RESEARCH
The Resume That Ended Everything
Meet Bill. Bill runs ops. He’s been with you eight years. He’s dependable. Gets stuff done. You trust him. Then one Tuesday morning, Bill receives an email from one of your clients. It has a resume in it. They highly ...
Cyber Trends
The Windows 11 Time Bomb Your MSP Forgot to Mention
Let me tell you a story. It starts like most horror stories do—with a false sense of security. I sat down recently with the CEO of a well-run, 250-person company. Smart guy. Good business. Solid MSP. We talked shop: headcount, ...
Microsoft Just Extorted You. Here’s What to Do About It.
You don’t have to upgrade to Windows 11. That’s the good news. The bad news? If you don’t, your business is about to enter a slow, painful spiral into cyber vulnerability and operational chaos. Right now, people are calling Microsoft’s ...
Well, That Didn’t Last Long: Why Your Cyber Strategy Can’t Be Based on Headlines
Not even a full week. That’s how long we had between a glimmer of good news and a fresh slap of reality. Just a few days ago, security analysts were celebrating. Ransomware payments, they said, were down. A win! Maybe ...
Business Resilience
Part 2: Coffee or a Crisis: The CEO’s Choice in Cybersecurity
Last time we looked at why tabletop exercises matter and how they can reveal the cracks business leaders don’t notice until ...
The Silent IT Risk That Can Wreck Your Company Value: Tribal Knowledge
When CEOs and CFOs think about cybersecurity risk, they think about hackers, ransomware, and data breaches. What they do not think about is the way their own IT teams operate—and how that internal process can make or break the company ...
Could Your Business Survive a Cyberattack? (Most Can’t—and Won’t)
The US bombed Iranian nuclear facilities last week. The result? A “spectacular military success,” sure—followed immediately by the Department of Homeland Security warning that Iran’s state-backed hackers (and a gaggle of bored ...
Security Best Practices
The Cybersecurity Test You Think You're Passing (You're Not)
We were just running a security assessment for a 150-person company last week. Nice organization. Professional. Fancy logos on their trucks. Well-funded. And in about 11 minutes, we were inside their network. Here’s how it started: We sent an email. ...
Why Every CEO Needs a Cyber Incident Response Playbook
Why This Problem Lands on Your Desk When a cyber incident hits your company, the first call usually goes to IT. But very quickly, the responsibility shifts to you and your leadership team. Regulators, insurers, customers, and even the media ...
The Cybersecurity Gap That’s Costing You Everything—and No One's Telling You About It
You’ve made the investments. Your team has security tools in place. You’ve got someone managing IT. You’ve had the compliance audit. On paper, everything looks fine. But there’s a problem. A big one. No one on your team can clearly ...
More Articles
Customer Engagement 101: Best Practices for Small Businesses Using Email Platforms
As a small business owner, you already prize customer engagement. It's a primary factor in creating a loyal consumer base and increasing your sales, but what's the secret to getting these interactions right? One consideration is how you're going about ...
How Businesses Can Master the Cloud Computing Landscape
When you own a business, you spend a lot of your time in "the cloud," managing your data, moving around money, and fulfilling orders. How does it all work? Because it forms a major part of a modern operation, you ...
The Hidden Dangers of Separating Security from Compliance
Security and compliance are two different things, right? They could be easily pulled apart and addressed separately, right? WRONG. In today’s complex cyber landscape security and compliance strategies are both critical. They’re also extremely intertwined. Compliance is about meeting standards, ...
Investing in Professional Development: Growing Skills for Business Success
Are you a manager, business owner, or HR professional who wants to maximize the productivity of your employees? If you want to give your people a greater sense of purpose and foster loyalty, understanding the benefits of professional development might ...
Browser Security for Enterprises: Balancing Accessibility and Protection
With the internet's ubiquitous nature, a modern business can't reasonably expect to thrive without a solid online presence. Whether protecting your operation's digital data, marketing strategies, or the online storefront you've so carefully curated, web browser security is crucial. Ensuring ...
Securing Business Communication: A Guide to Email and Platform Safety
Do you want to protect your business against damaging cyber-attacks and phishing schemes? With "Securing Business Communication: A Guide to Email and Platform Safety," you can stay aware of the importance of email and platform security and implement tips for ...
How Identity Theft Affects Small Businesses
As a small business owner, you may assume that larger businesses are at a greater risk of hackers stealing their data. Don't big companies have more revenue and sensitive information at stake? While that might be true in one sense, ...
Remote Leadership: Strategies for Effective Management in a Virtual Environment
The business world is always evolving. Creating a solid foundation with a team and encouraging a positive work environment can be tough without the right remote leadership strategies for effective management in a virtual environment. Why Managing Remote Teams Is ...
The Importance of Cloud Backup
Suppose your company’s network were to fail right now. How long would it take to recover the data and restore normal operations? If you perform regular cloud backups, it might take less time than you expect. By sending copies of ...
Do You Know How Powerful You Are? Controling Your Supply Chain Security
Does your supply chain feel like a wild card that’s completely out of your control? Yes? Well, you’re not alone. Many organizations struggle with this, especially when their supply chain involves multiple layers and external entities like vendors and suppliers. ...
The Importance of Font Security
Everyone has seen memes about the impact of using the wrong font on graphic design. However, the potential for a misinterpreted word or phrase isn’t nearly as detrimental to your business when considering how a font can create cybersecurity risks. ...
Brand New Zoom AI Tools
Zoom became popular as businesses and individuals needed to connect across remote locations. Originally, users with the appropriate codes could join the right chatroom to meet virtually via video, audio, and text while sharing screens and files. However, the app’s ...
