Resources
Guides and checklists for Houston businesses.
Real decision-support content, not lead-magnet fluff. Written for business owners and operators who need to make technology decisions without an IT background.
The IT Buyers Guide
Everything to know before hiring a Houston MSP.
A plain-English guide to what managed IT actually costs, what to ask, what to watch for, and how to spot a provider that will still be around in five years.
Cyber Insurance Questionnaire Support
Accurate answers, documented evidence, better premiums.
Houston-based engineers fill in the technical sections of your cyber-insurance questionnaire with current evidence. Better quotes, fewer exclusions, a defensible position if a claim ever happens.
HIPAA Quick-Start for Small Practices
The 20% of HIPAA work that prevents 80% of incidents.
A plain-English checklist for small Houston-area medical, dental, and mental-health practices: MFA, encryption, email security, tested backups, and incident response.
CMMC Readiness Checklist
For Houston manufacturers and machine shops bidding on DoD work.
The 20 Level 2 controls that matter most, the evidence assessors actually ask for, and where small Houston shops typically get stuck.
WISP Template for CPAs
IRS Publication 4557 / FTC Safeguards Rule aligned.
A Written Information Security Plan template for Houston CPA and bookkeeping firms. Copy, customize, sign, and keep on file for IRS, insurance, and state-board audits.
Your First 90 Days with an MSP
Switching managed IT without breaking your business.
A week-by-week playbook for the first 90 days with a new MSP — what a good one delivers, what to expect from your team, and the red flags that predict a bad transition.
Microsoft 365 Security Baseline
The M365 configuration we deploy on every managed client.
Identity, email, device, and data-protection controls mapped to a 10–300 employee Houston business posture. Not the 400-item enterprise checklist.
Cyber Incident Response Plan Template
The written plan you're supposed to have before something bad happens.
Roles, classification, communication, and the 6 phases of responding to a real cyber incident. A working template small Houston businesses can adopt today.
AI Acceptable Use Policy Template
The written AI policy your team will actually follow.
Covers ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, Gemini, and the vertical AI tools showing up across departments. Adapt to HIPAA, SOC 2, or CMMC posture.
Backup Restore Verification Checklist
Proving your backups actually work — before ransomware does it for you.
A practical checklist to verify file, mailbox, and full-system restores on a cadence. Documented evidence your insurer and auditor will ask for.
Law Firm Ransomware Playbook
First 60 minutes, first 24 hours, first week of a real incident.
Ethics considerations, client-notification triggers, and the preservation steps that matter for litigation hold. Written for Houston firms where privileged matter content is the product.
Phishing Simulation Starter Kit
A simulation program that actually changes behavior.
Scope, cadence, campaign templates, measurement, and the mistakes that sink programs. What to do in months 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12.
BAA Checklist for Healthcare
The clauses your small practice actually needs in a BAA.
Required clauses to verify, red-flag language to push back on, operational checks beyond the BAA, and maintenance cadence for the HIPAA-covered entity.
CUI Handling for Industrial Suppliers
Controlled Unclassified Information in plain English.
Where CUI shows up in your shop, how to mark, store, transmit, and dispose of it, and the shop-floor realities of keeping your DoD pipeline open.
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