Managing Your Small Business IT Environment with Security and Sound Backups
February 15, 2025
On this week’s SBAM Weekly Podcast, Michael Rogers talks with Blaine Tillander, owner of Granite Networks and a member of SBAM’s Leadership Council. Established in 1998, Granite Networks provides comprehensive IT support, from leadership to help desk. Tillander highlighted the evolution of IT management from a break-fix model to ongoing support, emphasizing the importance of security and proactive measures. “Security is really about layers,” he says. “And while email security is important you have to assume it’s going to fail, and if it fails, then let’s say all your tools fail. Having a third party backup of your entire ecosystem is critical, because if you do get hit, how do you get back up and running in a way that isn’t also compromised?”
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