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Marco Alcala is the founder and CEO of Alcala Consulting, founded on July 1, 1997. He started with no capital, no employees and no plan – other than an unwavering belief that he could help his future clients use technology to make their businesses more efficient and successful. Since then, the company has grown to include offices in Pasadena, CA, and San Antonio, TX. They primarily serve mature and rapidly growing businesses looking to have IT and cybersecurity programs in place that simply run like clockwork. Marco attributes his team’s success to its ability to lead across a broad range of competencies, including application development, document imaging, enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, infrastructure support, cybersecurity and help desk. It’s an extensive list – but Marco makes sure to remind clients that there’s no system that’s 100% secure. Criminals are going to find a way to break through your defenses one way or another, and you need to be able to detect those breaches as soon as they happen. That’s why it’s so important to identify someone within your company to serve as a point person in charge of cybersecurity. With larger firms, they even hire a chief security officer – but if you’re a smaller firm, that can run $300,000 per year or more. Because not everyone can afford that, Alcala is now offering that service on a shared, virtual basis. That way you don’t have to worry about cybersecurity because there’s somebody owning that responsibility and making sure the company’s protected in the way it should be. They even help clients who are applying for cyber liability insurance. Clients provide Marco with the application, and he answers everything and explains exactly what those responses mean in terms of associated policies and technology. And if he does discover a missing security control, he works with them to make sure it’s rapidly put into place. Marco graduated in 1997 with a bachelor of science in computer science from California State College, Northridge. In addition, he has since earned an extensive list of additional computer industry certifications, including: • Microsoft Certified Professional • VMWare Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization • VMWare Technical Sales Professional Accreditation • VMWare Technical Sales Professional – Desktop Virtualization Accreditation When he’s not diving deeper into technology, Marco also loves dancing salsa and bachata – and when throwing a party, he’ll even pull out his conga drums and invite his guests to play along. Also into health and fitness, he’ll hit the gym early in the morning before heading off to work. He also enjoys mowing his lawn while listening to a good book on Audible. Marco loves to travel, and he adores his children, son Mark Anthony and daughter Isabella.

Marco Alcala’s New Book “The Compliance Formula” is Now Available on Amazon

Posted by By Marco Alcala March 30, 2023Posted inUncategorized
Friends and colleagues, I co-authored this new book on CMMC compliance with 20 other cybersecurity experts from around the world. In this book, we provide guidance to successfully get the…
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Establishing a Wire Transfer Protocol to Avoid Fraud

Posted by By Marco Alcala March 12, 2023Posted inWire Transfer Protocols
Verifying the authenticity of a wire transfer request is an important step in preventing scams and avoiding losing money. Here is a procedure to follow: Verify the sender's identity: Before…
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Keeping Your Backups Isolated From Your Production Network

Posted by By Marco Alcala March 12, 2023Posted inData Backups
There are several ways to keep a local backup copy isolated from the production network. Here are some suggestions: Use a physically separate network: One way to isolate the backup…
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Removing Non-IT Users From the Local Administrators Group in Microsoft Windows

Posted by By Marco Alcala March 12, 2023Posted inCybersecurity, Standard User Accounts
Removing users from the local administrators group in Microsoft Windows can be done using the following steps: Log in to Windows with an account that has administrator privileges. Open the…
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Revoking Admin Roles From Non-IT Users in Microsoft 365

Posted by By Marco Alcala March 12, 2023Posted inCybersecurity, Standard User Accounts
To revoke admin roles from a non-IT user in Microsoft 365, you will need to follow these steps: Sign in to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center with your admin credentials.…
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Revoking Admin Rights for a Non-IT User on a Mac

Posted by By Marco Alcala March 12, 2023Posted inCybersecurity, Standard User Accounts, Uncategorized
As the owner or administrator of a Mac computer, you may need to remove admin rights from a user account for security purposes. Here are the steps you can follow…
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Setting Up a User as a Standard User on a Chromebook

Posted by By Marco Alcala March 12, 2023Posted inStandard User Accounts
Chromebooks are designed to be simple and easy to use, but that doesn't mean you can't customize them to your needs. One way to do this is by setting up…
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How to Configure Apple FileVault

Posted by By Marco Alcala March 12, 2023Posted inData Encryption
Apple FileVault is a feature built into macOS that allows you to encrypt your hard drive to protect your data from unauthorized access. When enabled, FileVault uses XTS-AES 128-bit encryption…
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Configuring Data Encryption Using Microsoft Intune

Posted by By Marco Alcala March 12, 2023Posted inData Encryption
In today's digital age, data security is of utmost importance, and one of the best ways to secure data is through encryption. Encryption involves converting data into a code that…
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How to Configure Microsoft 365 Multi-factor Authentication

Posted by By Marco Alcala March 12, 2023Posted inEmail Security
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a crucial security measure that provides an additional layer of protection to your Microsoft 365 account. By implementing MFA, you can prevent unauthorized access to your…
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