Keep your business running. Keep your data protected.
Simon Says Systems is the local, remote-first IT and cybersecurity partner for small businesses across southwest Riverside County. If your office answers to a regulator (dental, medical, CPA, insurance or law), we know your rules as well as your software.
20-minute call · no obligation · no jargon
You’ll talk to Craig, not a ticket queue.
Call 951-717-3576
- Fast remote response, local to Menifee
- Security and compliance built in
- Fluent in your business software
Simon Says: Stay Connected. Stay Secure.
(Simon also says: relax. That part’s our job.)
Simon Says Systems provides computer technology consulting, cybersecurity consulting, and managed IT services for small businesses throughout southwest Riverside County.
If your IT is costing you time and customers, you’re not imagining it.
- Something breaks and the whole office grinds to a halt while you wait on hold.
- A critical app or the internet goes down, and nobody can get work done.
- You’re unsure your backups would actually restore if ransomware hit tomorrow.
- Your current IT person takes a day to call back, if they call back at all.
What changes when we run your IT.
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When something breaks, one call gets it fixed.
We monitor and patch every computer, server and network device, and fix most problems over a secure remote session. Helpdesk runs Mon–Fri, 9–5, and you call Craig directly. If it genuinely needs hands-on, we come to you.
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Someone is watching for attackers, 24/7.
Every computer and Microsoft 365 account is covered by managed detection with a round-the-clock security operations center behind it. Suspicious sign-ins and ransomware behavior get caught and contained, not discovered Monday morning.
Runs on Huntress · Microsoft 365 / Entra ID
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If ransomware hits, you get your data back.
Microsoft 365 and business data are backed up, with a locked copy attackers can’t delete. We test restores on a schedule and keep the dated results, so “we have backups” is something we’ve proven.
Runs on Afi · Amazon S3 immutable storage
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A stolen password alone can’t get in.
Multi-factor sign-in on every account, sign-in rules that block risky logins, 1Password for your whole team so nobody reuses a password again (included on our higher-tier plans), and filtering that stops impersonation emails aimed at your front desk and owners.
Runs on Microsoft 365 / Entra ID · 1Password
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An alarm reaches a person, not an inbox.
During the day, alerts from your systems, from security threats to outages and failed backups, page Craig directly through WarnFire, our incident-response platform, by push, text and phone call. After hours, the Huntress security team steps in on security threats. Every alert, and what was done about it, stays on record. WarnFire is included for customers, and you can add your own people to get paged too.
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When an auditor or insurer asks, you have the proof.
Coverage reports, sign-in policy exports, restore-test logs and an incident-response plan, kept current and ready to hand over. Most IT shops turn the controls on. We document that they work.
Documented in Hudu
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Your business software has someone in your corner.
Tax, accounting, practice-management or case software: we work directly with the vendor when it misbehaves, so you’re not stuck in the middle of a finger-pointing call.
I spent 20 years building the security tools big companies buy. Now I run them for local businesses.
I’ve worked in IT since 1994 and in cybersecurity since 2004, much of it inside security companies like McAfee, NetWitness and Vectra AI, building the systems that watch networks for attackers. Most recently I spent four years as a Senior Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services. I’ve built on AWS since 2008, and I hold six AWS certifications and an Azure certification.
Simon Says Systems puts that experience to work for small businesses of every kind in southwest Riverside County. When you call, you get me, not a ticket number or a stranger who’s never heard of you.
Any local business. Extra depth if you answer to a regulator.
Every local business
If you have computers, Wi-Fi, email and a point-of-sale or business app you can’t lose, you get the same local service and the same security as everyone else. No compliance mandate required.
- Restaurants & bars
- Retail shops
- Contractors & trades
- Salons & studios
- Real estate offices
- Auto shops
- Nonprofits
If your industry has rules
We know the software and the regulator, and we produce the proof.
Down the road, not across the country.
Based in Menifee, serving six towns along I-15 and I-215. Most fixes happen remotely, so help never waits on traffic. When something needs hands-on, we’re close.
Let’s make your IT boring again.
Book a free, 20-minute call. No obligation, no sales pressure, and no jargon.