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Bits, Bytes & Insights
Practical Technology Guidance. Real World Security Insight.
Explore hundreds of articles covering IT, cybersecurity, compliance, and business technology—written to educate, inform, and help you make better business decisions.
- Actionable Advice
- No Sales Pitch
- Real Experience Behind Every Post
👇 Practical guidance you can actually use—no fluff, just experience driven insight.
How a Supply Chain Attack Sparked a Lawsuit
In today’s interconnected digital landscape, small businesses face growing cybersecurity risks not just from direct attacks, but from vulnerabilities hidden within their trusted vendors. A recent high-profile supply chain attack involving PowerSchool, a widely used educational software provider, exposed the personal data of over 500,000 students and 23,000 employees from Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS). This breach didn’t just compromise sensitive information, it triggered a lawsuit and highlighted the serious consequences that can arise when a third-party provider becomes the entry point for cybercriminals. For small business owners, this incident underscores the urgent need to understand and defend against the rising threat of a supply chain attack.
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Data Integrity Risks of Internet of Things for Small Businesses
The continued rise in the number of Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices has brought about a host of security challenges for many businesses. As manufacturers compete in a race to bring their IoT devices to market, most fail to include even the most basic...
Prioritize Compliance for Your Business
One of the many challenges you probably face as a business owner is dealing with the vague requirements present in HIPAA and PCI-DSS legislation. Due to the unclear regulatory messaging, “assuming” rather than “knowing” can land your organization in hot water with...
How to Adopt Zero Trust Security for Your SMB
With the cyber threat landscape getting more complicated with every passing minute, cybersecurity deserves more attention than ever before. You can no longer put all your faith and trust in applications, interfaces, networks, devices, traffic and users. Misjudging and...
4 Data Backup Myths You Need to Know About
Humans generate 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day.1 That is a substantial amount of information. However, failing to keep up with the ever-changing threat landscape might wipe your share of this data in the blink of an eye. In fact, ransomware has more than...
5 Ways to use Compliance & Cybersecurity Best Practices to Improve Outcomes
When you run a business, compliance and security are two essential factors. Both are equally important for the seamless operation of your business. While compliance helps your business stay within the limits of industry or government regulations, security protects the...
A ‘Compliance First’ Mindset Limits Liabilities for SMBs
By adopting a Compliance First Mindset, when choosing solutions and vendors, you will identify those that do not comply with your requirements, eliminate them from your selection process, and then select from the rest. It also means evaluating your current solutions...
What to Include in Your Incident Response Plan
A security incident can topple an organization's reputation and revenue in a short amount of time. As billionaire Warren Buffet once said, "it takes 20 years to develop a reputation and five minutes to ruin it." Keeping that in mind, it’s ideal to have an incident...
Regulations for Securing the Internet of Things
In the midst of the Digital Transformation era, the rapid expansion of assistive technologies, notably the Internet of Things (IoT), is reshaping our daily lives. Projections indicate that the worldwide tally of IoT devices is set to soar to approximately 80 billion...
Making Security Awareness Second Nature
Your business’ security program must start with your employees and strong security policies rather than entirely depending on your IT team or the latest security solutions. You can significantly reduce the likelihood of a data breach by combining a well-drafted...
Why Your Business Needs a Data Security Policy
Today, the competitive business environment is data-driven. Data provides key insights into your customers and business performance that helps you make better decisions and improve processes. However, the sudden influx of employees working remotely exposes your...
Cybersecurity: What Every Business Owner Should Know
While organizations and workers have certainly benefited from the advancement of technology, it has also introduced an unprecedented number of cybersecurity risks. Ransomware attacks, for example, hit businesses every 11 seconds in 2021.1 Therefore, what every...
Wisconsin Act 73 Insurance Data Security
Wisconsin’s new cybersecurity law (Act73 - Insurance Data Security) was signed by Governor Tony Evers on July 15, 2021, and can be found in Wisconsin Statutes Subchapter IX of Chapter 601. Act73 - Insurance Data Security is aimed at protecting consumers from...
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