“Don’t Miss Out: Boost Your ROI, Save Money & Get More Done with Managed IT Services”
(Part II)
For small businesses looking to maximize ROI through managed IT services, assessing IT risks is a critical step for small businesses to protect their digital assets and ensure operational continuity. The process typically begins with identifying and prioritizing assets, which involves running a discovery scan to catalog all relevant assets in the IT environment.
“Don’t Miss Out: Boost Your ROI, Save Money & Get More Done with Managed IT Services”
(Part II)
For small businesses looking to maximize ROI through managed IT services, assessing IT risks is a critical step for small businesses to protect their digital assets and ensure operational continuity. The process typically begins with identifying and prioritizing assets, which involves running a discovery scan to catalog all relevant assets in the IT environment. Next, it’s important to identify cyber threats and vulnerabilities that could impact these assets. This can be done by considering the most likely threats and using vulnerability scanning tools.
Once the risks are identified, calculating the risk level is essential, which includes evaluating the potential impact and likelihood of each risk. After calculating, prioritize the risks based on their potential impact on the business.
Finally, documenting the findings and repeating the assessment regularly is crucial to adapt to new threats. Implementing security controls to mitigate the prioritized risks will strengthen the business’s cybersecurity posture. It’s also beneficial to utilize free templates and resources available online to streamline the risk assessment process. Regular IT risk assessments are not only a best practice but also a proactive measure to safeguard a business’s technology infrastructure and sensitive data.
Also, an experienced MSP can provide insightful strategic IT planning, including the creation of a tech strategy, a blueprint for how a business operates and how IT can improve those operations. It’s also important to focus on IT infrastructure resilience and business continuity planning to ensure that increased demands don’t disrupt operations. These services, when effectively managed, can help small businesses grow faster, run more efficiently, and become more secure.
The Elecera Solutions team is always here to help you work through your IT challenges.
We know change is hard, and having your team adopt new habits can be even harder. As a small business you don’t have infinite IT support resources, but incremental changes to your internal processes and communications can make a huge difference over time.
From creating a new security playbook (or updating an old one) or teaching your team a few new security tips & tricks, to helping you assess the right IT tools for your team, we’re doing IT right by you!
