Mon–Fri 8am–5pm CT · Remote-first IT, nationwide270.816.5726 · support@micro-it.net
Micro-IT

Home/Industries/Construction & Trades

The trades business where one fake invoice ends a quarter.

Field laptops, estimating software, and the wire-fraud playbook every trade business eventually needs. Built for crews that work where the Wi-Fi is spotty and the margins are thin.

·· 01 ·· Where job sites get hit

The risks we see at trades and construction companies

AP wire fraud

Construction is now the #1 industry targeted for fake-invoice attacks. The numbers are public — and the playbook is too.

Field-laptop loss

Laptops travel to job sites. Encryption isn't optional and neither is remote wipe.

Estimating-software outage

When the estimating tool is down, bids don't go out. A day of downtime is a real lost-deal.

Owner-targeted phishing

Trades owners are public-facing on permits and contracts. Phishers know your address and your projects.

·· 02 ·· The managed stack

The Micro-IT trades stack

A trades client on our managed stack gets every field laptop encrypted and remotely wipeable, every account locked with MFA, and a one-page invoice-verification process that has stopped attacks for clients in the past.

  • Managed Endpoint on every field laptop
  • Full-disk encryption + remote wipe
  • Managed Inbox with impersonation protection + MFA
  • Mobile Device Management on every device
  • Estimating-software backup
  • AP wire-verification playbook + annual signoff
·· 03 ·· The first 90 days

What changes in the first 90 days

Trades businesses often arrive with field laptops that have never been encrypted, an AP process that lives in the owner's head, and an estimating server that hasn't been backed up since installation. By day 90, the field is locked down, the AP process is documented, and the estimating data is recoverable.

Available across the region: Paducah, KY · Calvert City, KY · Metropolis, IL · Carbondale, IL · Mayfield, KY · Evansville, IN — full service-area list at Western Kentucky & the region.

Related guides

Plain-English resources for owners — the threats and decisions that matter most.

The wire-fraud playbook

How business email compromise works — and the check that stops it.

Ransomware recovery

What recovery really involves — and why tested backups decide the outcome.

What MFA actually buys you

The single highest-impact security control, explained.

Common questions

What does IT support for construction companies include?
IT support for construction companies includes managed field laptops with full-disk encryption and remote wipe, mobile device management on every device, email security with impersonation protection and MFA, backup of the estimating software, and an AP wire-verification playbook with annual signoff. It’s built for crews that work where the Wi-Fi is spotty: the field gets locked down, the AP process gets documented, and the estimating data becomes recoverable.
Why is wire fraud the top risk for trades businesses?
Construction is now the #1 industry targeted for fake-invoice attacks, and trades owners are public-facing on permits and contracts — phishers know your address and your projects. The defense is procedural: a one-page invoice-verification process that has stopped attacks for our clients, layered on impersonation protection and MFA. The wire-fraud playbook explains how the attack works and the check that stops it.
How much does managed IT cost for a contractor?
$79 per device per month, $20 per mailbox per month, and from $149 per location per month where a managed site applies. A typical 5–25-user trades business runs Endpoint + Inbox + Backup + MDM. Every plan includes EDR with 24/7 SOC monitoring, MFA enforcement, DNS filtering, and immutable, restore-tested backups — no separate cybersecurity add-on. Build an estimate on the pricing page.
What happens if a field laptop disappears from a job site?
It’s a non-event instead of an incident. Every field laptop on the managed stack carries full-disk encryption, so the data on it stays unreadable, and remote wipe through mobile device management clears it the moment it’s reported missing. Laptops travel to job sites — the stack assumes some won’t come back.

Want the wire-fraud playbook? We'll send it free.

Book a 20-min call →270.816.5726