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Micro-SaaS Vetting: The 5-Minute Security Check for Browser Add-ons

by admin | May 15, 2026 | Cybersecurity | 0 Comments

Browser add-ons have a funny reputation. They feel “small”. A quick install. A tiny productivity boost. A harmless little helper that lives in your toolbar.But in practice, a browser extension is more like a micro-SaaS vendor sitting inside your browser session. It...

LinkedIn “Social Engineering”: Protecting Your Staff from Fake Recruitment Scams

by admin | May 10, 2026 | Online Presence | 0 Comments

A fake recruiter message is one of the cleanest social engineering tricks around because it doesn’t look like a trick.That’s why LinkedIn recruitment scams work so well inside real businesses. They don’t arrive as malware. They arrive as a normal conversation...

“Clean Desk” 2.0: Securing Your Home Office from Physical Data Leaks

by admin | May 5, 2026 | Working from Home | 0 Comments

In the traditional office, a “Clean Desk” policy was a simple habit: shred the sensitive stuff, lock it away, and don’t leave passwords where someone can see them.In 2026, the same idea still matters but the “desk” has changed. For many teams, the home office is...

The Essential Checklist for Securing Company Laptops at Home

by admin | April 30, 2026 | Working from Home | 0 Comments

At home, security incidents don’t look like dramatic movie hacks. They look like stepping away from your laptop during a delivery, or leaving it unlocked while you grab something from another room.Those ordinary moments, repeated over time, are how work devices end up...

The 2026 Guide to Uncovering Unsanctioned Cloud Apps

by admin | April 25, 2026 | Cloud | 0 Comments

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

by admin | April 20, 2026 | Cybersecurity | 0 Comments

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

by admin | April 15, 2026 | AI | 0 Comments

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

by admin | April 10, 2026 | Cybersecurity | 0 Comments

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)

by admin | April 5, 2026 | Cybersecurity | 0 Comments

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

by admin | March 30, 2026 | Cybersecurity | 0 Comments

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...

One Industry That Is Booming During COVID

by admin | Oct 1, 2020 | Cyber Security

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.

Security Fabric Use Cases in the Restaurant Industry

by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Cyber Security

#Fortinet’s Courtney Radke explains how the #SecurityFabric provides restaurants with high-performance networking and industry-leading security in his Restaurant Technology Network member spotlight.

Starting Something New

by admin | Jul 29, 2020 | At Boyd Tech

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

by admin | Jul 28, 2020 | Tip Tuesday

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?

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