VC3

06/18/2026

Compliance isn’t just a policy issue ... For most organizations, it’s also a budget issue.

HIPAA safeguards. CMMC documentation. SOC 2 controls. PCI requirements.

Each one translates into real IT decisions: tools, processes, staff time, and investment.

The organizations that manage this well plan for it. The ones that don’t end up doing it reactively, under pressure, and at higher cost.

We’re hosting a free webinar on July 7 to help you plan instead of react.

📌 Budgeting for Compliance: What Your Teams Need
📅 July 7, 2026 | Virtual | Free
► Register here: https://hubs.li/Q04l41hT0

06/16/2026

CJIS. ADA. State cyber laws. Federal regulations. Cyber insurance requirements. The pressure is coming from every direction, and the consequences of falling behind are real: fines, lawsuits, and damaged public trust.

On June 30 at 2:00PM EST| 11:00AM PST, VC3 will be hosting a free webinar to help municipal leaders cut through the complexity.

Whether you're a city manager, clerk, IT director, department head, or elected official, this session will give you a clear picture of the compliance landscape and what a proactive posture actually looks like.

Register here: https://hubs.li/Q04l59Gq0

06/12/2026

Because for many towns and cities, it is not just one requirement anymore. CJIS, website accessibility, cyber insurance expectations, records retention, and state-level cybersecurity requirements are all stacking up at once.

That creates three common problems:
- no clear ownership across IT, leadership, police, finance, and clerks
- duplicated effort because multiple requirements call for the same core controls
- reactive scrambling when an audit, incident, or insurance renewal forces action

The practical move is not to treat each requirement as a separate project. It is to build around shared security and governance fundamentals so your organization can reduce risk and stay more resilient over time.

If your municipality is trying to make compliance more manageable, now is a good time to step back and simplify the approach.

https://hubs.li/Q04l2wry0

06/11/2026

A lot of organizations do not realize how much reactive IT is costing them until downtime, recurring tickets, or staff frustration starts affecting daily operations. The issue is usually not one bad week. It is a support model that keeps pulling people back into the same problems.

A stronger IT model should do three things well:
- reduce repeat issues through proactive monitoring and maintenance
- give your organization predictable support coverage instead of one point of failure
- help leadership plan ahead instead of constantly reacting

When IT is proactive, your organization gets fewer surprises, better visibility, and more room to focus on priorities that actually move the business forward.

If you are evaluating what better support should look like in 2026, this is a useful place to start.

Managed IT services, cloud hosting, data backup + disaster recovery, and voice over IP (VoIP) for municipalities and businesses.

06/04/2026

We're in for a busy few days spending time with municipal leaders across the US and Canada!

🤝 Join Gord at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities 2026 Annual Conference. With this year’s theme, Building a future together, we’re ready to support the local solutions shaping Canada’s future.

💯 Jared will be celebrating 100 years of excellence at the Texas City Management Association Annual Conference starting today. Find him between sessions to chat about the what the next 100 years looks like.

👓 Come see Taher at the AMCTO Annual Conference and stop by the VC3 booth to be entered to win a pair of Meta AI glasses!

⚡ Travis will be stepping in at the Palmetto Power Cities Annual Meeting, and is excited to get to know the leaders who make up and support South Carolina’s municipal electric utilities.

🤖 Stop by booth 110 at the Florida Association of City Clerks Summer Conference & Academy to meet Adam and learn how Municipal AI Assistants help your staff work more efficiently, preserve institutional knowledge, and respond more quickly to residents.

06/01/2026

Quick question: When did you last audit who has access to what in your organization?

If the answer is "not recently" — or "I'm not sure" — you're not alone. And you're also not as protected as you think.

Tomorrow we're hosting a free 30-minute briefing for business leaders: "Zero Trust Security: What It Actually Is — And What It Means for Your Business"

📅 June 2 | ⏰ 2pm EST; 11am PST | 💻 Free

We'll cover the 5 most practical steps toward Zero Trust — starting with the one that stops most data breaches — and explain why this isn't just an IT conversation anymore.

If your clients trust you with sensitive information, this session is for you.

🔗 Last chance to register: https://hubs.li/Q04jz1160

Can't make it live? Register anyway — we'll send you the recording.

05/26/2026

Here's a few scenarios we see more often than you'd think:

A administrative assistant has access to the managing partner's billing data because no one ever restricted it. A contractor who finished a project two years ago still has a login to your systems. An employee who left six months ago? Their email account is still active.

None of these feel like crises. Until they are.

This is exactly what Zero Trust security is designed to prevent, and why we're hosting a free briefing for business leaders next Tuesday:

Zero Trust Security: What It Actually Is — And What It Means for Your Business
June 2 @ 2:00PM EST; 11:00AM PST | Free — 30 Minutes

We'll cover:

🔐 The 5 most accessible steps any organization can take right now
🔐 Why cyber insurers are asking harder questions at renewal
🔐 What regulators are expecting from businesses
🔐 How to stop being over-sold and start being actually protected

This is a plain-language session. No technical jargon. No sales pitch. Just the information you need to ask better questions and make smarter decisions.

→ GRAB YOUR SPOT — Registration Is Free: https://hubs.li/Q04hSRv60

05/21/2026

🔐 Everyone's talking about Zero Trust security. But when we ask leaders what it actually means ... most aren't sure.

That's not a criticism. It's a marketing problem. "Zero Trust" gets slapped on products, proposals, and press releases constantly, often without meaning much at all.

We're cutting through the noise.

Join us for a free 30-minute briefing built for business leaders: "Zero Trust Security: What It Actually Is — And What It Means for Your Business"

📅 June 2 ⏰ 2PM EST

In 30 minutes you'll walk away knowing:
✅ What Zero Trust actually means
✅ 5 practical steps any organization can take right now
✅ Why your cyber insurer and your regulator are both paying attention

Can't join us live on June 2? Register anyway and we’ll send you the recording: https://hubs.li/Q04hqZg00

05/19/2026

FINAL REMINDER: Our CMMC webinar with authorized C3PAO partner, SeraBrynn, is tomorrow!

If CMMC Level 2 compliance affects your contract eligibility, this webinar is a high-value way to get clarity on:

1. What “audit-ready” really means
2. The most common audit failures
3. How assessors evaluate evidence
4. Timeline expectations (including C3PAO scheduling realities)

Can't join us tomorrow? Register anyway and we’ll send you the recording: https://hubs.li/Q04h9q_j0

05/18/2026

If we're in your neighborhood, come see us at these events:

🏥 Cory is excited to connect with the extraordinary teams attending the Care Providers of Minnesota Assisted Living Summit. Come say "hi" and chat about how to stay ahead of the 2026 proposed HIPAA changes.

🔐 Gord will be at GFOA Alberta Come connect on the course, at the gala, or stop by the VC3 booth to chat and be entered to win a luxury, vertical standing pen.

⭐ If you're at the Texas Municipal League Small Town Conference this week, be on the lookout for John. He will be there ready to talk about how VC3 supports smaller municipalities IT and cybersecurity needs!