes his way to Bellwether Kirk Coco, Bellwether’s Director of Sales and Marketing, joined the Company in June 2018. His path to Bellwether, and to IT consulting, was certainly an unusual one: he went from personal injury attorney to naval officer to local brewery owner. Kirk opened the doors of Nola Brewery, on Tchoupitoulas, in 2005 as a passion project to bring beer production back to New Orleans. After an evening at Mayfair lounge, sipping on a Dixie Beer, Kirk realized that the famed New Orleans beer company was no longer produced in New Orleans. […]

Out to Lunch Podcast: Life Online

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Merrick Sloss

Bellwether Technology President Steven Ellis joins It’s New Orleans and the Out to Lunch Podcast to discuss online threats and cybersecurity. Give it a listen for some up to date information on how hackers and scammers are targeting businesses. Life Online

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