We’re starting to hear from clients and insurance brokers that cyber insurance costs are on the rise, in some cases up to 200%. Of course, this comes with insurers cracking down on IT controls – making sure their insureds are operating as securely as...
Let’s start by describing what an app registration is: An app registration happens when you allow an external program to integrate with your Microsoft 365 tenant. A common example might be allowing a scheduling tool like Calendly to access your companies’...
An interesting development came to light recently wherein the FBI intervened on behalf of people who had not updated their watchguard firewalls and had gotten hacked by Russian threat actors. In a clandestine takedown operation cloaked by a federal warrant, FBI...
We’d like to take this opportunity to remind clients about the price increases to all Microsoft 365 packages on a monthly term and commitment effective July 1, 2022. We wrote about this in our February blog post, please refer to that article for further...
By now we hope that our clients understand that IT security is never “done”. It is a constantly evolving and maturing process involving additional tools, training, and knowledge. This image shows the journey many clients are on with us to improve and mature the...
Moving forward in 2022 SpireTech VIPSupport managed services package renewals will have Huntress included in the base package. Huntress is specialized Managed Detection and response software backed by humans that looks for persistent footholds, backdoors, and other...
Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) represent the majority of the market, but they often face unique challenges in the deployment of IT services. Finding practical solutions for problems ranging from information security and data privacy to remote support and the...
Multiple cyber news sources and email protection vendors have warned of increased phish and spearphishing activity coming from Russian hackers since the attack on Ukraine. The strategies are largely the same as in the past: using phish emails or social...
On March 1, SpireTech switched to a new credit card processor. We wrote about this last month, so here’s a friendly reminder - If you are paying your bill with a CC and haven’t yet logged into our portal and updated your credit card number, please do so before...
We learned late last month that as part of the price increases to certain M365 packages, Microsoft added audio conferencing as part of the base package when Teams is also part of the package. Previously, this was a $4 add-on – so this helps offset some of the price...