Erik Nachbahr

Erik Nachbahr founded Helion Technologies in 1997 and has spent nearly 30 years working exclusively with automotive and heavy truck dealerships. Helion now supports more than 2,000 dealerships and 35,000 end users with managed IT, cybersecurity, FTC Safeguards compliance, Tekion enablement, and managed AI, all under one team. A CISSP, Erik writes and speaks about the parts of dealership technology most operators inherit rather than choose: vendor sprawl, AI governance, and cyber risk. His goal is simple: make the technology work so dealerships can focus on what they do best, selling and servicing cars and heavy trucks.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Enforcement & What It Means For Dealers Nationwide

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data-security

CCPA is a California state law intended to enhance the privacy rights and consumer protection for its residence.  A key aspect of the CCPA is that businesses take “reasonable measures” to secure consumers’ personal and identifiable information (PII) – such as names, addresses, social security numbers, credit card numbers, credit scores, and bank account numbers. … Read more

Helion Technologies Ranked Among World’s Most Elite 501 Managed Service Providers

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Annual MSP 501 Identifies Best-in-Class Global MSP Businesses & Leading Trends in Managed Services August 31, 2020: Helion Technologies has been named as one of the world’s premier managed service providers on the prestigious 2020 annual Channel Futures MSP 501 rankings. For the 13th year running, MSPs from around the globe completed an exhaustive survey … Read more

The Consumerization of Dealership IT

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Consumerization of IT

The consumerization of IT is something that automobile and heavy truck dealers need to seriously consider as consumer buying preferences evolve, cybersecurity threats expand, and employee productivity gains become increasingly important.  Let’s start by explaining what the term “consumerization of IT” means and why it’s important. The consumerization of IT is the proliferation of personally owned … Read more

Helion Technologies Named to ChannelE2E Top 100 Vertical Market MSPs: 2020 Edition

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Fifth-Annual List Reveals Leading MSPs In Healthcare, Legal, Government, Financial Services, Manufacturing & More Timonium, MD – June 30, 2020 – Helion Technologies has been named to After Nines Inc.’s ChannelE2E Top 100 Vertical Market MSPs list and research for 2020. The annual list and research (hashtag: #Top100MSP) identify and honor the top 100 managed … Read more

Cybersecurity, Productivity And Customer Loyalty All Having Something In Common – Technology

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Tech is mission critical

Coronavirus has heightened our need to rethink and retool the way we operate our businesses.    The reality is that things are very different – and they are unlikely to ever return to the way they were in the past.    We can either do something about our new reality or we can stick our heads in … Read more

The Essentials For Remote Worker Security

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Remote access for employees has always been a necessary option for most businesses. This can be beneficial for productivity, employee retention, and mobility, but it does not come without risks. Now, more than ever, it is important to define what the corporate policies are surrounding remote access, what risks are associated with this access, and … Read more

Working Virtually – Dealership Best Practices

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The COVID-19 outbreak is forcing us all to rethink how we as individuals work and how we can best manage the performance and productivity of our employees.  Simply, we must evolve ourselves and our organizations so that we become highly proficient at working virtually. Before discussing a few key technologies that are essential to operating … Read more

Colorado Auto & Truck Dealers’ Blueprint for Consumer Privacy

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When Colorado’s state legislature introduced their current consumer data privacy law back in 2018, it was hailed as one of the strictest in the country. Now that assessment feels quaint, as dozens of other states have passed — or are working on — data privacy laws that equal or surpass Colorado’s in terms of toughness. 

Still, Colorado’s law — officially known as House Bill 18-1128 — places the burden of consumer privacy squarely on businesses, and opens the door to fines and lawsuits for non-compliance. 

And, unlike other state laws such as California’s CCPA, the Colorado law doesn’t make any exemptions for small businesses. 

Auto and truck dealers are especially susceptible to cyber attacks and data breaches. Dealers in Colorado should familiarize themselves with the law, ensure they are in compliance, and if not, take steps to update their cybersecurity as quickly as possible.

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