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Part 2: Your Business Wasn't Targeted. It Was Available.
Last time we talked about Stryker, the hacker group that hit them, and the uncomfortable truth that they probably weren't chosen so much as they were available. The access existed, someone used it, and a Fortune 500 company spent weeks ...
Cyber Trends
Part 2: Your Business Wasn't Targeted. It Was Available.
Last time we talked about Stryker, the hacker group that hit them, and the uncomfortable truth that they probably weren't chosen so much as they were available. The access existed, someone used it, and a Fortune 500 company spent weeks ...
Part 1: Your Business Wasn't Targeted. It Was Available.
When a big company gets hacked, the coverage almost always follows the same script. Someone chose them. Someone had a reason. There was a plan. It's presented like a heist movie where the villain spent months casing the joint before ...
Agentic AI: The Cool Tech That Could Cost You Big If You’re Not Careful
If you’ve heard of AI that can do stuff for you (not just answer questions), that’s called agentic AI. It’s powerful, exciting, and… legally risky if you don’t pay attention. Here’s the quick and practical version: what it is, why ...
Business Resilience
Why Your Team Is Busy, Exhausted, and Still Not Getting Results
It’s January, so let’s talk about something most business owners won’t admit out loud. Your team is working hard. Really hard. And somehow, at the end of the quarter, the big things you cared about still didn’t happen. You had goals. You had initiatives. You probably even had a slide deck. And yet here you are, staring at the ...
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 ...
Security Best Practices
Your Security Program Will Fail If You Do These 5 Things
Most CEOs and CFOs believe their organization is reasonably secure. You have invested in IT. You have tools in place. You have people responsible for cybersecurity. That confidence feels earned, but in many organizations it is not backed by proof. Security programs rarely ...
Why You Keep Adding Security Tools but Still Feel Unsafe
If you run a business today, you already know how overwhelming security can feel. A new scam shows up in the news, so you add a new tool. A software vendor tells you their product will keep you safe, so you subscribe. ...
Your Cyber Budget Is Growing, But So Is Your Risk
You walk into the office. The lights are on. The coffee’s brewing. Everything looks normal. Until it isn’t. Your laptop won’t boot. Your cloud drives are empty. Every desktop screen in the building is showing the same message: “Your files ...
More Articles
Your Data Is Missing, Your Clients Are Calling, and You Have No Plan
You have data. Some of it keeps hackers up at night. The rest just keeps your business running. Either way, it all matters when the breach hits—and if you don’t know where it lives, how to prioritize it, or how ...
Think Your IT Team Has You Covered? Let’s Find Out.
Are your IT people taking the right steps to protect your business? Here’s a simple test. One question. No tech degree required: When’s the last time you reviewed an Incident Response Plan they wrote for you? If your answer is ...
The Breach Is Bad. The Response Is Worse.
You’ve been breached. Your inbox is offline. Your phones are ringing. Your team is scrambling. Clients are calling. The board wants answers. And you? You’re staring at the ceiling, trying to remember who’s supposed to talk to the press. This ...
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 ...
Your Gate Is Locked. But Is It Doing Anything?
Last week, I had a conversation with a CEO who just crossed a billion dollars in revenue. Yes, billion with a “B.” Big milestone. Big operations. Big targets. So why was he on the phone with me? Because his security ...
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 Thank You Tour: The Simple Habit That Transformed My Leadership (and My Friday Afternoons)
Let me guess: you make time to follow up when things go wrong. You spot the mistake. You catch the error. You bring the heat. And yes, you do it because you care—about the business, the clients, the mission. But ...
