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The 2026 Guide to Uncovering Unsanctioned Cloud Apps

If you want to uncover unsanctioned cloud apps, don’t begin with a policy. Start with your browser history.The cloud environment most businesses actually use rarely matches the one shown on the IT diagram. It’s built through countless small shortcuts: a “just this...

Stop Ransomware in Its Tracks: A 5-Step Proactive Defense Plan

Ransomware isn’t a jump scare. It’s a slow build.In many cases, it begins days, or even weeks, before encryption, with something mundane, like a login that never should have succeeded.That’s why an effective ransomware defense plan is about more than deploying...

How to Run a “Shadow AI” Audit Without Slowing Down Your Team

It usually starts small. Someone uses an AI tool to refine a difficult email. Someone enables an AI add-on inside a SaaS app because it promises to save an hour a week. Someone pastes a paragraph into a chatbot to “make it sound better.”Then it becomes routine.And...

A Small Business Roadmap for Implementing Zero-Trust Architecture

Most small businesses aren’t breached because they have no security at all. They’re breached because a single stolen password becomes a master key to everything else.That’s the flaw in the old “castle-and-moat” model. Once someone gets past the perimeter, they can...

5 Security Layers Your MSP Is Likely Missing (and How to Add Them)

Most small businesses aren’t falling short because they don’t care. They’re falling short because they didn’t build their security strategy as one coordinated system. They added tools over time to solve immediate problems, a new threat here, a client request there.On...

Zero-Trust for Small Business: No Longer Just for Tech Giants

Think about your office building. You probably have a locked front door, security staff, and maybe even biometric checks. But once someone is inside, can they wander into the supply closet, the file room, or the CFO’s office? In a traditional network, digital access...

The Supply Chain Trap: Why Your Vendors Are Your Biggest Security Risk

You invested in a great firewall, trained your team on phishing, and now you feel secure. But what about your accounting firm’s security? Your cloud hosting provider? The SaaS tool your marketing team loves? Each vendor is a digital door into your business. If they...

The “Insider Threat” You Overlooked: Proper Employee Offboarding

Imagine a former employee, maybe someone who didn’t leave on the best terms. Their login still works, their company email still forwards messages, and they can still access the project management tool, cloud storage, and customer database. This isn’t a hypothetical...

The 2026 Hybrid Strategy: Why “Cloud-Only” Might Be a Mistake

Since cloud computing became mainstream, promising agility, simplicity, offloaded maintenance, and scalability, the message was clear: “Move everything to the cloud.” But once the initial migration wave settled, the challenges became apparent. Some workloads thrive in...

Managing “Cloud Waste” as You Scale

When you first move your data and computing resources to the cloud, the bills often seem manageable. But as your business grows, a worrying trend can appear. Your cloud expenses start climbing faster than your revenue. This is not just normal growth, it is a...
pens… Pens… PENS!

pens… Pens… PENS!

As much as I use computers in my day to day to life, I still need pen and paper.

Boyd Tech Solutions Division of Propaganda just got our first shipment of branded pens. I can not wait to start giving these out!

One Industry That Is Booming During COVID

One Industry That Is Booming During COVID

Organizations around the world continue to be hit by ransomware. One of the latest is an international insurance provider and risk management firm called Arthur J. Gallagher. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission the company said that on Saturday it detected a ransomware attack. What it called a “limited portion” of its IT systems was hit. Systems were taken offline and an investigation started. Gallagher had restarted most of them by yesterday.

Starting Something New

Starting Something New

Starting something new isn’t always easy. Yes it’s exciting but terrifying all at the same time.

I love technology, anyone who spends more than a minute and half around me knows I love technology. I wrote my first line of code at 8 years old.

Secret Start Menu in Windows 10

Secret Start Menu in Windows 10

The Start menu in Windows 10 is easy to access… click the Start button with your mouse or press the Windows key on your keyboard. But did you know there is a quick way to access some of the most used features in Windows 10?