If you haven’t found an IT support team that acts as a managed services provider (MSP) and adjunct part of your staff, then you need to ditch the IT company you use now and go with better. Only an IT services team that’s also an MSP providing you ongoing network maintenance that covers everything from A to Z will give you your money’s worth. Did you know that having an MSP as your IT services support team will actually save you incalculable costs in the long run? This is because by staying in compliance, and having the right amount of cybersecurity watchdogging your data network, you will save yourself the penalties and financial losses that go along with data theft and cyber breach.
The MSP Checklist
A rundown of the top benefits of having an MSP as your IT manager includes:
Passing the MSP Test
If your current information technology MSP fails to have at least half of these items as descriptions of their service protocol, then keep shopping around. You’ll know the right IT company when you see and hear the rave reviews about the “managed IT services provider that was there for us 24/7 with a support program we could depend on”. You’ll know you’ve found your company when the glowing testimonials page features praise about “an IT services staff that did constant monitoring, analysis, and covered all bases – from cloud computing to hardware to network design, virtualization, and cybersecurity measures that haven’t had our network incur so much as a hacked password.”
Let the IT Experts Handle It
If you’re interested in having seasoned IT experts to be your trusted managed services provider, call us today for a free consultation on what we can do to secure your data network.
The three sectors with the biggest spending on cybersecurity are banking, manufacturing, and the central/federal government, accounting for 30% of overall spending (IDC).
More than 33 billion records will be stolen by cybercriminals by 2023, an increase of 175% from 2018.
The internal team was energized. With the Level 1 work off its plate, the team turned its attention to the work that fueled company growth and gave them job satisfaction.
40% of businesses will incorporate the anywhere operations model to accommodate the physical and digital experiences of both customers and employees (Techvera).
It takes an average of 287 days for security teams to identify and contain a data breach, according to the “Cost of a Data Breach 2021” report released by IBM and Ponemon Institute.
Forty-three percent of attacks are aimed at SMBs, but only 14% are prepared to defend themselves (Accenture).
The average cost of a data breach in the United States is $8.64 million, which is the highest in the world, while the most expensive sector for data breach costs is the healthcare industry, with an average of $7.13 million (IBM).
The cost of cybercrime is predicted to hit $10.5 trillion by 2025, according to the latest version of the Cisco/Cybersecurity Ventures “2022 Cybersecurity Almanac.”.
We did a proof of concept that met every requirement that our customer might have. In fact, we saw a substantial improvement.
We did everything that we needed to do, financially speaking. We got our invoices out to customers, we deposited checks, all the things we needed to do to keep our business running, and our customers had no idea about the tragedy. It didn’t impact them at all.
“We believe our success is due to the strength of our team, the breadth of our services, our flexibility in responding to clients, and our focus on strategic support.”