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The most impactful steps: enable multi-factor authentication on email and all cloud apps, deploy endpoint detection and response on every device, run tested offsite backups daily, train employees to spot phishing annually, and maintain a written incident response plan. These five controls eliminate the vast majority of attacks targeting small businesses.
Protect against ransomware by maintaining immutable offsite backups tested weekly, deploying AI-powered endpoint detection and response with 98%+ ransomware efficacy, enforcing MFA on all accounts, filtering email for phishing, and segmenting your network so ransomware cannot spread laterally. Ellison IT's Full Stack plan includes all of these controls for $400/user/month.
Dark web monitoring scans underground forums, breach databases, and criminal marketplaces for your business email addresses, passwords, and credentials. When stolen credentials from your domain appear on the dark web, you receive an alert before attackers can use them. Ellison IT includes dark web monitoring in all managed IT plans — it is one of the fastest ways to catch a breach before it becomes a disaster.
Review your cybersecurity posture at minimum once per year — ideally quarterly. Threat landscapes change fast. Ellison IT includes an annual security risk assessment with all managed IT plans, plus continuous monitoring that catches configuration drift, new vulnerabilities, and credential exposures in real time.