Insights & Best Practices
Expert perspectives on cybersecurity, cloud, compliance, and managed IT
BRITECITY has acquired IT Proactive. Same team, same number, expanded capabilities for Orange County businesses. A welcome from our CEO and what clients should know.
Three ransomware groups, Qilin, Akira, and Play, are actively compromising business VPNs through unpatched vulnerabilities and stolen credentials. Learn how these attacks work, which VPN products are targeted, and what your business must do to defend itself in 2026.
Transform how you work with documents using Microsoft Copilot and Egnyte. Ask questions about your files, summarize contracts, find information instantly.
Your email security just got a major upgrade. BRITECITY is moving POLARITY for Mailboxes clients to Check Point Email & Collaboration, extending real-time threat protection to Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive. No additional cost.
SharePoint is not a direct replacement for a traditional file server. Understanding the 300,000-file sync limit and how to design around it prevents costly performance problems.
Egnyte vs SharePoint compared: which is better for business file storage in 2026? Egnyte wins on sync limits (300K+ files), hybrid on-prem, and HIPAA compliance. SharePoint wins on Microsoft 365 integration.
Microsoft raised commercial list prices on select Microsoft 365 licenses on July 1, 2026. What changed, which licenses are affected, how month-to-month billing differs from microsoft.com, and what BRITECITY clients should expect.
Discover what professional IT provider onboarding involves: 140+ tasks across 11 phases over 2-4 weeks. Learn why proper MSP transitions prevent future issues.
How to choose the right managed service provider (MSP) for your Orange County business. Evaluation criteria, questions to ask, and what to expect from IT partnerships.
Most companies dramatically underestimate the fully-loaded cost of hiring their first IT employee. This analysis compares in-house IT versus managed services using real 2026 salary, benefits, and overhead data.
Law firms have unique IT requirements driven by bar association ethical rules, client data obligations, and specialized software. These 5 signs indicate your current IT support is no longer adequate.
Growing companies that add locations often end up with inconsistent IT, different security policies, different hardware, different backup procedures. Here is how to build a unified IT standard across all sites.
Discover the key benefits of on-site IT support for Orange County businesses. From faster resolution times to hands-on troubleshooting, learn when on-site beats remote-only IT.
Illustrative 2026 planning ranges for managed IT in Orange County, from our quoting experience: typically $100-$250 per user per month. Compare pricing models, tier inclusions, and how to budget before you call a provider.
A comprehensive network security checklist designed for small businesses. Protect your company from cyber threats with this actionable 15-point security guide.
BYOD and work device security risks in 2026: AI data leaks, credential theft, shadow IT, and public WiFi vulnerabilities. Real OC breach cases with prevention steps.
Complete cybersecurity checklist for Orange County businesses in 2026. Essential security controls, compliance requirements, and actionable steps to protect your company from modern threats.
Navigate the complex landscape of data privacy regulations including GDPR, CCPA, and state privacy laws. A practical guide for businesses handling personal data.
A practical step-by-step CMMC 2.0 checklist for Orange County defense contractors. Covers all 14 domains, Level 2 requirements, and the DFARS clause that triggers compliance obligations.
On-premises Exchange Server creates compounding CMMC compliance risks: ProxyLogon/ProxyShell-class CVEs, CUI encryption requirements, and patch cadence obligations your team may not be meeting. Here is what defense contractors need to know.
How Orange County auto dealers, CPAs, mortgage brokers, and advisors comply with the FTC Safeguards Rule: who must comply, the required information security program elements, and a step-by-step compliance checklist.
AI governance explained for CEOs, CFOs, and operators: what it actually is, why it matters now, four real-world failures that show what happens without it, and a practical 90-day roadmap for putting guardrails around AI at your company.
Learn the fundamentals of IT infrastructure for business. Understand servers, networks, cloud services, and how they work together to support your operations.
Updated July 2026: Dell, Cisco, HP, and Lenovo have all raised hardware prices as AI-driven memory shortages pushed DRAM costs up as much as 89% in Q2. How to protect your budget.
How to choose managed IT services in Orange County. Score SLAs, security, contracts, and local presence. $157/user, month-to-month. Book a 30-minute call.
Specialized IT support for Orange County dental practices: HIPAA-aligned safeguards for ePHI, practice-management and imaging uptime, business associate agreements, and ransomware protection built around the chairside workflow.
Managed IT and security built for Orange County CPA and accounting firms: tax-season uptime, client financial-data protection, IRS Publication 4557 and FTC Safeguards Rule readiness, and secure seasonal-staff access.
Worried AI is leaking your firm's client data? Here is the real risk, what to lock down first, and a plain-English checklist for using AI safely, from a Southern California managed IT team.
The fastest-growing security risk is not a hacker breaking in. It is your own team connecting AI tools, automations, and integrations faster than anyone can audit them. Here is why every OAuth grant and API key is a trust relationship, and what Orange County businesses should do about it.
Family office cybersecurity and managed IT for teams of 11+ ($2,500/mo floor). $157/user month-to-month. See /pricing or /book-a-call.
Microsoft 365 Copilot honors your existing permissions, so it turns years of quiet oversharing into instant data exposure. How BRITECITY governs a Copilot rollout for Orange County businesses: permissions hygiene, Purview sensitivity labels, DLP, and a piloted, monitored launch.
Leadership wants AI. Operators see oversharing, shadow chat tools, and half-finished Intune. How BRITECITY stacks Microsoft Intune, Purview, and a governed AI rollout for Orange County firms that need control without killing productivity.
Most businesses assume their backups work until a real disaster proves otherwise. Industry data shows recovery failure rates between 30-50%. This article explains why untested backups are a liability, not an asset, and provides a practical framework for recovery validation.
Having backups and being able to recover are two different things. This executive-level guide uses the StoryBrand framework to help business owners understand the gap, and the three questions to ask their IT provider this week.
Switching IT providers feels bigger than it is. Here is exactly what happens, week by week, when an Orange County business moves to BRITECITY: dedicated team, RECIPE onboarding, security deployment, and month-to-month support that keeps both sides honest.
A fact-based fit guide to choosing a managed IT provider in Orange County, and where BRITECITY fits: a local Irvine team, transparent flat per-user month-to-month pricing, and a 1-hour emergency response commitment.
A 2026 study found more than a quarter of employees have stopped reporting IT issues because nothing changes. The BRITECITY perspective on why that happens, and the recipe, techTEAM model, RECIPE onboarding, and month-to-month accountability, we use to prevent it.