Posts by Scott Alldridge
Managed IT Services Pricing: Turning Monthly Invoices Into Predictable Investments
As an SMB owner, you’re constantly balancing risk, costs, and operational efficiency. Managed IT services pricing isn’t just about finding the cheapes…
Read MoreCompliance Is NOT Security!
We have seen a continual pattern of this fact almost weekly. At IP Services, we’ve worked with countless organizations that proudly hold up their SOC 2 report, HIPPA, ISO 27001 certificate, or PCI DSS attestation…while companies are quietly running unpatched systems, weak privileged access, and incident response plans that haven’t been tested in years. Both…
Read MoreWhen the Cloud Coughs: A Wake-Up Call for Cyber Resilience and Quantum Readiness
It wasn’t the first outage, and it won’t be the last. But when a single cloud region blinked and half the Internet held its breath, every board of directors got a free masterclass in one uncomfortable truth: our systems are far more interconnected and fragile than we’d like to admit. Within minutes, dashboards turned amber,…
Read MoreCloud Security and Identity Management
How CASB, IAM, and Zero Trust Work Together to Protect Your Organization Cloud environments have unlocked unprecedented flexibility and power for businesses. However, with great power comes great complexity. The rise of multi-cloud and hybrid strategies has added even more layers of complexity, with countless services, applications, and data points scattered across various platforms. Managing…
Read MoreHow to Implement Zero Trust Pragmatically
When implementing Zero Trust in today’s cybersecurity landscape, it’s easy to become entangled in the complex strategies and advanced technologies that often dominate the conversation. While the latest methods, like Zero Trust, play a crucial role, it’s essential to recognize that they are just one piece of a much larger cybersecurity puzzle. Drawing from the…
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