Cybersecurity
California Student Data Breach: Lessons for Businesses
A stolen login gave hackers four months inside the testing vendor holding California student records. What went wrong, what to do, and how to avoid it.
Nazy Rafaeil
Co-founder, GlobeVM
Nazy Rafaeil is a co-founder of GlobeVM, the Los Angeles managed IT and cybersecurity company that has supported businesses for 30 years.
When clients call, they often reach Nazy directly. GlobeVM works with clients in English and Farsi.
Articles by Nazy (62)
Cloud and Microsoft 365
Cloud vs On-Premises Backup: What's Best for You
Cloud, on-premises, or hybrid backup and recovery? A plain guide to the real trade-offs, the 3-2-1 rule, and how to choose what fits your business.
Cybersecurity
Security Operations Center (SOC): A Business Guide
A security operations center is the team that watches your systems for threats around the clock. Here is what a SOC does and the realistic options for a business.
AI and automation
Why Security Awareness Training Matters for SMBs
Most breaches start with a person, not a firewall. Here is why security awareness training matters, what good training looks like, and where it fits for SMBs.
Managed IT
Remote IT Support: How It Works and What to Expect
Remote IT support fixes most software, network, and account problems without a site visit. How it works, what it cannot fix, and how to keep it secure
Industries
Mobile Edge Computing Explained for Los Angeles Businesses
Discover how mobile edge computing reduces network latency, improves local data processing, and secures operations for Los Angeles SMBs. Learn the practical benefits.
Industries
Unified Communications (UC) Guide for Businesses
Discover how Unified Communications reduces IT costs and improves collaboration by integrating voice, video, and messaging into one platform.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Insurance Coverage Guide for Businesses
Learn how to qualify for cyber insurance coverage, avoid key exclusions, and meet the strict IT security requirements to protect your company.
Cybersecurity
How to Build a Business Disaster Recovery Plan
Learn how to build a practical, effective strategy to protect your business data and operations from unexpected downtime, ransomware, and local disruptions.
Managed IT
The Cloud Migration Process: A Complete Guide for SMBs
Learn the exact steps of the cloud migration process. GlobeVM breaks down the assessments, data strategies, and cutover plans needed for a zero-downtime transition.
Cybersecurity
Vulnerability Management 101: Scanning to Remediation
Vulnerability management is the ongoing work of finding, prioritizing, and fixing security weaknesses. How scanning, scoring, and remediation fit together.
Managed IT
Zero Trust Data Protection: Securing Your Backups
Zero trust data protection extends never-trust-always-verify to your backups, the blind spot in most strategies. Learn how to apply zero trust to data protection.
Managed IT
Immutable Backups & Air-Gapping: Ransomware Defense
Immutable backups and air-gapping are the strongest defense against ransomware. Learn how each works, how they differ, their real limits, and how to deploy them.
Cybersecurity
Business Impact Analysis Steps: A Practical BIA Guide
A step-by-step guide to business impact analysis: what a BIA is, how to run one, the key steps, and how it feeds your disaster recovery and continuity plans.
Cybersecurity
RTO and RPO Explained: Calculate Your Tolerable Downtime
Understand RTO and RPO and how to calculate them for your business: what each means, realistic ranges by system type, and how they drive disaster recovery cost.
Cybersecurity
Ransomware Data Recovery: Proven Strategies That Work
Hit by ransomware? Learn proven ransomware data recovery strategies, the honest truth about paying, free decryption tools, and why clean backups are the real key.
Managed IT
The 3-2-1 Backup Rule Explained for Modern Businesses
The 3-2-1 backup rule explained: what it is, why it has lasted, and the modern 3-2-1-1-0 extension that addresses ransomware and untested backups.
Cybersecurity
Why Backup Testing Matters as Much as the Backup
An untested backup is a guess. Learn backup testing best practices, why backups fail when you need them, and how to confirm your data will actually recover.
Cybersecurity
Business Continuity vs Disaster Recovery: The Real Difference
Business continuity vs disaster recovery: what each one really covers, where they overlap, and how to build the two together into a plan that actually works.
Cybersecurity
IT Onboarding and Offboarding: A Security Best Practices Guide
A practical guide to IT onboarding and offboarding for small businesses: how to securely grant and revoke access, common mistakes, and a repeatable workflow.
Cybersecurity
What Is a vCIO? Virtual CIO Services Explained for SMBs
What is a vCIO? A practical guide to virtual CIO services for small businesses: what they do, what they cost, and the signs your business is ready for one.
Cybersecurity
SOX IT Compliance: Managing Audit Trails and Data Integrity
A practical guide to SOX IT compliance: who it applies to, how to build defensible audit trails, how to protect data integrity, and the controls auditors check.
Managed IT
Ransomware Incident Response: Surviving the First 24 Hours
A step-by-step ransomware incident response guide for the critical first 24 hours: how to contain the attack, the mistakes that make it worse, and whether to pay.
Cybersecurity
IT as a Growth Driver: A Practical Guide for Small Business
Stop treating IT as just a cost. A practical, no-jargon guide for small businesses on shifting from an IT cost center to using technology as a growth driver.