Long-form writing on cybersecurity, cloud computing, HIPAA, PCI, and the practical edges of Texas small-business IT. Written by Jordan Polasek, Founder of BVTech LLC. Two decades of field work informs every article — no generic industry takes.
Most Texas small businesses are running Microsoft 365 with the default tenant settings — which means they're missing five free protections that would block the majority of attacks I see in the field. Multi-factor enforcement, modern auth, anti-phishing, audit logging, and Secure Score. Here are the five, with the exact admin-center paths, what to set them to, and why each one matters.
Read the full guide →Cloudflare Pages has quietly become my default for client marketing sites — fast, free at the tier most SMBs need, with sane DNS and caching baked in. Here's how I deploy it, how to upload a new build without deleting the existing site, and what I tell clients about why I picked it over the alternatives.
Read more →I've been driving US-59 into Sugar Land for client work for over a decade. Here is what I've learned about what Fort Bend businesses actually need from a managed IT provider — the neighborhoods, the industries, the red flags.
Read more →After two decades in the field, I can usually tell within one site visit whether a business's existing IT provider is doing the job. Here is the checklist I actually use — and the questions that separate a working partnership from a bill you've stopped noticing.
Read more →HIPAA's IT clauses are shorter than people think, and most Texas medical offices miss the same four controls. Here is what the auditors actually want to see — and what I check first when I take over a medical engagement.
Read more →If your Texas retail store takes a card, PCI DSS applies to you — regardless of how small the business is. Here is the short version, written for owners.
Read more →AI-assisted phishing is real and already measurably better than its human-written predecessors. Here is what Texas businesses should actually change about their defenses — and what I've already changed in how BVTech configures client environments.
Read more →Two decades of field work have convinced me that the problem with most managed IT is not technical. It is relational — and that is fixable.
Read more →When I founded BVTech, I made a deliberate decision: the firm would never grow past the point where I could personally stand behind every engagement. Here is why that still matters in 2026.
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