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🍽️ Want FREE lunch on VC3? Ask us how! 🍽️ 🏙️ We will have a full team out at the Municipal Association of SC Annual Meeting this week! Come say "hi" to Neal and Dave at the VC3 booth and DON'T MISS our 10 Tech Demos throughout the week! 👋 Bill Piper will be presenting "Cybersecurity for Small Cities" at the Tennessee Municipal League Annual Conference on July 22nd - sharing cybersecurity through the lens of compliance and mandates. Come by the VC3 booth at the Tennessee Municipal League Annual Conference to say "hi" to McKenzie and chat more about your cybersecurity needs.

A comprehensive disaster recovery plan is essential for ensuring that your healthcare organization can quickly and effectively respond to and recover from unexpected disruptions. Your plan should identify potential threats (natural disasters, cyberattacks, hardware failures, human errors) and assess the potential impact of different disaster scenarios on critical healthcare functions and processes. Your disaster recovery plan should achieve the following objectives. - Minimize downtime and the risk of delays when restoring impacted services. - Protect and secure data, especially critical medical records and patient data. - Ensure business continuity and continuity of care for patients. - Guarantee the reliability of your data backup and standby systems. - Minimize reactive decision-making during a disaster Learn more about the components of a disaster recovery plan for healthcare organizations AND access our 9-point disaster recovery checklist (NO DOWNLOAD REQUIRED!) >> https://hubs.li/Q02G10Z00 #Healthcare #DisasterRecovery #Guide

It’s that time of year in the US and western Canada. 🔥 Dry brush, record temperatures and summer winds (like the Santa Ana and Chinook winds) put thousands of lives, homes, and businesses at risk. The devastating fires in recent years remind us that wildfires can start any time and they make quick work of any area, destroying everything in their path. If a wildfire happens, are you prepared? You’ve worked hard to build your business. Let’s protect it. Now’s the time to check your disaster recovery and business continuity plans. Here are five things to talk to your IT support team about now, so you’re ready if disaster strikes. 1. Are my backups running successfully, and have they been tested? 2. Are all critical servers and/or files being backed up? 3. Is my disaster recovery plan documented, and who has copies or access? 4. If the power goes out, will we be able to work? 5. If my building burns, or if the fire sprinklers damage hardware, how long will it take to get back up and running? https://hubs.li/Q02G1hnB0 #BusinessContinuity #Wildfires

A Disaster Probably Won’t Happen to Me. Right?” Thinking of a disaster as rare affects our ability to believe it won’t happen to us. Thus, it’s easy to not properly prepare for a devastating disaster, leaving your municipality at risk of serious disruption. Our new IT Disaster Recovery Blueprint for Municipal Leaders includes: - Common disasters - Disaster best practices - Importance of endpoint detection and response - Proactive monitoring and management for IT infrastructure - Employee training tips - How to create a disaster recovery plan - 9-point disaster recovery checklist Read the full guide (NO DOWNLOAD REQUIRED!) >> https://hubs.li/Q02G1lkj0 #municipality #DisasterRecovery #Guide #Checklist

At VC3, learning new things is an expectation of every role. Through the people that surround you and continuing education opportunities, our team members encourage each other to AIM higher. There's room for you on our team too! > https://hubs.li/Q02DC6ps0 #AIMhigher #WorkatVC3 #WereHiring #JoinOurTeam

Endpoint Detection & Response continuously monitors your network’s endpoints in real-time to detect a breach the moment it happens and take corrective measures to isolate the threat and minimize loss and damage. An EDR security system has 4 primary functions: 1. Monitor, identify and collect suspicious data from endpoints. 2. Analyze the data to identify possible threat patterns. 3. Automated threat response – EDR swoops in automatically to contain or remove any identified threats and notifies the security team. 4. Investigate identified threats and identify suspicious activities. EDR technology automatically tracks and reveals the point of breach, its path, and its actions. With this information, your security team saves on post-breach time and effort to contain the breach quickly and effectively, getting you back in business more quickly. https://hubs.li/Q02FkfKj0 #cybersecurity #EndpointDetection #EDR

When is the right time for a cybersecurity assessment? - You need to comply with regulations. ☑️ - You need to verify your security 🛡️ - You’re wondering if you have gaps in your security posture. 👀 - You need a second opinion on cybersecurity. 🕵️♂️ - You’ve had a cyberattack. 😧 The cybersecurity assessment process will be customized to meet your goals for compliance, confidence, or validation of your security posture. Whatever the security assessment, we’ll guide you through a process that has four general phases that encompass data discovery, analysis, report preparation, and review. Phase 1: Access and Document Gathering Phase 2: Data Collection Phase 3: Report Preparation Phase 4: Delivery and Review Learn more about a cybersecurity assessment: https://hubs.li/Q02Cxf6p0 #CybersecurityAssessment #cybersecurity

As a Service Manager II in VC3's Canada West region, Andy R. mentors his team members so they can grow their skills. When his people get promoted, that's success in Andy's eyes. Read Andy's story and find out what it's like for him to work and lead a team at VC3 > https://hubs.li/Q02DBYqT0 #Teamwork #WorkCulture #AIMhigher #WorkatVC3

Will you be at the July 3rd Business Expo in Chanhassen, MN this week? Come by the VC3 booth to say "hi" to Christina and chat with her about how VC3 provides businesses with right-sized IT solutions that keep you current, efficient, and protected!

🚨 ICYMI 🚨 Master IT Maintenance Costs. Simplify Your Budget. The discussion of IT maintenance costs is a big one in the business world. Many businesses become frustrated investing large sums of money into IT and not getting the expected results. While there is no surefire way to pinpoint the exact dollar amount for your IT maintenance, this article discusses a few ways to estimate the costs and keep your budget on track. Our June newsletter also touches upon common issues with IT support, 5 ways to improve device support for home healthcare field staff and how relying solely on antivirus leaves you vulnerable to a wide range of preventable risks >> https://hubs.ly/Q02DBzQR0 #Newsletter #ICYMI #ITsupport #EDR #Healthcare