IT Solutions Network

05/07/2025

Do you know which employees, current and former have admin-level access to your business systems?

Admin rights let you install software, access sensitive data, and change security settings.

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🔥 Why It Matters
If someone leaves your company and still has admin rights, they can accidentally (or intentionally) delete files, leak customer info, or shut down your systems.
It’s one of the top causes of insider breaches and downtime — and it usually goes unnoticed until it’s too late.

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👀 What to Ask Your IT Person
🔹 “Can you give me a list of everyone with admin access across all systems?”
🔹 “Do we have alerts in place when new admins are created?”
🔹 “Are ex-employees ever reviewed for leftover access?”

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📬 I help small businesses around here stay secure and avoid expensive IT disasters.

– David
📍 Brooklyn, NY
🔗 itsolutionsnetwork.io | YouTube: IT Solutions Network

03/06/2025

🚨 The Most Common Network Design Mistakes I’ve Encountered 🚨

Let’s talk about something that separates good network designs from the ones that force engineers into endless troubleshooting nights due to bad design choices.

I’ve been in this field long enough to see the same mistakes happen over and over. So let me save you the headache:
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1️⃣ Not Planning for Growth

🔹 You build a network for today, and six months later, it’s already struggling.
👉 Always design for the next five years, not just the next five months.
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2️⃣ Overcomplicating Everything

🔹 Too many layers, unnecessary VLANs, and overly complex routing will eventually cause a disaster in your network.
👉 The simpler the network, the easier it is to maintain.
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3️⃣ Single Points of Failure

💀 I once saw a company with one switch running the entire network.
💀 Guess what happened when it failed? Everything went down. They had to reboot it twice a day!
👉 Always design with high availability in mind—if the business requires it.
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4️⃣ Ignoring Proper Network Segmentation

🚨 Dumping everything into one big flat network? Bad idea.
🚨 No VLANs, no isolation—just a giant broadcast storm waiting to happen. Not good!
👉 Separate your traffic: users, servers, IoT, guest Wi-Fi… they all need their own space.
📌 And by the way, printers need their own subnet too!
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5️⃣ Forgetting About Monitoring & Documentation

📜 Have you ever walked into a network with zero documentation? I’m sure you have-we all have been there!
👉 It’s like being dropped into a jungle with no map.
📊 If you’re not monitoring, you’ll only realize something’s wrong when the users start screaming. Not good!
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6️⃣ Not Thinking About Security from Day One

🔑 Security isn’t something to delay.
❌ No access control? Cybercriminals will love you.
❌ No firewall rules? Enjoy crypto-miners in your network.
❌ Default passwords everywhere? Why are you even in IT? Might as well hand out your login credentials.
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🔥 So, what do we have here? 🔥

✅ Plan for scalability from the start
✅ Keep your design simple & avoid unnecessary complexity
✅ Remove single points of failure
✅ Use network segmentation to keep things secure & efficient
✅ Monitor everything and always have updated documentation
✅ Security first - don’t wait until you get hacked to fix things, it might be too late.

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💡 Knowledge Challenge

👉 What’s the worst network design mistake you’ve ever seen or experienced?
Drop it in the comments! 👇

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03/05/2025

How do you make sure, your customer data is not breached?

🏥 One Brooklyn Health System reported a data breach spanning from July 9 to November 19, 2022, which exposed confidential patient details, including Social Security numbers and medical information.

To resolve the resulting class-action lawsuit, they’ve set aside a $1.5 million settlement fund.

Individuals affected can seek up to $2,500 in compensation by showing proof of any losses, such as bills or credit statements. 💰🔒

02/26/2025

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01/29/2024

The risks posed by malicious websites cannot be ignored.

What if your employee accidentally opens one of these websites? 😱

In IT we have a saying "It only takes one click to shutdown a business"

To reduce business risks, it is necessary to filter the content originating from the website.

One such method is the Web-Filtering (Generic name) solution.

It helps you block access to malicious websites, and obviously reduces the risk of data leakage as a result.

No one wants to have their client information leaked and then receive a "pay me or I'll make your client information public" threat from cybercriminals, do they?

Yes, but what should you do if you don't know how to manage such a solution?

Find a cyber security company you can trust and work with. They can usually tailor the filtering system to your business.

01/28/2024

Did you know that 88% of customer data breaches are caused by employee error?

Have you ever thought about the impact of a mistake like this on your business?

Of course we all know that mistakes happen, but that doesn't mean you don’t have to be ready and be responsible for leaking sensitive customer data.

Here is the thing:
If you encrypt the data on your computers, servers and smartphones, it will significantly reduce the risks of cybercriminals being able to read leaked information.

That’s it? Just encrypt the data?

Well, no.

It is necessary to create a culture of cyber security in your business and have a clear policy on what steps you take in case of this or that error.

Now the question for you: What measures do you have in place to protect your devices and their sensitive data in the event of human error?

01/26/2024

Remember that just enabling MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) is not enough, it needs to be looked after.

You must have a written procedure that describes how the MFA is replaced and for what reasons, otherwise it may be late and you may suffer a financial loss.

For example, if you're changing a phone, don't forget to transfer the MFA to the new phone before erasing the old one.

If you lose your phone or it has lost functionality due to a software error, you need to have a backup phone prepared in advance that will also have MFA enabled for the same accounts.
You need to think in advance and write down what you will do during any incident.

01/25/2024

Do not use the same password on different platforms.

Doing so increases the risk of cyber threats.

If one account's username/password is stolen/leaked, cybercriminals will be able to access your other accounts with the same credentials, increasing the scope of the cyber attack.

01/24/2024

Remember that stopping a cyber attack is cheaper than responding to a cyber attack.
On all online accounts where it is possible to have MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) enabled, be sure to enable it.

When your password is leaked or stolen, with MFA enabled, only a user/password will not be enough, cybercriminals will also need a temporary code that is only generated on your phone every 30 seconds or when you log into your account.

Without this temporary code, the only way to log in is to hack the system.

01/24/2024

Remember that stopping a cyber attack is cheaper than responding to a cyber attack.

On all online accounts where it is possible to have MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) enabled, be sure to enable it.

When your password is leaked or stolen, with MFA enabled, only a user/password will not be enough, cybercriminals will also need a temporary password that is only generated on your phone every 30 seconds or when you log into your account.

Without this temporary password, the only way to log in is to hack the system.

04/30/2023

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04/29/2023

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