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Data Security vs Data Privacy: What's the Difference?

With data breaches regularly making headlines, business leaders feel constant pressure to protect sensitive information. In 2023, the average cost of a data breach reached...


Cyber Insurance in 2025: What Every Business Needs to Know

As businesses continue to face rising cybersecurity threats, protecting your company’s digital assets is no longer a "nice to have"—it’sa must. In 2025, cyber insurance...


Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Through the Lens of an MSP

Ever thought about what would happen if a key part of your business suddenly went offline? Whether it’s your customer database, payment processing system, or...


What Is a vCIO (Virtual CIO) and Why Do You Need One?

Rapid digital transformation, unpredictable growth, and intense competition have led to the virtualization of many modern job roles. This new kind of job role is gaining...


Navigating Today’s Cyber Threat Landscape with Arctic Wolf

Staying ahead of cybersecurity threats is more important than ever to keep your business safe. That’s why we recently sat down with Brad Hanly, Manager of MSP Sales...


Stay Ahead of Cyber Threats: Why a vCISO is Critical for Your Business

Every day, businesses are hit with cyberattacks that compromise sensitive data, causing reputational damage, regulatory fines, and a loss of trust.

These incidents are...


AI in Social Engineering: The Next Generation of Cyber Threats

Imagine receiving a video call from your CEO, instructing you to transfer funds urgently to a new account to secure a critical business deal. The voice, mannerisms, and...


How To Maximize Your Security with Asset Management: Step-by-Step!

Imagine finding out that a data breach happened because of an untracked piece of hardware or some outdated software. It's a nightmare scenario that puts your sensitive...


Managing Third-Party Cyber Risks: Everything You Need to Know

Entrusting certain aspects of your business operations to external organizations can feel like navigating a delicate balance.

Although outsourcing can provide cost...


Navigating IT Compliance: A Guide for Nonprofits

Keeping member data safe isn’t just another item on the to-do list for nonprofits organizations—it’s the cornerstone of trust. For IT directors and managers, it’s about more...


The Ultimate Cybersecurity Guide for Nonprofits: 10 Best Practices

Cybersecurity is like a superhero in today’s world—it's needed now more than ever.If we keep the analogy going, cyberattacks are like supervillains; targeting organizations...


Mobile Security: Deciphering Corporate-Owned vs. BYOD Strategies

As mobile technology takes over our daily lives, the boundaries between work and personal tech are fading fast, posing fresh challenges and decisions for businesses...


The Impact of AI on Cybersecurity: Shaping the Future

Every day, we're finding out just how much AI is changing the game, especially in the world of cybersecurity.

It's pretty interesting out there—an exciting mix of...


Data Protection & Integration in M&A: The Key to a Successful Deal

Is your company considering a merger or acquisition? Well, buckle up and get ready for a challenging journey through one of the most complex tasks your company may...


Safeguarding Your Company Data: Mastering Insider Threat Detection

Data is not only your most valuable asset, but it can also be your biggest vulnerability in the ever-changing business landscape.

Insider threats, often overlooked amidst...


Understanding Phishing: A Practical Guide

These days, phishing attacks pose a constant and imminent threat. They are both elusive and ever-evolving, capable of targeting anyone, anywhere.

That's why as...


Acing Your Cybersecurity Audit: The Ultimate Guide

Stepping into a cybersecurity audit can feel overwhelming, right?  You've got to make sure everything's locked down tight, but where do you even start?

Well, diving...


Mastering Cyber Awareness: 4 Steps to Protect Your Business

These days, the data that powers your business also makes you a prime target for cyber threats.

Building a secure data infrastructure takes more than state-of-the-art tools...


How to Improve Cloud Security: 9 Expert Strategies

These days, it's nearly impossible to find a business that doesn't rely on public cloud services for its essential applications. However, with the increasing frequency of ...


EDR/MDR: Unmasking These Cyber Superheroes

Navigating the intricate world of cybersecurity can be tricky business, especially with terms like EDR and MDR flying around!

They might sound like secret codes, but...


Mastering Incident Response (Your Step-by-Step Playbook Guide)

As businesses and individuals alike leapfrog into newer technological terrains, the shadow of risk looms larger and more unpredictable. Now, more than ever, the ability to...


The Verdict on Data Security: Best Practices for Law Firms

Ever heard the phrase, "Loose lips sink ships?" Well, these days it's more like "Lax cybersecurity measures compromise entire law firms." 😲

No kidding! When it comes to data...


Cracking The Code: IDS, IPS, SIEM Decoded For Non-Tech Titans

Have you ever come across terms like IDS, IPS, SIEM and felt like you were decoding a tech riddle?

We understand your frustration! These terms are crucial in the world of...


Safe Browsing: 10 Best Practices to Protect Your Digital Privacy

As more businesses shift towards digital platforms, our online presence and activities have become vital to our daily work routines. And with the ever-increasing rise in...


Navigating Cyber Insurance: Everything You Need to Know

Cyberattacks have become commonplace in the business landscape. Cyber insurance is more important than ever, but many don't understand how much coverage they need, what is...


Configuration and Change Management: Types of IT Documentation Your Business Needs

Change and/or configuration management systems always seem to fall on the back burner while businesses are growing. After all, who has time to implement a thorough...


Tabletop Testing: Is Your Business Prepared for a Cybersecurity Disaster?

When is the last time you really tested your network infrastructure? More than just sending out a fake phishing email to your staff for employee training; serious disaster...


How to Choose Virtual CISO (vCISO) Services: In-depth Guide

Virtual CISO services (also called fractional CISO services) are a cost-effective way for small to midsize businesses to get the benefit of strategic IT guidance and...


Zero Trust Security: What is It and Who Needs It?

It seems like new cybersecurity issues pop up every day. With more and more devices connecting to the internet, and default security settings leaving something to be desired,...


Penetration Testing: What is it and Why is it Important?

Penetration testing is the best way to know that your organization's data is secure, with no overlooked vulnerabilities or forgotten loopholes to allow your data to be...


Vulnerability Management 101: Scanning & Remediation

Vulnerability management is a very deep topic, consisting of far more than just an anti-virus scan and an automated monthly report, but you don't need a degree in Computer...


2023 Business Cybersecurity Tools: Where Do They Fit in Your SMB?
How much should your business be spending on cybersecurity this year? The truth is, there is no one size-fits-all answer. With variables like employee count, tech stack, and...
How AI Will Affect Cybersecurity in 2023

It's 2023, and every company on the planet is fighting a daily battle against cyber threats and attacks. We're almost numb to the daily reports on breaches as the cybercrime...


CMMC 3.14: System and Information Integrity
The final section of our CMMC series is upon us! Today we're going to cover "System and Information Integrity." This is a fairly short and simple set of controls implement....
6 Top Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP): 2023 Guide

A managed security service provider (MSSP) specializes in offering a wide range of security products and services (“Security as a Service”) to businesses who need on-going...


CMMC Section 3.13: System and Communications Protection
We're almost there! This month, we're covering Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 Section 3.13: System and Communications Protection. This is one of the...
CMMC Section 3.11 and 3.12: Risk and Security Assessments
This month, we're combining sections 3.11 and 3.12 to cover "Risk and Security Assessments." We'll cover seven total controls in this, most of which are fairly short, simple,...
The Top 5 Cybersecurity Practices for Small Businesses

Cyberattacks and security breaches have become an almost routine part of the news cycle. It seems we can hardly go a month without hearing about a major corporation being...


CMMC Section 3.10: Physical Protection
CMMC Section 3.10 breaks down "physical protection" of controlled unclassified information (CUI). While this particular section of CMMC 2.0 is rather straightforward with...
Social Engineering Attacks: How to Protect Yourself and Your Business

No matter what security protocols your company puts in place or how unbreakable you believe your password to be, there is one vulnerability that cybercriminals can always...


CMMC Section 3.8: Media Protection

Today we’ll break down CMMC Section 3.8, which focuses on the media protection for media that contains controlled unclassified information (CUI).

It’s important to remember...


Cyber Insurance in 2022: Does Your Business Need It?

Do you really need cybersecurity insurance? Well, that depends!The number of businesses who took out cyber insurance policies in the last few years has sky-rocketed, thanks...


Top 4 Signs Your Company Needs to Hire a Virtual CISO (vCISO)

What was once a relatively unknown position has become a necessity for many businesses across all industries. As more of us continue to work remotely, the necessity of a...


Spear Phishing: How to Protect Your Business

In the past, using strong passwords was enough to keep accounts secure and hackers at bay. This is no longer the case, and cyber security services require a lot more than...


CMMC Section 3.6: Incident Response

Today we are focusing on a review of CMMC Section 3.6, which provides individual practices for incident response after a cyberattack. The biggest takeaway? Good cybersecurity...