TL;DR: Most breaches don’t start with a clever hack. They start with a click on a personal email, a reused password, or a file dropped into a quicker-but-unapproved app. The human element is involved in around 60% of breaches. You can’t block your way out of it, because restrictions just push risky behavior somewhere you […]
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TL;DR: CISA Cyber Essentials is a free, voluntary framework that helps small business owners build a basic cybersecurity program. It isn’t a law, but the controls it points to (multifactor authentication, fast patching, and tested backups) are now what cyber insurers and larger partners expect. In 2026, CISA refreshed its companion Cybersecurity Performance Goals to
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TL;DR: Shadow IT, the tools and apps your team adopts without approval, usually isn’t rebellion. It’s a sign something felt slower than it should have. Cracking down often pushes the activity further out of sight. The better move is visibility: see what’s being used and why, then decide what to support and what to remove.
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TL;DR: AI now lets criminals clone an executive’s voice and write flawless fake invoices that blend into normal accounts payable workflows. Business email compromise cost US businesses over $3 billion in 2025. You can’t train your way out of fraud you can’t see, so the real fix is process: out-of-band verification, layered access controls, and
TL;DR: Security keeps landing on the IT leader’s desk because it now touches risk, compliance, budgets, and the boardroom, not just tools and patches. The hard part isn’t the technical work. It’s the volume of judgment calls and the shortage of time to think strategically. Co-managed IT relieves the operational load underneath you, so you
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TL;DR: Adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) attacks let criminals hijack a logged-in account even when multi-factor authentication is turned on. The attacker sits between you and the real login page, waits for you to sign in, then steals the session token that proves you did. The fix isn’t more MFA. It’s phishing-resistant MFA, tighter access rules, and watching
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TL;DR: AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot can produce a password that looks strong, but a 2026 study found AI-generated passwords are far more predictable than they appear. They carry a fraction of the randomness real security needs, which makes them easy to crack. Use a password manager’s built-in generator instead, and keep AI focused
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Do You Know Where Your Files Are Actually Stored? In This Issue Welcome to the June 2026 edition of our Technology Insider newsletter! “The cloud” gets mentioned a lot in business conversations. It often sounds like a single, simple upgrade. But there are a few different ways to set things up. And the way your
Key Takeaways: Multi-factor authentication is one of the best security upgrades a small business can make, but attackers have found ways to go around it without ever touching your password. Session hijacking lets them steal proof that you’re already logged in and reuse it to access your accounts, cloud apps, and business data without triggering
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Key Takeaways: Windows 10 standard support ended in October 2025. The Extended Security Updates program that’s keeping many business PCs patched expires on October 13, 2026, and cannot be renewed for consumer and most small business users. After that date, Windows 10 devices will receive no further security patches of any kind. This post explains
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