Hurricane Season IT: The Disaster Recovery Checklist Every Business Needs
Hurricane season IT disaster recovery planning is not a document your organization should be reviewing in late May. It is an operational capability that must be built, validated, and ready before June 1 at every location you operate, not just headquarters. NOAA recorded 27 separate billion-dollar weather disasters across the United States in 2024, totaling $182.7 billion in damages. […]
Source 1 Solutions Recognized with Bronze Telly Award for Video Excellence
CLEARWATER, Fla., May 20, 2026 — Source 1 Solutions, a global managed IT, cybersecurity, communications, and infrastructure services provider headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, has been recognized with a Bronze Telly Award in the Motion Graphics & Design category during the 47th Annual Telly Awards for its 2025 branded holiday campaign, “Our Source Code is Humanity.” […]
AI Is Now in Your IT Stack: Is Anyone Managing It?
Shadow AI enterprise governance has moved from a future planning concern to a present operational requirement. According to a 2026 Cloud Security Alliance report, 82 percent of organizations discovered at least one AI agent or automated workflow in the past year that their security or IT teams did not previously know existed. Sixty-five percent experienced […]
Patch Compliance Is Not a Percentage: It’s a Timeline
Your MSP delivers a monthly patch compliance report showing 94 percent compliant. The dashboard is green, the trend line is moving in the right direction, and the number looks like evidence that your patch program is working. Patch compliance vulnerability management measured this way obscures the only metric that actually determines your security risk: how long a known […]
Source 1 Solutions Earns 6th “Best Places to Work” Honor from Tampa Bay Business Journal
CLEARWATER, Fla., May 4, 2026— Source 1 Solutions has been named to the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work” list for the sixth year, earning the No. 13 ranking in the Medium (50–99 employees) category for 2026. The annual list recognizes companies across the Tampa Bay region that demonstrate exceptional workplace culture, as measured through confidential […]
Florida Buildings Are Now Being Cited for Radio Compliance Failures Under §633.202(18)
Florida Buildings Are Now Being Cited for Radio Compliance Failures Under §633.202(18) Florida statute §633.202(18) gives the local Authority Having Jurisdiction direct authority to require minimum in-building radio signal strength for fire department communications in every new and existing building in the state. That authority is now being exercised. Florida Radio Coverage Compliance Deadlines The […]
Florida Cybersecurity Training Law (§282.3185): What It Means for Local Government and IT Providers
Florida statute §282.3185, the Local Government Cybersecurity Act, establishes mandatory cybersecurity training requirements for every local government employee with access to the organization’s network. For organizations evaluating managed IT services in Florida, this isn’t optional guidance, it’s a statutory requirement with defined timelines, scope, and enforcement expectations. If your organization is a Florida local government, or if you serve local governments as an IT partner, […]
Source 1 Solutions Appoints Matt Cardenas as Director of Sales to Accelerate Growth
TAMPA, Fla., [April 8, 2026] — Source 1 Solutions, a global provider of enterprise IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, and managed services, today announced that Matt Cardenas has joined the company as Director of Sales, a strategic addition to support the company’s continued national and international expansion. Cardenas brings more than three decades of experience, with a […]
5 Signs Your MSP Has a Tool Sprawl Problem
If your MSP responds to every new security, compliance, or operational challenge by adding another product, your environment may be getting more complicated instead of more secure. According to Barracuda’s 2025 survey of 2,000 senior security decision-makers, 52% of organizations outsource security services because their internal tool sprawl has become unmanageable, not because they lack technology, […]
58% of Security Teams Now Work with IT: Access Control & Security Integration
The data is no longer ambiguous. According to the HID/IFSEC Global Report on Physical Security Trends, 58% of security teams now operate in joint practice with IT departments. Only 24% report little or no overlap between the two functions. Physical security is already on your network. Every door controller, camera, and access panel is an IP-addressable asset. That means […]