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Treat Cyber Risk Like Fire Risk: Prevention + Insurance = Resilience.

richard_admin September 1, 2025 No Comments

Treat Cyber Risk Like Fire Risk: Prevention + Insurance = Resilience. Imagine this: you wouldn’t run a business without smoke alarms, sprinklers, and fire drills — and then only rely…

The True Cost of IT: Why Proactive Support Can Save You More Than It Costs

richard_admin August 1, 2025 No Comments

The True Cost of IT: Why Proactive Support Can Save You More Than It Costs – Peace of mind, fewer surprises, and more time for what matters Most business owners don’t…

Why Growing Businesses Are Moving Away from Reactive IT Support

richard_admin July 1, 2025 No Comments

Why Growing Businesses Are Moving Away from Reactive IT Support – and why a proactive approach is becoming the new standard. For many small and mid-sized businesses, IT support has traditionally…

What Happens During a Cyber Essentials Audit? Step-by-Step for SMEs

richard_admin November 25, 2024 No Comments

If your business is preparing for Cyber Essentials or CE+, you’ve probably already looked at the questionnaire and thought: “Is this just a formality or is someone going to check…

Cyber Essentials vs Cyber Essentials Plus: What’s Right for Your Business?

richard_admin August 1, 2024 No Comments

You’ve probably heard the phrase “Cyber Essentials” come up in conversations with insurers, supply chains, or even customers. But what does it actually involve? What’s the difference between Cyber Essentials…

Why ‘Proactive IT Support’ Means More Than Just Patch Management

richard_admin June 19, 2024 No Comments

If you’ve been told your current MSP is “proactive,” but all that really means is they run patches and antivirus updates — we need to talk.At ALTO, we believe proactive…

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Keep Your Company Data Safe On Your Team’s Devices

richard_admin April 4, 2024 No Comments

Cyber attackers are remarkably resourceful. They can be inventive and pretty creative in how they infiltrate your systems. We have seen situations where work information is taken from a personal…

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How To Create A Company Culture & Business Core Values

richard_admin February 1, 2024 No Comments

8 Step Guide To Creating A Profitable Business Culture We’ve run various projects involving work on our business at Alto and one of the projects that we felt would be…

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What Are The Cyber Security Basics For Business

richard_admin December 8, 2023 No Comments

If you’re in a business, you need to make sure things are secure. It’s not something that should be taken lightly. You need patches, alerts, antivirus, email security, dark web…

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Microsoft 365 For Business Email

richard_admin May 17, 2023 No Comments

Microsoft 365 is a productivity suite of software, collaboration tools, cybersecurity products and cloud services. It includes what used to be called Microsoft Office – all the apps you use…

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