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Prevention is NOT Preparation [PART 3]
By HD Tech Team · HD Tech
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Prevention is NOT Preparation
- Failing to prepare is preparing to fail-being a casualty is avoidable
- It’s not if, it’s when – prepare for the when
- Spend equally between prevention and preparation
- React (fear/panic) vs. Respond (logical, planned)
Think Preparation AND Prevention
Preparation – it’s easier to write a check than to spend time – preparation takes time from high level people at your company.
- Risk management assessment (including tech, OT, physical)
- Immutable backups
- Incident Response IR plan-table top exercises
- Disaster Recovery DR Plan-DR Test
- Cyber Insurance-where you follow the declarations!
- MFA
- Setup Zero Trust

HD Tech Team
President & CMO, HD Tech
Tom Hermstad has led HD Tech since 1995, building one of Southern California's most trusted managed IT and cybersecurity firms. He specializes in helping Orange County businesses eliminate IT headaches and stay ahead of evolving cyber threats — in plain English.
