Quarterly review
Q3
July, August and September 2026Walked through with you at your October sit-down
Prepared by your Diversicom team for your quarterly sit-down. Questions any time: 1-833-705-6669.
The short version, for the owner
A quiet quarter, which is what you pay us for. Your team asked for help 96 times, and every call reached a real person, in about 15 seconds on average. Backups ran every night, and in September we proved one works by bringing your file server back in under two hours. The one real disruption was August’s internet outage, which is why our first recommendation is a backup line. Two decisions need you: that line, and replacing your two oldest computers. Everything else is handled.
Your to-do list, from this review
- Plug in the spare laptop for an hour, so it can catch up on updates.
- Remind the three people who haven’t finished this quarter’s training. Their names are in your copy.
- Your next new hire starts October 19. Their laptop and accounts will be ready on the 16th.
- Tell us who gets the mailbox when someone leaves on November 13.
- Prepared for
- Sample: a made-up 25-person office
- Covers
- July 1 to September 30, 2026
- Walked through
- At your office, October 2026
- Next review
- January 2027
- Prepared by
- Your Diversicom team, Tampa
- Your services
- ManageFortifySafeguard
- Read with
- The owner and the office manager
- Figures
- Illustrative. Not client data.
1. The quarter at a glance
Six numbers that tell you how the quarter went. Each one has its own page further on.
For the owner A good quarter. One thing to decide: a backup internet line, so an outage like August’s can’t stop the office again.
96
41 calls, and 55 emails and portal requests.
Illustrative.
For the owner A normal quarter for an office your size. The busiest week was your new hire’s first.
15seconds, on average
Every call reached a person. The longest wait was 52 seconds.
Illustrative.
For the owner When your team called, a real person on our team picked up, in about 15 seconds on average.
27of 28
The one behind is the spare laptop, switched off in a drawer since August.
Illustrative.
For the owner Every computer in use has its security fixes. The one exception isn’t being used.
92of 92 nights
One ran late on August 14, during the outage, and finished that night.
Illustrative.
For the owner Every night of the quarter has a good copy, kept in our Tampa and Dallas datacenters.
25of 26
The one without it is the copier’s scan mailbox. It only works from your office.
Illustrative.
For the owner A stolen password alone can’t open any account that matters.
$112a month back
Five licenses nobody was using, cancelled. That’s $1,344 a year.
Illustrative.
For the owner You’re no longer paying for software nobody uses. We check again every quarter.
2. Requests, and how fast a person answered
Your team asked for help 96 times: 41 calls, and 55 emails and portal requests. Every call reached a real person, in about 15 seconds on average. 84 of the 96 were fixed the same day.
For the owner Your people got help fast and went back to work. Nothing here needs you.
Illustrative.
For the owner Busy weeks line up with things you’d expect: the outage, and a new person starting.
Passwords and sign-ins22
Email and calendars17
Internet, Wi‑Fi and phones17
Software and apps15
Printers and the copier14
People starting, leaving, moving11
Illustrative.
For the owner Printer problems stopped after we fixed the copier in August. That’s time your team gets back.
Illustrative.
For the owner Every call reached a real person, in about 15 seconds on average.
Illustrative.
For the owner Most things were fixed the day they came in. The rest waited on someone else, and we chased them.
3. What we fixed and changed
Some of this your team asked for. Some of it they never saw. All of it is written up in your documentation.
For the owner A quiet quarter still takes work. This is what that work was.
- Jul 9Front desk computer replaced. Set up and ready before 8 AM.
- Jul 22Someone left. Accounts closed at 5 PM. Mailbox to their manager.
- Aug 5Conference room screen and camera. Quoted first. Finished under the quote.
- Aug 14Internet outage, 1 hour 40 minutes. On the provider’s side. We pushed them until it was back.
- Aug 26Copier scans to email again. Broken since spring.
- Sep 8New hire, ready on day one. Laptop, accounts, phone and a 20 minute walkthrough.
- Sep 18Guest Wi-Fi split off. Visitors stay off your office network.
Illustrative.
For the owner Each dot is a change we made for you. Only the outage cost anyone time.
- 312updates installed across your 28 computers
- 1server drive replaced before it failed
- 14low disk space warnings cleared
- 1firewall update, on a Saturday so nobody noticed
- 4vendor calls made for you: internet, copier, phones and the screen installer
- 2hours on hold with your internet provider, so nobody in your office had to be
Illustrative.
For the owner Most of our work never reaches your desk. This is what it was this quarter.
4. Computers and updates
28 computers, one server, and the network gear that ties them together. At the end of September, 27 of the 28 computers had every update. The one that didn’t has been switched off in a drawer since August.
For the owner Your equipment is in good shape. The four oldest computers are on the budget, two at a time.
Illustrative.
For the owner Every computer in use has its security fixes. Insurers ask about this.
Illustrative.
For the owner Four are more than five years old. Replacing two at a time keeps the cost steady.
- Server
- Healthy. 61% of its storage in use, down from 78% after we archived old scans.
- Firewall
- Updated September 26. Its security subscription renews January 15.
- Wi-Fi
- Three access points, all current. Guests on their own network since September 18.
- Copier and printers
- Working. Covered by the copier company’s service plan, and we make the calls.
Illustrative.
For the owner The parts that keep everyone online are current and watched.
5. Backups, and the latest restore test
Your server and your Microsoft 365 data were backed up every night, with copies kept in our Tampa and Dallas datacenters. A backup only counts if it comes back, so in September we brought your whole file server back from one.
For the owner If your server died tomorrow, you’d be working again in about two hours. We tested it in September.
Illustrative.
For the owner Not one night was missed. The late one finished before morning.
- Restored
- Your whole file server, 412 GB, from the night before
- Checked by
- Your office manager, who opened five files from it
- Result
- Passed
- Next test
- March
Illustrative.
For the owner This is proof your backups work, not just a note that they ran.
6. Security: your quarterly risk report
Email filtering stopped 1,286 junk and phishing emails before they reached anyone. Two people clicked a bad link, and both were blocked. 25 of 26 accounts need a second sign-in step, and 22 of 25 people finished this quarter’s training.
For the owner Security is getting better each month. Fewer people fall for the practice emails, and every account that matters has a second lock.
Illustrative.
For the owner August brought a wave of fake invoices aimed at offices like yours. None of them reached your team.
Illustrative.
For the owner With the second step on, a stolen password alone won’t open these accounts.
Illustrative.
For the owner Training is the cheapest protection you have. Three people still need to finish.
Illustrative.
For the owner Your team is getting harder to fool: four clicked in July, one in September.
- 2bad links clicked, both blocked before anything loaded
- 2staff addresses found in other companies’ data breaches. Passwords changed the same day
- 63sign-in attempts from other countries, all refused
Illustrative.
For the owner Breaches at other companies are the most common way passwords leak. We watch for yours.
7. Licenses and spend
We check every license against who actually uses it. This quarter we cancelled five you were paying for and nobody was using. Your Diversicom bill changed twice, both times because your headcount did.
For the owner You’re paying for five fewer licenses than in July. That’s about $112 a month back, $1,344 a year.
| Software | July | September | Change | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft 365 | 27 | 25 | 2 fewer | Two people who left last year still had licenses. |
| Adobe Acrobat | 8 | 6 | 2 fewer | Not opened in 90 days. |
| Zoom | 1 | 0 | 1 fewer | Your meetings already run in Teams. |
| Monthly software spend | $1,284 | $1,172 | $112 back | $1,344 a year |
Illustrative.
For the owner We look at this every quarter, so unused licenses never quietly pile up again.
Illustrative.
For the owner Your bill follows your headcount, both ways. Nothing else changed it.
- Approved
- July 15, in writing
- Finished
- August 5
Illustrative.
For the owner Anything outside your monthly plan is quoted in writing before we start. This one came in under.
- Nov 2
- Your web domain. We renew it.
- Jan 15
- Firewall security subscription
- Jan 31
- Cyber insurance. We’ll do the questionnaire with you in December.
Illustrative.
For the owner Nothing here should lapse by surprise. We track the dates.
8. Risks, and what we recommend, ranked
Ranked by what each one would cost you if it happened, and how likely it is. You decide. Anything that costs money is quoted first.
For the owner Two of these need your decision this quarter: number 1 and number 2.
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1. One internet line
In August a provider outage stopped the office for 1 hour 40 minutes. The next one could last longer.
What we recommendAdd a second line from a different provider that takes over by itself.
About $85 a month, plus $250 to install. Illustrative.
Manage How likelyHow bad
Your call:
YesNot now -
2. Four computers over five years old
They’re slower, and more likely to fail on a busy day.
What we recommendReplace two in November and two in February, so the cost is spread out.
About $1,300 each. Illustrative.
Manage How likelyHow bad
Your call:
YesNot now -
3. Three people behind on training
Most break-ins start with one person clicking the wrong thing.
What we recommendA short reminder from you.
No cost. Illustrative.
Fortify How likelyHow bad
-
4. Cyber insurance renews January 31
The questionnaire asks about second sign-in steps, backups and training, and insurers check the answers when you make a claim.
What we recommendFill it in together in December, using the records in this review.
An hour of your time. Illustrative.
Fortify How likelyHow bad
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5. The copier’s scan mailbox has no second sign-in step
It can’t use one. For now it only works from your office network.
What we recommendSwitch the copier to scan straight to OneDrive, then close the mailbox.
About two hours of our time, after hours. Illustrative.
Fortify How likelyHow bad
Illustrative.
For the owner Ranked so the top of the list is where your money does the most good.
9. Next quarter: the plan, and the people moves coming
October to December. A new hire, a departure, a desk move, two computer swaps if you approve them, and your insurance renewal.
For the owner If you say yes to both recommendations, next quarter costs about $2,850 once and $85 a month more. Everything else is already in your plan.
Illustrative.
For the owner Every date your office will feel is on here, so nothing arrives as a surprise.
- Yes or not now on the backup internet lineby November 1
- Yes or not now on two replacement computersby October 23
- Who gets the mailbox after November 13by November 6
- A nudge to the three people behind on trainingthis week
Illustrative.
For the owner Two of these are money decisions. We’ll send written quotes for both.
| Two replacement computers | $2,600 |
|---|---|
| Backup line, installation | $250 |
| Backup line, service | $85 a month |
| One time, if you approve both | $2,850 |
| Then each month | $85 |
Illustrative.
For the owner These are estimates. You’ll have exact quotes before anything is ordered.