IT help for small offices in Solana Beach, Cardiff and Encinitas

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IT help for a small office in Solana Beach, Cardiff or Encinitas: PJ, a local in Cardiff, does plain-English IT for small businesses: Wi-Fi and the router, email and accounts, passwords and two-step sign-in, security updates, backups, a new computer or printer, and the Google Business Profile. $100 an hour, at your office from Solana Beach to Encinitas, or remote. He tells you what it will take before he starts.

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The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency says "Everyone should take these 4 core steps Avoid and report phishing scams. Use strong passwords. Use multifactor authentication and a password manager. Update software." (CISA)

1. Phishing: a 15-minute walk-through with your team on the fake invoice, the "your account is locked" text and the gift card request, and who to tell. A suspicious text already? Is this text a scam?
2. Strong passwords: a password manager set up for the office, shared logins moved into it, and the old sticky notes gone.
3. Multifactor sign-in: two-step turned on for email, the bank, payroll and the website host, with backup codes saved where the owner can find them.
4. Updates: automatic updates on for every computer, phone and the router, and a list of what can't update anymore. This month's urgent ones: patch these now.

CISA's next steps for organizations of any size include "Back up data Encrypt data" (CISA). PJ sets up an automatic backup and tests a restore with you, so you know it works before you need it.

• Wi-Fi that reaches the back room, a separate guest network, and the router password changed from the sticker.
• Email on your own domain working on every phone, and the old employee's account handed over cleanly.
• A new computer set up, files moved, the printer and scanner found.
• Your Google Business Profile hours, services and photos filled in, and the website's contact page working.
• Locked out of an account the business depends on: the recovery steps, then two-step so it doesn't happen again.

Servers in a closet, 20+ people, or rules like HIPAA for a medical office or PCI for card data: hire a managed IT company that works under those rules and puts it in writing. PJ can lay the proposals side by side so you know what you're paying for. Starting the business itself: the four San Diego filings.

• An IT visit for your office: the four basics above, the Wi-Fi, a new computer or the Google profile. $100 an hour, Solana Beach to Encinitas or remote; the plan and the time it will take before anything starts.

Text PJ (858) 461-8054

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Source: CISA, Cybersecurity Awareness Month: the 4 core steps and the next steps for organizations, checked October 19, 2026. Help at home instead: tech help at home.

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