IT support · Lexington, KY
Managed IT and security for Lexington and the Bluegrass
In Central Kentucky, a single email can carry a six-figure payment. We protect the inboxes, accounts and data that money moves through, and keep the rest of your IT running.
Think about how money actually moves through a Lexington business. A bloodstock agent emails wiring instructions after a sale. A contractor in Hamburg sends invoices to a property manager. A medical practice receives remittances from insurers. Every one of those depends on an email account that, in the wrong hands, can quietly redirect a payment. Business email compromise isn't a big-city problem; it shows up wherever large sums are arranged by email, and the Bluegrass has plenty of those.
Lex IT Solutions provides managed IT with that risk at the center. We run the help desk, monitor and patch your computers, manage Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, keep the network and Wi-Fi in shape, and back up what matters. But the first thing we usually examine is how your email, logins and payment processes could be abused, because that's where one mistake costs the most.
What we handle
Help desk and managed IT
Your staff get a direct line to people who know your setup.
More →Email, account and endpoint security
Because so much money in this region moves by email, we start there. Every account gets multi-factor authentication, including shared mailboxes and the owner's.
More →Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and cloud
We set up, migrate and manage Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.
More →Networks, Wi-Fi and firewalls
Farm properties, distillery grounds and older downtown buildings each bring wireless challenges: stone walls, long gaps between buildings and lots of visitors.
More →Backup and disaster recovery
We protect servers, workstations and cloud data with backups that are stored off site, versioned and isolated from your network so ransomware can't reach them.
More →Compliance support
Lexington businesses run into a range of requirements: HIPAA for medical and therapy practices, PCI DSS for anyone taking cards, the FTC Safeguards Rule for tax…
More →The Lexington companies we fit best
Thoroughbred farms, agents and equine services
Farm offices, bloodstock agents and equine practices handle sale contracts, health records and large wires, often from phones and shared accounts. We lock down email with MFA and impersonation protection, help set up payment-verification habits, and give barn and office staff separate, sensible access.
Medical and therapy practices
Practices that work alongside UK HealthCare and Baptist Health need HIPAA-ready systems without a hospital-sized IT budget. We handle encryption, access controls, patching and EHR backups, and help document them for your risk analysis.
Manufacturers and suppliers in the Toyota corridor
Parts makers and logistics firms between Lexington and Georgetown run production on tight timing. We keep office and plant networks separated and patched, and schedule maintenance around shifts so updates don't interrupt the line.
Distilleries, hospitality and tourism
Tasting rooms, restaurants and tour companies take cards constantly and usually offer guest Wi-Fi in the same building. We segment those networks, keep point-of-sale systems apart from everything else, and help you work through the PCI self-assessment questionnaire.
Horses, bourbon, Toyota and UK: an economy with its own calendar
Lexington's year has a shape. Keeneland's spring and fall race meets bring crowds, and its sales, above all the September yearling sale, move enormous sums between buyers, consignors, farms and agents in a matter of days. The farms along Paris Pike and Old Frankfort Pike, the equine hospitals, the vets and the insurers all run flat out during those weeks, and their IT has to hold up when it's busiest.
The University of Kentucky and UK HealthCare are the city's largest employer, and together with Baptist Health Lexington and Saint Joseph they make Lexington the medical destination for much of Central and Eastern Kentucky. That supports a large community of private practices, therapy clinics, labs and billing firms. Lexmark and Valvoline have deep roots here, and Toyota's Georgetown plant, just up I-75, anchors a network of parts suppliers and logistics companies across the surrounding counties.
Then there's bourbon. Town Branch sits near the Distillery District, and Woodford Reserve, Buffalo Trace, Four Roses and Wild Turkey are all a short drive away. Distilleries, tasting rooms, restaurants and the tour operators shuttling visitors between them take card payments all day, often on networks shared with guest Wi-Fi. That's a PCI problem waiting to happen, and fortunately an easy one to fix.
What working with us looks like
Follow the money first
Our first review looks at how payments, payroll and banking details are handled by email, and who can change them. It's the cheapest risk to reduce.
Plan around your season
Sale weeks, race meets, harvest, open enrollment, the start of a semester: upgrades and changes go into your quiet periods.
Accounts before gadgets
Most break-ins start with a stolen password, not a broken firewall. We get MFA, admin rights and offboarding right before recommending new hardware.
Record the decisions
You'll have a written record of how your systems are set up and why, so nothing depends on someone's memory.
Frequently asked questions
We arrange horse sales and wires by email. What's the minimum we should be doing?
Turn on MFA for every email account, shared ones included. Add impersonation and lookalike-domain protection on incoming mail. Most important, agree with clients and partners that any change to wiring instructions is confirmed by a phone call to a number you already have, never one from the email. We set up the technical pieces and help put the process in writing.
Our distillery tasting room has guest Wi-Fi. Does that affect PCI?
It can. If card readers or the point-of-sale system share a network with guest devices, the scope of your PCI assessment grows and so does the risk. We put payment systems on their own segment behind firewall rules, which shrinks the scope and makes the self-assessment questionnaire far simpler to answer.
Our farm office is out on a country road with poor internet. Can you still support us?
Usually, yes. Remote monitoring and help desk work fine over modest connections. We can also improve what you have, for example with a business-grade router, cellular failover, or wireless bridges out to the barn or foaling shed, so the office isn't cut off when the main line drops.
Our busiest weeks are around Keeneland's sales. How do you handle changes then?
We avoid them. Tell us your peak weeks, whether that's a September sale, a fall meet or the first week of UK's semester, and we'll schedule migrations, hardware swaps and routine patching around them. Security updates that can't wait still go in, timed for overnight or slow hours.
Which areas around Lexington do you cover?
Fayette County and the surrounding Bluegrass: Georgetown, Versailles, Midway, Nicholasville, Winchester, Paris, Richmond and Frankfort. Most of our work happens remotely, so distance from downtown rarely matters.
Have us look at your email security first
Call (859) 436-1004 or email support@lexitsolutions.com with a little about your business. We'll start with how payments and logins are handled, because that's where the quickest wins usually are.