RESEARCH
The Ghost in the Server Room
Every growing organization hits that moment: do we keep sprinting after every shiny thing, or do we stop, take a breath, and ask if we’re actually focused on the right battles? We chose the second path. Why? Because our mission ...
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
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 ...
What Your Last IT Project Really Cost You
You did the thing every business does: You launched an IT project. Maybe it was a migration. Maybe a new app rollout. Maybe you just “upgraded some systems.” Great. You made the investment. You expected ROI. But here’s the question ...
Security Best Practices
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 ...
Your Employees Could Be Putting Your Business at Risk Without Knowing It. Here’s How to Stop It.
You have good people. They work hard and want to do the right thing. But when it comes to cybersecurity, even a small mistake can bring your whole business to a stop. An employee clicks on a fake email. Another ...
Before You Cut the Cybersecurity Budget, Ask This One Question
In every business, there are moments when the numbers force hard conversations. Cash flow gets tight. Priorities shift. And the line items that feel intangible or uncertain—like cybersecurity—end up on the chopping block. You may be in one of those ...
More Articles
Your Data Was Stolen. And No One Noticed.
The ransomware headlines are dying down. And that’s exactly why you should be worried. Because while you’ve been breathing a little easier, thinking the cyber threats are fading… the game has already changed. And the attackers? They’re getting smarter, quieter, ...
If You’ve Said It Once… You Haven’t Said It Enough
Ever wonder if your team is actually hearing you? I mean really hearing you—not nodding while they check Slack, not pretending they didn’t just mute you on Zoom. I had this conversation yesterday with a group of CEOs running businesses ...
“Does This Really Apply to Us?” The Compliance Loophole That’s Going to Cost You Millions
Let’s talk about the biggest lie CFOs keep telling themselves: “This compliance stuff doesn’t really apply to us.” I hear it all the time. “We’re too small.” “We don’t handle credit cards.” “We’re under the threshold.” “We only have 47 ...
Don’t You Already DO This for Me? The One Assumption That Could End Your Business
Last week, I had dinner with the CFO of a 100-person logistics company. Not FedEx-scale, but a solid growing company. Their business? Making sure their clients’ packages show up on time, every time. (Unlike my recent experiences with FedEx.) The ...
You Might Be Lucky… But That Won’t Stop the Lawsuit
Let’s talk about luck for a minute. You might think you’re lucky. Or unlucky. Or maybe you don’t believe in luck at all. Here’s the thing: it doesn’t matter. When your client calls to tell you their private information is ...
Your P&L Just Got Smarter (And It Didn’t Go to B-School)
Let me tell you a secret your finance team doesn’t want you to know: ChatGPT might be better at reading your financials than they are. Yep. I said it. Let’s set the stage. Imagine having a hyper-intelligent, never-sleeps, doesn’t-bill-by-the-hour finance ...
If Your IT Support Sucks at the Basics, What’s Happening Behind the Curtain?
Let’s start with a simple truth: it shouldn’t take eight tries to fix your email. If it does? You’ve got a problem. And it’s not just a “my computer is slow” kind of problem. It’s a “how many holes are ...
The Cyber Threat You’re Not Ready For (But Think You Are)
Why Most Incident Response Plans Are Useless—and What That Means for Your Business Imagine your office catches fire. The alarm goes off. Everyone panics. You grab your incident plan from the binder on the wall. You flip to the page ...
What If Your Accountant Was Hacked?
What if I told you the biggest threat to your company’s security wasn’t the teenager in a hoodie halfway across the globe—but your accountant? Yeah, the person who sends you a smiley face after asking for your bank routing number. ...
When the Lawyers Come Knocking: How to Shut Down a Lawsuit Before It Starts
Let’s get one thing straight: When you get breached, you are guilty until proven innocent. That first letter from a law firm? It’s not a heads-up. It’s a warning shot. And how you respond determines whether you end up bleeding ...
Your Employees Are Hoarding Digital Trash—and It’s Going to Cost You Millions
Let’s play a game. When was the last time you took out the trash? No, not metaphorical trash. The real stuff. The kitchen bin—overflowing with last night’s takeout, your kids’ science project leftovers, and something that might have once been ...
Would You Trust the Guy Who Fixes Your Printer to Defend Your Retirement?
We’ve audited 4,627 networks in the last 90 days. What did we find? The same head-scratching, stomach-turning reality again and again: Business owners putting their life’s work—their legacy, their retirement plan—into the hands of someone who just got the printer ...
