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July security hygiene before vacation season
Out-of-office season is when delayed patching and standing admin rights get expensive. A pre-travel checklist.
July and August thin out offices. Attackers do not take the same holiday.
Before leaders travel
- Confirm MFA works on their phone and a backup method
- Patch laptops; deferring “until I’m back” is how you return to ransomware
- Make sure someone else can approve urgent IT changes
- Review mailbox rules for hidden forwards before people leave
Coverage
Tell your MSP who is on-call internally. Ambiguity slows incident response.
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