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With the ever expanding threat of IT security becoming an ever extreme prevailing concern for businesses in any industry and of every size, as well as our majority of dependence on computers and other forms of technology to drive our operations, more and more companies are seeing the benefits of what outsourcing their IT can offer them. The most critical decision any company must make in a controlled growth of a business is deciding which efforts should be accomplished with team members in-house and what should be outsourced. When it comes to developing the right IT solution, this decision has a drastic and direct effect on the performance of the company. From general operational functions and security, to potential increases in payroll and a need for larger office space and equipment, it is one that requires a thoughtful approach. Talk to us today about how the Renegade Strategies approach will help grow your business today! #RenegadeStrategies #SmallBusiness #ThinkSMB #OutsourcedIT #ManagedServices #TechnologyServices

The heat of summer is done, and the chill of winter hasn’t yet begun. It must be October! Enjoy these precious days of October. Winter is just around the corner! #RenegadeStrategies #SmallBusiness #ThinkSMB #OutsourcedIT #ManagedServices #TechnologyServices

Today we share a few tips from the US Federal Government's (NIST) on Teleworking for all of our small business partners. With today's situation and state, many employees telework, aka telecommuting, work from home. Teleworking is the ability of an organization’s employees, contractors, business partners, vendors, and other users to perform work from locations other than the organization’s facilities. Telework has been on the rise for some time, but sharply increased in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. For many, telework is now the only way to get work done, and the original concept of “telework” has evolved into being able to work anytime, anywhere. Talk to us today about our unique and renegade approach and how we tailor our plans to your business and operational needs. #ThinkSMB #RenegadeStrategies #MSP #ManagedServices #SmallBusiness #MidsizeBusiness #teleworking #NIST #WFH #Remoteworking

Did you know Two-factor authentication (2FA) adds an additional layer of security to the authentication process by making it harder for attackers to gain access to a person's devices or online accounts because knowing the victim's password alone is not enough to pass the authentication check. Two-factor authentication has long been used to control access to sensitive systems and data, and online service providers are increasingly using 2FA to protect their users' credentials from being used by hackers who have stolen a password database or used phishing campaigns to obtain user passwords. Talk to us today about our unique and renegade MSP Approach and how we tailor our plans to your business and operational needs. #ThinkSMB #RenegadeStrategies #MSP #ManagedServices #SmallBusiness #MidsizeBusiness #2FA #TwoFactorAuthentication

At Renegade Strategies, we use the AGILE Method to deploy all our projects, where we can help develop a release management checklist to plan ahead changes and deployments across your company. This can include:  Steps to prepare & create each environment (dev org, sandbox org, UAT, production)  Pre-deployment & post-deployment verification steps  List of task owners assignments & stakeholders  Process for submitting & triaging change requests & new requirements  Cadence for release (every two weeks, every quarter, etc.)  Process for ongoing testing, regression testing, and user acceptance testing (UAT) #RenegadeStrategies #Salesforce #AgileMethod #agilemindset

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Amazon EC2 offers the broadest and deepest compute platform with choice of processor, storage, networking, operating system, and purchase model. We offer the fastest processors in the cloud and we are the only cloud with 100 Gbps ethernet networking. We have the most powerful GPU instances for machine learning training and graphics workloads, as well as the lowest cost-per-inference instances in the cloud. More SAP, HPC, Machine Learning, and Windows workloads run on AWS than any other cloud. As a certified partner of Amazon Web Services, we offer many solutions Talk to us today about our strategies and how we are able to help support your business with AWS! #RenegadeStrategies #AWS #ManagedServices #AmazonPartnerNetwork #AmazonWebServices

Did you know that Renegade Strategies offers outsourced staffing solutions? When you hire through a staffing agency you have the opportunity to “try” the employee before taking on the liability for their employment. They become an employee of the agency who covers the payroll, workers’ comp, new hire process, and benefits during their temporary period. This allows you to focus on the more important parts of on-boarding such as orientations and training, that really contribute to the long term retention of employees. It also gives businesses the opportunity to quickly end assignments when the employee is not a good fit. You simply call the agency and they take care of the details, including finding that employee other work. Talk to us today about our solutions and how we are able to help support your business with outsourced staffing! #RenegadeStrategies #StaffingSolutions #OutsourcedStaffing

There is surely some magic in the night when pumpkin glows by the moonlight… With this ongoing year and existing pandemic, we want to wish all of you out there a very Spooky & Happiest of Halloween's. We want to remind all of you to remain safe and secure, maintain good practices for social distancing and cleanliness but most all HAVE FUN! Happy Halloween to all. #RenegadeStrategies #SmallBusiness #midmarket

With today's environment, we face several challenges to streamline our work and process. Renegade Strategies has helped several companies find great ways to improve business practices. Recently, we worked with a client that wanted to: Shift employee efforts away from manual document processes to value-added work, Improve employee experience through streamlined, innovative solutions, Reduce waste and cost associated with processing paper documents. With our vast knowledge and experience, we looked at our vendor network that we have procured and suggested Adobe Sign. Running a business, the advanced e-signature tools will help you keep business moving. You are able to quickly send agreements to hundreds of recipients with a click and collect payments directly from customers on the forms they e-sign. Talk to us today about how the Adobe suite of products can help you with your online needs and streamline the process. #RenegadeStrategies #SmallBusiness #MidMarket #Adobe #AdobeESignature #AdobeSuite

Security Operations is a discipline that is continuously evolving with the evolution of tools and processes, it is idyllic to look at the many existing fundamental flaws that exist with Modern Security Operations. With each one, the most that stand out today are: Risk Acceptance, SOC Alert Overload, Inability to mitigate all Zero-Day Attacks. Renegade Strategies is able to start the discussion with a quick SOC capacity expertise, review in detail your fundamental security flaws as it relates to your business and industry & revisit the math from the SOC capacity exercise to understand what is being missed based upon current capacity? We will also cover many points to the business that are associated with these flaws and wrap up with some suggestions for mitigation. Talk to us today about how to automate your Security Operations and how it can help you with your business needs and streamline the process. #RenegadeStrategies #SmallBusiness #MidMarket #SecurityOperations #MitigationRisks

Lets about the impact Virtual Reality (VR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are having in government work, but the technologies also stand to make a huge difference in the events world. This opens up new possibilities for learning and interaction. Currently, VR is being introduced into events as entertainment -- an add-on experience to networking and gala dinners. AI is being used behind the scenes to expedite event logistics. Soon, both technologies will make their way further into events and change how attendees interact with the event and each other. International Collaboration - Google is testing a new speech-to-speech translation technology, Translatotron, which would enable real-time translation at events. Through headsets, attendees would hear a close approximation of the speaker's voice in their selected language in near real-time. The AI translation can run as long as people are willing to talk and listen. Events could use this two-way communication technology for general session Q&A as well as one-on-one networking. Accessibility - AI and VR are reimagining sign language interpretation. HoloHear uses Microsoft HoloLens goggles to show a signing virtual reality figure. This augmented reality helps the deaf maintain focus on the speaker, on-stage visuals, and the translator. Training - While face-to-face interaction will continue to be a huge part of events and training, VR-led training is being introduced to tackle a number of more "challenging interpersonal scenarios" where in-person training might be uncomfortable. More realistic experience - An event is a great place to get hands-on with a product, but it may not be the best place to truly experience a product. This article illustrates how using VR can put people in the ideal atmosphere. For example, the reaction someone may have to drinking an expensive champagne may be different if they are looking around a noisy tradeshow floor versus being immersed in a VR experience at a five-star restaurant. Building the right atmosphere for the initial product experience may lead to a better reception and reaction.

The latest modernization of FedRAMP may be coming via the FedRAMP Authorization Act of 2019, which would expedite the approval process. Of particular interest is language in the bill that introduces the "presumption of adequacy." This means that once a cloud vendor is authorized through the FedRAMP process with one agency, it is cleared to work with other agencies under that initial authorization. The legislation also formalizes roles and responsibilities, designating the Office of Management and Budget as responsible for FedRAMP policy and making the General Services Administration in charge of day-to-day implementation. Finally, the bill stipulates metrics to track the implementation of the program. Further influencing the demands on FedRAMP is the quick surge of support for flexible cloud solutions to enable telework environments amid the COVID-19 response. These developments may have a significant impact moving forward. While private industry is stepping up and offering technology for free to help secure public health and safety, the federal government must still look to FedRAMP guidance in utilizing cloud solutions. Today, more than ever, a quick and efficient approval process is essential. Talk to us today about how Renegade Strategies can help your company with FedRAMP certification and selecting the right cloud technologies to leverage your government contracts! #RenegadeStrategies #FedRAMP #CloudTechnologies

Renegade Strategies Corporation CEO Esteban Deleon-Perla to attend the IT Leader's Event online on February 4, 2021 for the Adaptive CIO Discussion #AdaptiveCIO LINKEDIN.COM IT Leaders Event | The Adaptive CIO #AdaptiveCIO | LinkedIn

IP-based technologies are prevalent in wireless communications systems now more than ever. This offers flexibility, broader practical use case scenarios and greater economy of scale. Other benefits include a common backbone and infrastructure, commercially available standardized products, common support and maintenance, and adaptability to emerging technologies.

In 2020, it is becoming more important than ever to educate and train end users on cybersecurity. Given what's happening with COVID-19, more and more people are working from home, making it more likely for cyberattacks to succeed. The trend toward flexible remote working is probably going to increase dramatically. This poses increased exposure to security breaches when employees are not properly educated on the risks of remote working. Removable Media - Removable media is the portable storage medium that allows users to copy data to the device and then remove it from the device to another and vice versa. This includes USB sticks, SD cards, CDs – even smartphones. Employees need to know how to use these devices safely and responsibly in your business. They also need to be trained that these devices can be loaded with malware, so they should never plug ones from unknown sources into their devices. Talk to us today about how we are helping companies avoid these mistakes and how we can custom tailor training for your business!

In 2020, it is becoming more important than ever to educate and train end users on cybersecurity. Given what's happening with COVID-19, more and more people are working from home, making it more likely for cyberattacks to succeed. The trend toward flexible remote working is probably going to increase dramatically. This poses increased exposure to security breaches when employees are not properly educated on the risks of remote working. Social Engineering - Social engineering is a common technique malicious actors use to gain the trust of employees, offering valuable lures or using impersonation to gain access to valuable personal information. Employees need to be educated about the most common social engineering techniques and the psychology behind them so they can combat these threats. For example, we all share large parts of our lives on social media from holidays to events and work. But oversharing can lead to sensitive information being available, making it easy for a malicious actor to pose as a trusted source. Increasing employee awareness about impersonation threats can reduce the risk of social engineering. Talk to us about how we can protect your company from these terrible types of attacks and what we are doing to train others to notice what is going on!