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Why Buying More Bandwidth Might Not Solve Your Office Internet Issues
With the ubiquity of high-speed home internet connections, it is easy to see why many businesses think that adding more bandwidth will solve their office internet issues. However, office environments are much more complex than residential environments and buying a...
Large Ransomware Attack on Rackspace Hosted Exchange: Time to Move to Microsoft 365?
Rackspace is a U.S-based cloud computing service provider with customers in 120+ countries. On December 2nd 2022, many Rackspace customers began experiencing problems logging into and accessing their email accounts held in their Rackspace Hosted Microsoft Exchange...
What is MFA Bombing?
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a security technique that requires users to provide multiple forms of authentication when accessing a system or service. This means that in addition to a username and password, users must provide an additional piece of information,...
When Should You Switch IT Service Providers? Watch Out for these 3 Signs!
Every business requires some level of IT services to help manage cybersecurity, data backups, disaster recovery, cloud migration, and even help desk support. To maintain these services, there are two options: 1) create and maintain an in-house team 2) work with a...
What to do after your MSP provider has been acquired
Many of Austin's largest managed service providers have been acquired.… Client satisfaction and continuity are rarely a consideration in these liquidation events. Over the past several years, GCS competitors have been acquired at a brisk pace. The race to roll up IT...
Forrester Wave reports have recognized Microsoft’s commitment to continuous improvement
As a certified Microsoft partner, GCS offers its customers licensing and extensive professional services around the Microsoft portfolio. We offer a broad range of services that deliver value in terms of industry expertise, skill sets, domain knowledge, industry...
MSPs are Ideal for SMB Cybersecurity
In August, ConnectWise released its annual State of SMB Cybersecurity report. One of its more notable findings is that small and medium businesses (SMBs) have reached a cybersecurity “tipping point”. In other words, SMBs no longer think of cybersecurity as a secondary...
How Tax Preparers Can Achieve Compliance with IRS Publication 4557
Cybersecurity is serious business. Threat actors know this. Smart organizations know this. And regulators know this. In the past, organizations got away with weak cybersecurity controls because attackers were few and attacks were rare. But those days are long gone. In...
6 malware techniques commonly used in PHISHing attacks
Phishing is a technique commonly used in malware attacks. In a phishing attack, the attacker sends an email that appears to be from a trusted source, such as a friend or company. The email contains a link or attachment that will...
IT Security in SMBs
This article was co-authored by Mike Wilfley, vcfo Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, and Shane Gronniger, CEO for GCS Technologies. Ensuring IT Security in Small- to Medium-Sized Businesses A decade ago, dealing with spam, avoiding worms...