Chris Souza
Chief Executive Officer
Christopher Souza, Chief Operations Officer at Technical Support International, provides the leadership and direction in operations and the overall general management for TSI. Christopher is resolute in increasing productivity and efficiency utilizing benchmarks to quantify progress and measure success. He is responsible for developing and executing strategies and processes fostering rapid, profitable and sustainable growth including market expansion while maintaining customer satisfaction.
Christopher has over 16 years of experience in the High Technology Sector. Prior to joining TSI, Chris was a Branch Manager and Director of Sales/Marketing for local IT and telecommunication providers. Christopher has earned his BS in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and his MBA in E-Business from the University of Phoenix satellite campus in Braintree, MA.
Chris Souza Stories
What Microsoft’s Latest PrintNightmare Vulnerability Fix Has To Offer
Microsoft has since addressed the PrintNightmare vulnerability that impacts you and your team’s ability to print from your network without compromising your security posture. If TSI applies the latest Microsoft ‘fix’, users will be unable to print via the network, which would be a very serious issue for your organization. We understand your frustration with this problematic scenario, but we highly recommend that the PrintNightmare ‘fix’ be applied despite its…
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Security Vulnerability: Microsoft’s PrintNightmare Remains Unpatched
As many of you may have heard, Despite Microsoft’s assertion that their latest update fixed last month’s PrintNightmare vulnerabilities, we’ve been informed that additional critical security issues remain that we wanted to bring to your attention. To learn more about how to safeguard your organization from the developing issue, please click here for the notification we sent to our clients detailing how to address it.
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The Cyber Vulnerability Rundown: Chrome Zero Day & Microsoft Printer
There are two new and one existing critical vulnerabilities that we wanted to bring to your attention that will require your approval or your users’ immediate action to remediate: Google Chrome Zero-Day Vulnerability. New 3rd and Continuing Microsoft Printer Vulnerabilities. The Google Chrome zero-day vulnerability presents an immediate threat to Google Chrome users that should be addressed immediately using the instructions below: On your computer, open Chrome (if it has…
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The Future of Engineering: How AI Trends & Cybersecurity Are Defining the Industry
As someone who spends a lot of time working with technology leaders in the engineering industry, I’ve seen the state of IT in this field up close and personal. I’ve witnessed the types of issues that people are facing on a regular basis, and how catastrophic they can become if left unchecked. But I’ve also seen an incredible amount of potential as innovative and disruptive new technologies emerge on a…
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CMMC Success Begins with IT Leadership
There’s little doubt that thanks to the influx of new government regulations around privacy and data security, requirements have become the primary area of focus for many defense industrial base and General Services Administration contractors.
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3 Security Services Your Organization Absolutely Needs: SIEM, MFA, & End User Awareness Training
Cyber-attacks don’t follow a calendar. Over the Memorial Day weekend, two separate organizations suffered system failures as a result of a hack. As you may have heard, earlier this morning the Falmouth based ferry service, The Steamship Authority, suffered a ransomware attack, which for the time being, has halted their operations to a standstill. Similarly, just this week, JBS, the world’s largest meat packing company responsible for processing one-quarter of…
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