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Van Ausdall & Farrar Van Ausdall & Farrar is Indiana's leader in business office technology services since 1914.

We provide value-driven technology solutions to meet the individual needs of our customers, while providing world-class customer service.

10/29/2026

How strong is your password strategy, really?

Guillermo Fernandez, Virtual CIO (vCIO) at Van Ausdall and Farrar, breaks down why MFA matters and what can make a password more vulnerable than you think.

Watch the video for his quick take.

10/27/2026

What’s one cybersecurity habit everyone should have? And one mistake you should never make?

Mark Hicks, IT Director of Operations at Van Ausdall and Farrar, shares his answers in this quick cybersecurity tip.

Watch the video to hear what he recommends.

The cheapest moment to add structure to a document is the moment it enters the building. Someone is already holding it. ...
10/22/2026

The cheapest moment to add structure to a document is the moment it enters the building. Someone is already holding it. The context is still available: which customer, which job, which department, which date.

Your multifunction printer is the fastest place to capture a document. How print and copy solutions turn each scan into a routed, searchable workflow.

When access controls are not structured properly, sensitive information becomes searchable and visible when it should no...
10/19/2026

When access controls are not structured properly, sensitive information becomes searchable and visible when it should not be. Data discovery is what makes AI adoption safe rather than risky, because it establishes the permission boundaries AI tools inherit. Organizations that clean up permissions first get the productivity gains without the exposure.

Van Ausdall & Farrar expands data discovery and classification to show where sensitive data lives, who can access it, and how to cut compliance risk.

10/15/2026

You cannot sequence work you have not inventoried. The useful first step is a straight read on what you own, what it costs, what depends on what, and which single change would remove the most friction for the least disruption. That is a short engagement, not a program.

Most mid-market digital transformation is not a megaproject. It is a sequence of unglamorous fixes to paper, phones, print, and identity that nobody announces.

10/13/2026

What’s one red flag that an email might be phishing?

For Travis Williams, Director of IT Services at Van Ausdall and Farrar, it’s urgency.

And if something looks suspicious, don’t just delete it. Report it. Deleting protects you. Reporting can help protect everyone.

10/09/2026

If cybersecurity had a theme song, what would it be?

Steve Sigmon, Director of IT Sales at VAF, has a pick. His reasoning comes down to preparation, mindset, and being ready to perform under pressure.

Watch the video to hear his answer.

10/08/2026

Voice cloning tools need only a short sample of someone speaking, and a sample is easy to get from a voicemail greeting, a conference recording, or a webinar. Video is no longer a guarantee either. Live calls can carry a fabricated face, which is why the requests that used to fail on a bad email now arrive with the chief executive's voice attached.

Voice clones and deepfakes now target wire transfers at small companies. The verification habits and controls that stop AI-powered payment fraud.

10/07/2026

What does cybersecurity mean to you?

For Steve Sigmon, Director of IT Sales at Van Ausdall and Farrar, it comes down to two things: protect and empower.

Protecting businesses from cyber threats gives them the confidence to focus on what they do best. And when an incident happens, having the right recovery solutions in place can make all the difference.

Hear why helping protect small and medium-sized businesses is personal to Steve.

10/01/2026

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. For most small and mid-sized businesses it passes the way it always does: a vendor email, a poster in the break room, and nothing in the environment that actually changes. That is the wrong outcome for the cheapest month of security work on the calendar.

A four-week plan for October: multi-factor authentication, patching, phishing drills, and a backup restore test that proves your defenses actually hold.

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