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You became the IT person because you know slightly more than everyone else. This page is the fastest route out of that job.

1. Find out where you stand (10 minutes)

Take the 10-Minute Security Check. It runs entirely in your browser, sends nothing to us, and hands you a prioritized to-do list.

2. Fix the foundations, in order

1. Turn on MFA for email first, then everything else.
2. Stop sharing passwords in chat — move shared logins to a team password manager (our picks).
3. Get a real backup — cloud sync is not backup (why, and what to use).
4. Write the offboarding list — every account each person can reach, so departures take an hour, not a month.

3. Then choose the rest of the stack

CRM, accounting, e-signatures, project management — sized for your headcount and budget in Software Stacks.

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