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Managed Apple Accounts (Part 2 - Productivity)
Does productivity provide a compelling value-add to Managed Apple Accounts? Let’s take a look from the perspective of business owners, end users, and IT. https://ttonic.com/productivity-features-of-apple-accounts/

Should IT team invest business resources for Managed Apple Accounts? An analysis of Apple’s motive with Managed Apple Accounts provides business decision perspectives.
https://ttonic.com/apple-accounts-for-business-apples-motive/

Reminder to everyone preparing to setup an email campain for mailchip/hubspot to start up 2026. Make sure DNS is setup properly!

Why Are Your Emails Going to Spam? Ask IT to Configure DMARC. Here’s How. We define ourselves by our experience, reliability, and performance. Our tagline “define design deploy” encapsulates how we deliver these virtues to our customers.

We Were Breached, Do We Have to Tell Anyone?

Take a few hours, look at your data, and submit an online form. That’s all you may have to do!

For this article, our focus is on small to medium sized businesses based in Massachusetts.
First, if you leaked thousands of Social Security numbers, then this article isn’t for you.

But what if your breach was small?
Your breach may be relatively small. Perhaps your email was compromised, a file was misdirected, a laptop is hopelessly lost, or a google drive folder was shared too broadly.

You may be thinking:
“It only affected a few people” or
“I don’t think anyone was affected” or
“I don’t have social security numbers or credit cards in my email”

It is completely reasonable in most small breach situations, to just follow a few simple steps.

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We Were Breached, Do We Have to Tell Anyone? We define ourselves by our experience, reliability, and performance. Our tagline “define design deploy” encapsulates how we deliver these virtues to our customers.

Why Are Your Emails Going to Spam? Ask IT to Configure DMARC. Here’s How.

We rely heavily on email, often overlooking the complex technical setups that ensure its smooth operation. One significant challenge is the evolving landscape of email security standards. Ignoring these standards can lead to your messages landing in spam folders, resulting in missed opportunities, frustration, and miscommunications.

There’s a straightforward solution to ensure your emails reach their intended recipients: ask your IT team to configure DMARC. (read more)

Why Are Your Emails Going to Spam? Ask IT to Configure DMARC. Here’s How. We define ourselves by our experience, reliability, and performance. Our tagline “define design deploy” encapsulates how we deliver these virtues to our customers.

Should you sign up for Dark Web Monitoring? Read our thoughts at ttonic.com

Dark Web Monitoring (DWM) involves a paid service which tells you whether your personal information has been leaked.

Hackers routinely target larger companies in an attempt to collect vast quantities of data. If they capture a list of usernames, emails, addresses, and possibly SSNs and credit card numbers – they can sell that information to someone else who may use it. They’ll need to sell it out of public view i.e. the Dark Web as an illegal data broker.

In terms of Dark Web Monitoring, it probably started like this: At some point, some sales/marketing exec saw one of these data leak lists and said “Hey, what if we told people their name was on this list? We could charge them for that info!”

Ninety-nine percent (99%) of the time, Dark Web Monitoring is a waste but there are some target markets that it may be useful.

Read more: https://ttonic.com/dark-web-monitoring/

Should you sign up for Dark Web Monitoring? We define ourselves by our experience, reliability, and performance. Our tagline “define design deploy” encapsulates how we deliver these virtues to our customers.

IT Depot Services: We Love our Boxes
As the pandemic came to a close, IT warehouses looked like a hurricane had come through. Offices started reopening and one thing became clear – IT depot services weren’t going anywhere.

During the early rush to remote work, IT scrambled to get devices into employees’ hands. It was messy. Shipments were delayed, employees had trouble setting up their machines, and security concerns were a key focus.

Over time, IT grew to accommodate this as a standard workflow instead of an occasional pandemic driven one.

At this point, remote onboarding and offboarding are just another day in IT. The IT department is no longer treating this as a temporary adjustment and neither should you.

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IT Depot Services: We Love our Boxes We define ourselves by our experience, reliability, and performance. Our tagline “define design deploy” encapsulates how we deliver these virtues to our customers.

How to: Microsoft 365 Device Registration & Conditional Access for Apple Devices

When working with a customer recently to implement JAMF Device Compliance with Entra, I noticed something unusual in their Conditional Access policy.

In addition to requiring device compliance and MFA, their policy also included the condition that devices be registered in Entra. This made me really think about the assumptions that come into play regarding device registration, and the mystery surrounding Apple devices.

This question led me to dive deeper into the purpose of device registration, how it fits into workflows like JAMF compliance reporting, and—most importantly—whether relying on registration alone creates vulnerabilities, especially in the context of token theft.

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Microsoft 365 Device Registration & Conditional Access for Apple Devices We define ourselves by our experience, reliability, and performance. Our tagline “define design deploy” encapsulates how we deliver these virtues to our customers.

Guest Networks: They will help themselves if you don’t give them one.

"It’s still remains uncommon for organizations to have a guest network – particularly smaller ones. When there is no guest network, guess which network everyone and their brother will join? Although this might not seem like a big security risk, primary network passwords are often shared which leads to inappropriate devices in your secure work zone." (read more)

Guest Networks: They will help themselves if you don’t give them one We define ourselves by our experience, reliability, and performance. Our tagline “define design deploy” encapsulates how we deliver these virtues to our customers.

ChatGPT AI is going to steal your passwords

ChatGPT AI is going to steal your passwords We define ourselves by our experience, reliability, and performance. Our tagline “define design deploy” encapsulates how we deliver these virtues to our customers.