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Cyber Liability

How a Waiver (Yes, Like Skydiving) Could Protect Your Business in Court

You wouldn’t go skydiving without signing a waiver.  Why? Because when something goes wrong mid-air, you don’t want to debate liability on the way down.  Here’s the problem: most businesses are making high-risk IT decisions without any form of documentation. ...

Is Your IT Guy About to Lose You Your Business? Your Career? Your House?

If you’re a CEO, CFO, or business owner, your IT guy might be the weakest link in your liability chain. Yeah, I said it. This is the person who couldn’t get your email to sync on your phone last week. ...

Joy’s $300K Ice Cream Disaster: Why CEOs Should Fear Sugar Cones and Section 5

Last week, I had an ice cream cone. The old-school sugar kind. Delicious, nostalgic—and apparently a hacker favorite. Because back in February 2023, the folks at Joy, the ice cream cone company, got breached. That’s right—cone makers. And not just ...

You Trained the Interns. But Who Trained the Guy With the Keys?

You’ve probably sat through user awareness training at some point.  “Don’t click links from Nigerian princes.”  “Don’t send wire transfers to people you’ve never met.”  You’ve checked that box.  You’ve probably made your employees do it too.  Maybe even once ...

You Can Do Everything Right—And Still Get Sued

His team scrambled. Worked all hours. Pulled the company back online. They did it fast. They did it clean.  Then they did what responsible companies are supposed to do.  They sent out breach notifications.  They offered identity protection to the ...

Your Security Software Can Be Bypassed—Will Your Evidence Hold Up in Court? 

Let’s start with a question: Have you ever inspected your IT team’s work? Not asked them how things are going. Not nodded while they mentioned “zero trust” and “EDR.” Actually inspected their work. Because you do it everywhere else. You ...

Sued Yet? You Will Be.

I was talking to a lawyer the other day—one of the good ones. The kind who’s seen too many “it’ll never happen to me” business owners get chewed up in court.  I asked him a simple question:  “How do you ...

You Thought You Were Safe. You Weren’t. Now the Clock Is Ticking.

For years, small business leaders have operated under a dangerous assumption: “We’re not big enough to be a target.” That illusion? It’s gone. Just ask the British retailers—Harrods, Marks & Spencer, and the Co-op—who’ve been dragged into the spotlight after ...

The Day After the Breach: 3 CFO Mistakes That Turn Cyber Incidents Into Lawsuits

You’ve balanced the books. Squeezed every dollar from operations. Watched every hire, lease, and expense.  But while you’ve been busy protecting the budget… who’s protecting you the day after a breach?  Let’s be clear: when hackers hit, it’s not your ...

When the Breach Happens, You’re Not the Victim—You’re the Defendant

Let’s start with the bad news.  When your company gets breached—and you will get breached—you won’t be the victim in anyone’s eyes.  Not your insurer.  Not the regulators.  Not your board.  And definitely not the people whose data was impacted.  ...

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