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Guides and analysis on IT management, business networks, Wi-Fi and cybersecurity, written by the DataRoad team.
Teams on the road: managed cybersecurity for laptops, phones and public Wi-Fi
The real travel risk is an unencrypted lost laptop, not the hotel Wi-Fi. The checklist to run before leaving and the procedure for the first…
External attack surface: what the internet exposes about your company and how managed cybersecurity closes it
Open ports, unpatched firewalls and forgotten subdomains are entrances any attacker can see. Learn how to measure your attack surface and cl…
NOC and managed cybersecurity: who watches an SME’s infrastructure, and when
The issue is not having a SOC: it is knowing who receives the alert at 10 pm on a Saturday and what they do next. What a 10–200 seat company…
Microsoft 365 and managed cybersecurity: where Microsoft's protection ends and your company's begins
Microsoft guards the building; the keys are yours. How responsibility is split in Microsoft 365 and the 10 controls an MSP checks every quar…
Managed SD-WAN for multi-site networks: shops, restaurants and offices always connected
How SD-WAN keeps shops, restaurants and offices online when an operator fails, when it beats a site-to-site VPN and how to roll it out in ph…
GDPR and managed cybersecurity: the 10 technical measures your IT infrastructure must guarantee
What Article 32 of the GDPR requires of IT infrastructure, in 10 technical measures, and how to act in the first 72 hours of a personal data…
Company credentials in data breaches: check your domain and close the door with managed cybersecurity
Your team's emails are almost certainly in breaches of other sites. How to check the whole domain and make sure no exposed password opens a …
Asset inventory in IT estate management: the foundation for renewal, security and NIS2
Without an asset inventory there is no planned renewal, no demonstrable security and no answer for the CNCS. What to record, how to maintain…
Break-glass accounts in Microsoft 365: how IT management keeps a company from losing its administrator
If the only Microsoft 365 administrator is locked out, emergency accounts are the spare key. How many to have, how to protect them and who k…
Financing network and IT infrastructure in 2026/2027: a guide for the finance director
There is no open funding for equipment alone. IT qualifies within innovation projects or through publicly guaranteed credit — and those with…
Windows 365 for business: when a Cloud PC cuts costs and when it does not
A Cloud PC with a clear return for consultants, seasonal staff and teams without an office; a poor choice for video, CAD or weak internet. P…
Managed backup with proof of restore: the 30-minute test management should demand
A backup that has never been restored is a promise, not a guarantee. The 30-minute script any management team can ask of its IT partner.
Managed firewalls for networks of shops and offices: one policy, every site
When each shop's firewall is configured its own way, the company has ten policies. How central firewall management puts every site under the…
Managed cybersecurity in Microsoft 365: three email frauds the filters let through
Microsoft 365 filters stop spam and known viruses, not well-written payment requests. Three real frauds and the settings that block them.
The cost of IT downtime: the numbers for a 20-workstation company and how managed services reduce them
We ran the numbers with INE data: in a 20-workstation company, each hour without systems costs close to €1,000. A table for 10 to 60 seats a…
IT estate management: lifespan, renewal in waves and secure equipment disposal
How long each device lasts, when replacing it pays off and how to dispose of it securely: the method DataRoad uses to manage the IT estates …
Managed services under contract: why a premium MSP turns down one-off call-outs
We work only under contract and with companies of more than 10 workstations. Here is what that changes in prevention, cost and accountabilit…
Apple fleet management: company Macs under control, encrypted and supported
MDM, FileVault with the key held by the company, update deadlines and one-step offboarding: what a Mac fleet needs to be manageable and secu…
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