IT guidance for non-profits in Midland, Odessa, and West Texas, including cybersecurity, managed IT, cloud systems, compliance, and technology planning.
You are reading Part 8 of our 12-part Non-Profit Authority Series. A non-profit should prepare for an IT security or compliance review by documenting what systems it uses, who has access, which security controls are active, how data is protected, how incidents are...
You are reading Part 7 of our 12-part Non-Profit Authority Series. Backup and Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery are related, but they solve different problems. A backup protects copies of data. BCDR addresses the broader question of how the organization...
You are reading Part 6 of our 12-part Non-Profit Authority Series. Technology alignment means continuously comparing a non-profit's technology environment against the standards, business needs, security requirements, and operational priorities that allow employees to...
You are reading Part 5 of our 12-part Non-Profit Authority Series. A non-profit should secure Microsoft 365 using a layered approach that protects accounts, email, identities, cloud activity, data, and employees. For a 15-30 employee organization, Microsoft 365...
You are reading Part 4 of our 12-part Non-Profit Authority Series. A non-profit switching IT providers should evaluate more than price and Help Desk response. A successful transition should address administrative access, documentation, security controls, monitoring,...
You are reading Part 3 of our 12-part Non-Profit Authority Series. The biggest IT mistakes for a non-profit usually come from treating technology as a collection of emergencies instead of a managed business system. A practical 7-Mistake Risk Framework includes...
You are reading Part 2 of our 12-part Non-Profit Authority Series. A non-profit should prepare for ransomware using a 5-layer defense and recovery framework: protect endpoints, protect users, monitor activity, maintain recoverable data, and establish a response plan....
You are reading Part 1 of our 12-part Non-Profit Authority Series. A non-profit planning its annual IT budget should account for managed support, cybersecurity, user protection, technology infrastructure, lifecycle replacement, and optional risk-management services....