Not a compliance product and not a scare campaign. The specific, boring measures that stop a small business in Las Cruces losing everything to ransomware — and the clean-up when it has already happened.
Small businesses are rarely targeted personally. They get caught by automated attacks that scan for the same handful of weaknesses: a password reused across accounts, a staff member who left and still has a login, a machine two years behind on updates, and a backup drive plugged permanently into the computer it is supposed to protect.
That last one is the one that turns an incident into a closure. Ransomware encrypts everything it can reach, and a backup drive sitting in the same USB port is something it can reach. We have been called into businesses where the backup was working perfectly and was encrypted alongside the original in the same minute.
So the work here is unglamorous and effective: get a backup that is genuinely separated and test that it restores, close accounts nobody uses, get patching current, put multi-factor on email, and separate the customer Wi-Fi from the machines that hold records. None of it is exciting. All of it is what actually decides the outcome.
Measures sized for a business with a handful of staff, not a corporate security department.
Separated from the machines they protect, and test-restored so you know they work before the day you need them.
Multi-factor on email and anything financial, and the offboarding step most businesses skip — closing the accounts of people who have left.
Operating systems and applications kept current, because the overwhelming majority of automated attacks use holes that were fixed months earlier.
If it has already happened: containment, assessment of what is recoverable, and an honest answer about what is not.
Filtering, and plain-language guidance your staff will actually follow about the invoice and payroll scams that hit local businesses.
Guest and customer Wi-Fi kept away from the systems holding your business data. Cheap, quick, and frequently missing.
Being straight about the limits saves you a trip and saves us both time.
We will tell you what your actual exposure is, including when it is low. Nobody needs to be frightened into a product they do not require.
If the budget only stretches to one thing, it is a tested, separated backup. Every time. We will say so even though it is the cheapest option.
If you are subject to HIPAA, PCI or similar, you need a specialist for the audit itself. We will secure the systems and be straight about where our part ends.
Call before doing anything else, and do not pay anyone. Some situations are recoverable and some are not, and the first hour matters.
Quoted before it starts. Security work is scoped to the business — a four-person office and a twenty-person one need different things. Call 915-886-7098 and we’ll price it before anything begins.
Ransomware clean-up and recovery follows the standard $99.95 diagnostic, credited toward the work if you go ahead.
No fix = no repair charge. If we can’t recover it, you don’t pay for a repair.
Simple, transparent, and built around your approval — you see the diagnosis and price before we touch anything.
Drop off your device at 816 Franklin St A, Anthony, or call 915-886-7098 to describe the issue.
We diagnose the problem and give you a clear, itemized estimate with photos of the actual issue before any work begins.
Approve or decline by text. Nothing gets fixed until you say go.
Most repairs are same-day. We text you the moment it’s ready for pickup.
We work with businesses in Las Cruces, Mesilla, Mesilla Park, Doña Ana, University Park, Talavera, Organ, Radium Springs, Vado, Mesquite, La Mesa, Chaparral, Sunland Park and Santa Teresa, plus El Paso and Anthony. Anthony sits on the state line between the two cities — about 25 minutes from Las Cruces and 20 from central El Paso.
A few of the 377 five-star reviews from customers across El Paso, Las Cruces, and Anthony.
"Great friendly service and very knowledgeable about computers and make great suggestions. I highly recommend this business!!!"
"Amazing service, everyone was amazing definitely would recommend 100%, this place will forever be my go to for any electronic issues!!"
"We had a great experience working with One Stop Computers during our electronics recycling event. They were professional, organized, and made the recycling process simple and convenient."
Describe your setup and we will tell you what your real exposure is — including when the answer is that you are fine.
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