Insights
Who owns cybersecurity when you do not have a full-time IT team?
For most SMBs the gap is not a missing product. It is unclear ownership of MFA, backups, endpoints, and what happens after an alert.
Ownership beats a pile of tools
Many offices already have antivirus, a firewall, and Microsoft 365 security settings. The open question is who checks them and who responds.
If leadership cannot explain backup testing, MFA coverage, or who gets the alert at 9 p.m., that is the starting point.
A practical first review
Confirm MFA on email and admin accounts. Confirm backups restore. Confirm endpoints are patched. Write down who owns each item.
MNI helps prioritize those controls for small and mid-sized Ohio teams. This is not a claim of a specific compliance certification.