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By harryth_xitx
June 8, 2026

What the Ascension Ransomware Settlement Means for Your Healthcare-Adjacent Business Liability

Most small businesses are reading the Ascension Health ransomware settlement wrong. The news coverage focuses on the hospital system - the breach, the patient records, the regulators. But if you run a billing firm,...

Blog, News & Analysis

By harryth_xitx
June 8, 2026

State-Sponsored Attacks on Critical Infrastructure: What Small Businesses Actually Face in 2025

The 2025 wave of state-sponsored attacks on critical infrastructure documented in joint advisories from CISA and the NSA is not a story about foreign governments targeting the power grid or a federal agency. It...

Blog, Buyer Guides

By harryth_xitx
June 7, 2026

Employee Offboarding Security: What to Ask Any IT Firm Before You Sign

Most buyer guides tell you to ask IT firms about response times and service agreements. Those matter. But one question cuts far deeper: how does this firm handle access revocation when one of their...

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By harryth_xitx
June 7, 2026

Business Continuity Posture: 4 Documents to Request Before a Crisis Hits

Your IT firm's business continuity posture will never appear on their website - but it will define your recovery when something goes wrong. Every vendor claims to have a plan. Most have a document....

Blog, Buyer Guides

By harryth_xitx
June 6, 2026

IT Firm Internal Security Posture: 7 Questions to Ask Before You Sign

Your IT firm holds more keys to your business than almost any employee does — your servers, your email, your backups, your financial systems. That access makes your IT firm's internal security posture one...

AI for Business, Blog

By harryth_xitx
June 6, 2026

AI Assistant Trained on Your Data vs. a Generic Chatbot: The ROI Difference SMB Owners Can’t Afford to Miss

An AI assistant trained on your data and a generic AI chatbot look nearly identical from the outside. Both respond to questions. Both sound confident. Both carry the same marketing language on the vendor's...

Blog, Threat Intelligence

By harryth_xitx
June 6, 2026

Business Email Compromise in 2025: How Attackers Chain Breach Data and LinkedIn to Steal from Small Firms

Business email compromise is no longer a blunt instrument. In 2025, it is a precision weapon - assembled from data your employees and principals have already surrendered to the internet, piece by piece, over...

Blog, Threat Intelligence

By harryth_xitx
June 6, 2026

Vulnerability Exploitation Passed Phishing as the #1 Attack Vector: What the 2024 Data Means for Small Businesses

Vulnerability exploitation is no longer an enterprise problem. According to the 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, exploitation of vulnerabilities as an initial access vector grew 180% year-over-year - making it the fastest-growing entry...

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By harryth_xitx
June 5, 2026

When Your Vendor’s Cloud Gets Breached: What the Snowflake Fallout Means for Your Business Liability

You don't have to be a Snowflake customer to have been exposed by the Snowflake breach. That's the uncomfortable reality of a shared cloud infrastructure breach — and it's why the 2024–2025 Snowflake fallout...

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By harryth_xitx
June 5, 2026

Authorization vs Access Controls: What the 2025 Federal Data Exposure Should Make Every Small Business Owner Fix Today

The 2025 controversy over broad federal data access tied to DOGE-linked systems generated enormous coverage - almost all of it focused on politics. Buried inside the technical details was a lesson every small and...

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