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August 31, 2026

Still on Windows 10? Here's Why You're Putting Your Business at Risk

Windows 10 reached the end of Microsoft support on October 14, 2025, which means it no longer gets security updates. The computers still work, but any new flaw found in Windows 10 will never be fixed, which makes them easier to attack and can cause problems with compliance and cyber...

August 27, 2026

What Are Passkeys, and Should Your Business Use Them?

A passkey lets you sign in to an app or website using the same fingerprint, face, or PIN you use to unlock your phone or laptop, with no password to type. It's built on a security standard called FIDO that can't be phished, because the passkey only works on the real site and there's no...

August 24, 2026

QR Code Scams: What They Are and How to Protect Your Business

A QR code scam, sometimes called quishing, hides a malicious web link inside a QR code. Because the link is buried in an image instead of written as text, it slips past the email filters that normally catch bad links, and scanning the code usually moves the victim onto a personal phone...

August 21, 2026

How to Stop Scammers From Sending Emails in Your Company's Name

Email spoofing is when a scammer sends a message that appears to come from your domain, often to trick your clients or staff into paying a fake invoice or changing banking details. Three DNS records (SPF, DKIM, and DMARC) prove that a message really came from you and tell receiving...

August 18, 2026

What to Do in Case of a Cyberattack (Step by Step)

If your business is hit by a cyberattack, the first hour matters. Disconnect the affected devices from the network instead of powering them off, call your IT provider by phone, and leave the evidence in place. If money was wired to a scammer, call your bank right away. This post is the...

August 17, 2026

Who Can See What Your AI Note-Taker Records?

AI note-takers join your meetings, transcribe everything said, and save the recording and summary to the vendor's servers. Who can see that recording depends on the tool. Some keep your data inside your own Microsoft or Google environment and never use it for training, while others...

July 29, 2026

How Small Business Ransomware Attacks Work (And How to Protect Against Them)

Most ransomware operations target small businesses at volume, running through dozens of prospects per month. A 22-person company can be researched in 40 minutes using public records, attacked using session-token theft after a single phishing click, and ransomed within...

July 27, 2026

5 Microsoft 365 Settings Worth Checking in Your Tenant

Microsoft has tightened several Microsoft 365 defaults over the past few years, but those changes do not always apply retroactively. Tenants set up before 2022, or configured by a previous IT provider and left alone since, often still have legacy settings in place...

July 23, 2026

How to Answer Cyber Insurance Renewal Questions Without Voiding Your Policy

Cyber insurance applications have grown longer because of specific claim trends from 2023 and 2024, including the MOVEit supply-chain breach, the Change Healthcare ransomware incident, and the Arup deepfake wire fraud. Each new section asks about specific security...

July 20, 2026

What Immutable Backup Means on Your Cyber Insurance Form

Immutable backups are backup copies that nobody can change or delete during a fixed retention period, including administrators and attackers using stolen credentials. Cyber insurance carriers ask about them on renewal applications because ransomware operators routinely...

July 17, 2026

How to Prepare Microsoft 365 Permissions for a Safe Copilot Rollout

Microsoft 365 Copilot retrieves files, emails, and chats using each user's existing Microsoft 365 permissions. In most tenants, those permissions are broader than anyone has mapped, because access accumulates across years of projects and staff changes. A safe Copilot...

July 14, 2026

Why Bad Onboarding Is the Real Cause of Messy Offboarding

Offboarding is the final step of a process that started on the employee's first day. Shared logins, forgotten SaaS subscriptions, untracked personal devices, and client relationships locked inside one person's inbox are almost always traceable to informal onboarding...

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