At one flat monthly fee managed IT services through a Managed Service Provider will allow you to secure your business while saving you money.

1. MANAGED SERVICES Turning Pandemic Into
Profitable Protection

2. MANAGED SERVICES
A great number of businesses throughout the country
have experienced financial setbacks due to COVID.
According to Forbes, even some of the biggest
companies are on bankruptcy watch. Now, if these huge
corporations are struggling, imagine what a Small to
Medium-Sized Business (SMB) is dealing with.
Additionally, IT spending has become more necessary
than ever. With most companies working remotely it’s
almost impossible to operate successfully without a
technical plan. Not just for productivity but for safety as
well.

3. MANAGED SERVICES
Working with a Managed Service Provider (MSP) allows you to
collaborate on a plan that meets your business needs while taking
security, workflows and efficiency into account. With a reputable
MSP you will pay a fixed monthly cost for these services, which
allows you to keep costs down and budget accordingly.
Services like these allow organizations to increase
productivity, stay connected, and work securely during
this new reality. With secure remote access your team will
be unstoppable, even with everyone in separate locations.

4. HUMAN ERROR AND COVID
BREACHES
At this point in time, you’re probably more concerned
with functional technology rather than cybersecurity.
Unfortunately, with the increase in hacking due to more
remote work a lack of a security plan isn’t an option.
You’re only as safe as your most vulnerable
employee. We’ve all done it… opened or clicked on an
email or link that we shouldn’t have thereby subjecting
risk to the whole organization. It’s more difficult to keep
corporate governance in check with the team outside of
the office. Users are finding unsafe ways to gain access to
the company network and are successful in doing so
because of a lack of remote access plan.

5. According to Verizon Business CEO, Tami Erwin, as
remote working surges in the face of the global
pandemic, end-to-end security from the cloud to
employee laptop becomes paramount. Additionally,
the forms of phishing in North America that are most
successful involve social engineering and innocent
people. The technique most commonly leveraged was
stolen credentials, accounting for over 79 percent of
hacking breaches; 33 percent of breaches were
associated with either phishing or pretexting.

6. HUMAN ERROR AND
COVID BREACHES
In a worst-case scenario, a data breach would lead to an organization
going out of business altogether. In some cases, a lack of technology
prevents a company from adapting fast enough to this new remote
situation. This can lead to the inability to work effectively and this lack
of productivity can impact your bottom line.

7. IMPORTANCE OF MANAGED
SECURITY
At this point in time, you may not be thinking about
cybersecurity in this new remote world. It is important
to understand that your team members are now
battling new types of distractions, while adapting to
change. They may also be using a work-around to
access company data or saving items to their
desktops, which is a change in the workflow protocol.

8. IMPORTANCE
OF MANAGED
SECURITY
Managed Security is one of the
most important elements of
Managed Services. Managed
Security keeps your company’s
network monitored and protected
at all times.
Cybersecurity is about remaining
operational no matter what the
world brings your way. A
managed security plan will allow
your business to function as
securely as possible. No
downtime means more
productivity and keeping business
as usual is ultimately the goal
during these times.

9. SECURITY
AWARENESS
TRAINING:
BASELINE OF
YOUR SECURITY
The right MSP will perform a
baseline assessment for your team
to determine the percentage of
those who are Phish-prone through
a simulated “phishing” or
“pharming” attack. This means that
every person on your team will
receive fake phishing emails. The
links and downloadable documents
within these will lead your
employees to a landing page.
This landing page will inform your
employee of where they went wrong
and what they should look out for
going forward. Additionally, each
team member that fails will continue
to be phish tested until they don’t
fall for the attacks any longer.

10. SECURITY
AWARENESS
TRAINING:
BASELINE OF
YOUR SECURITYA new recent issue is the
fact that you’re not
physically in the office with
your co-workers anymore.
When receiving an email
from your boss asking you
to pick up a new MacBook
for yourself, it’s easy to lean
over to your colleague to
see if you won employee of
the month, hence the prize.
More people are falling
victim because they aren’t
used to their current work
surroundings and are not

11. SECURITY AWARENESS
TRAINING: BASELINE OF
YOUR SECURITY
Education is the baseline layer of managed security. Your
team members are now an important layer of your
defense strategy. Due to the fact that your employees are
such a serious risk, keeping them informed, keeps your
organization safe. Simulated vulnerabilities, deployed
through an MSP increases your employee’s awareness
and even more importantly, protects your company’s
data.

12. REMOTE ACCESS AND
ENDPOINT SECURITY
This pandemic has led to companies of all sizes to work
from home. Now, you have to take each of these
separate locations into account when it comes to your
infrastructure. Having 30 employees working in separate
spaces means you need to consider each space an
extension of your business.

13. REMOTE ACCESS AND ENDPOINT
SECURITY
For this reason, endpoint security is more important than ever. The
number of endpoints has increased for essentially all organizations
that have shifted to remote work. Protecting all these endpoints
through a managed security solution prevents your business from
experiencing a data breach during a time when it’s even more
difficult to bounce back.
With service offerings like threat detection and response
and 24/7 monitoring and management your network will
be safe at all times. Managed security also incorporates
Mobile Device Management (MDM), which makes allows
for locking controls and remote wipe, making it that
much more difficult for a hacker.

14. VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK
(VPN)
Along with that, there are multiple routes you can take
when it comes to accessing your company data from
outside of the office. Utilizing both a Virtual Private
Network (VPN) access or cloud-based platforms are safe
options if you are not accessing public Wi-Fi. A VPN
allows you to function on your device and interact with
your company network as you would at work. It’s like a
safe and secure tunnel to the data you need for your
workday.

15. CLOUD
PLATFORMS
Cloud platforms like Office 365
and G Suite provides your team
access to documents from
anywhere, with a secure internet
connection. To enhance security,
it is important to layer in Multi-
Factor Authentication (MFA) which
requires a device and a login.
These platforms also have a
number of communication tools
that allow your team to quickly
communicate and share
documents. The speediness of
these tools can sometimes make
you forget you’re not in the
office. Quick communication
makes for an increase in
productivity.

16. IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN
LEARNING MORE ABOUT
MANAGED SERVICES
SOLUTIONS AND HOW
THEY CAN POSITIVELY
IMPACT YOUR BUSINESS,
CONTACT THE TNS GROUP
TODAY.