Sacramento, California
Managed IT & Cybersecurity in Sacramento, CA
National support for the greater Sacramento area, including Folsom, with onsite help scheduled when it is needed.
NorthStar Technology Group provides managed IT and cybersecurity for organizations in the greater Sacramento area, including Folsom. We are headquartered in Fargo, ND, and support clients through a national team. Most work is handled remotely, including help desk support, security monitoring, and cloud administration. When hands-on work is required, we dispatch vetted local technicians through a national partner network and stay accountable for the outcome. Sacramento-area healthcare practices, financial firms, law firms, and other regulated organizations can use the same services we deliver nationwide, with attention to California's breach notification and privacy rules. We do not list a street address in Sacramento or Folsom.
How we support Sacramento-area clients
You work with one NorthStar team. Location does not change the services, the response model, or who is accountable for the result.
National remote support
Live help desk support, 24/7 monitoring for critical issues, security operations, and most troubleshooting are handled remotely. Remote work resolves the vast majority of tickets, so day-to-day support does not depend on a Sacramento office.
Fargo headquarters
NorthStar is headquartered at 3523 45th St S, Suite 100, Fargo, ND 58104. That is our registered and mailing address, and it is where we keep equipment and meet clients. It is the only street address we list.
Onsite help when it is needed
When hands-on work is required at a Sacramento-area location, we dispatch vetted local technicians through a national partner network. We screen those partners, coordinate the visit, supervise the work, and document what happened. You still have one point of contact.
The same service catalog
Sacramento-area clients use the same cybersecurity, vCISO, vCIO, help desk, backup, network, cloud, and AI advisory services we provide nationwide. Start with the pages below, or run a free Security and AI Readiness Check.
California's data breach notification law
An individual or business that conducts business in California and owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information is subject to California Civil Code section 1798.82.
The law generally requires notice to a California resident whose unencrypted personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized person. The same duty can apply to encrypted personal information if the encryption key or security credential was also acquired and could reasonably be used to make that information readable. Disclosure generally must be made within 30 calendar days of discovery or notification of the breach, with limited delay allowed for law-enforcement needs or to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system.
The individual notice must be written in plain language, titled "Notice of Data Breach," and presented under required headings that include what happened, what information was involved, what the business is doing, what the resident can do, and where to get more information. If a single breach requires notice to more than 500 California residents, the business must also electronically submit a single sample copy of that notice, without personally identifiable information, to the California Attorney General within 15 calendar days of notifying the affected residents.
California also has a broader privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (Civil Code sections 1798.100 and following). That law is separate from the breach notification statute and applies to businesses that meet its thresholds. Among other things, it gives consumers a limited private right of action when certain nonencrypted and nonredacted personal information, or a password that can access an account, is subject to unauthorized access and exfiltration, theft, or disclosure because the business failed to maintain reasonable security (Civil Code section 1798.150).
This is general information about the law, not legal advice. Your organization remains responsible for its own compliance program. We help you implement and document the security controls, monitoring, backups, and incident response plan that program depends on.
Notify within 30 calendar days
Covered businesses generally must notify affected California residents within 30 calendar days of discovering or being notified of the breach, subject to limited delay for law enforcement or to determine the scope of the incident.
A required notice format
The individual notice must use the title "Notice of Data Breach" and set headings, in plain language, covering what happened, what information was involved, and what the resident can do.
Attorney General notice above 500 residents
If a single breach requires notice to more than 500 California residents, a sample copy of the notice must be sent to the Attorney General within 15 calendar days of notifying those residents.
Who this is for in the Sacramento area
This page covers the greater Sacramento area, including Folsom. The region includes healthcare providers, financial and professional services firms, law firms, and other organizations that handle personal information of California residents. We serve the same regulated organizations we support nationwide:
Services for Sacramento-area organizations
These are the same service pages we publish for clients nationwide. Each one describes the work in more detail.
Frequently Asked Questions
About the author
Ken Satkunam, CISM
President & Founder, NorthStar Technology Group
Ken has spent over 25 years in IT leadership, serving in roles from technical support to CIO for organizations as large as 23,000 employees. He founded NorthStar Technology Group in 2000 to help regulated organizations build secure, compliant, and operationally resilient technology environments. Ken holds the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) credential from ISACA and is the co-author of the Amazon best-seller "Cyber Attack Prevention." He has been quoted in industry publications including eWeek and DM News, and NorthStar has been recognized on the Inc. 5000 list in both 2024 and 2025.
Talk through IT and cybersecurity support for your Sacramento-area team
Tell us how staff get help today and what security or compliance work is on your list. We can walk through a model that fits a Sacramento-area organization, including Folsom, with remote support and onsite visits when they are needed.