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Security basics, backups and choosing who looks after your IT, explained for South African businesses.

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Managed IT · 16 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

A Cybersecurity Baseline for South African Small Businesses

The handful of security controls that stop most attacks on small businesses — MFA, updates, tested backups, email and domain protection, endpoint security and least privilege, and the people factor.

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Managed IT · 16 Jun 2026 · 4 min read

Backup and Disaster Recovery for South African Businesses (Load-Shedding-Proof)

The gap between ‘we have backups’ and ‘we can recover’ — the 3-2-1 rule, the South African power factor, the Microsoft 365 backup myth, and surviving ransomware.

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Managed IT · 16 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

How to Choose a Managed IT Provider in South Africa: 10 Questions That Matter

Ten questions that separate a real managed IT provider from a slow help desk with an invoice — SLAs, security, ownership, POPIA, load-shedding, and who actually does the work.

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Managed IT · 16 Jun 2026 · 9 min read

POPIA Compliance for Small Businesses: A Practical Website & Data Checklist

A practical POPIA checklist for South African small businesses: website privacy and consent, data and access controls, email security, where your data lives, and what to do if a breach happens.

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Managed IT · 16 Jun 2026 · 10 min read

Managed IT services in South Africa: what’s included and what it should cost

What managed IT services include in South Africa, how they are priced (per-user, per-device, tiered, retainer), what SLA response times really mean, and the SA realities — power, skills, threats, POPIA — that make it worth it.

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