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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.
Dark Web Threats: What Small Business Owners Need to Know to Stay Safe
As a small business owner, you’re likely focused on growth, customer satisfaction, and day-to-day operations. But there’s a hidden threat that could derail everything you’ve built-the Dark Web. This shadowy part of the internet is where cybercriminals buy and sell stolen data, including personal and business information.
If your company’s sensitive data ends up on the Dark Web, the consequences can be severe: financial loss, reputational damage, and even legal trouble. Understanding how the Dark Web works, how your data gets there, and what you can do to protect your business is essential in today’s digital world.
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How to Effectively Manage Supply Chain Risks
Digital transformation has made many things easier for businesses, right from inventory management and order processing to managing financials. On the flip side, however, it has also made companies more vulnerable to cyber attacks and data breaches. A breach occurring...
Ransomware: Cybersecurity’s Biggest Bully Yet
Can you imagine logging into your system to access your business data and being unable to do so? Talk about your worst nightmare coming true! Unfortunately, an increasing number of businesses around the world are living this nightmare with countless others coming in...
Defense Strategies to Combat Insider Threats
Insider threats are among the most dangerous cyber threats out there. Yet, organizations of all sizes seem to be either reluctant or negligent when it comes to fighting them. Over 50% of organizations don’t have an Insider Risk Response Plan and 40% don’t assess how...
The Dangers Within: Understanding Insider Threats
The year 2020 witnessed an unprecedented onslaught of cybersecurity threats across the world as the global workforce underwent a forced transition to remote work, but not all cybersecurity threats come from the outside. In a study conducted by Bitglass1, 61% of...
Making Ongoing Risk Management an Operational Standard
No business today is 100% secure from cyber threats and more businesses are waking up to this reality now more than ever before. It’s no wonder cybersecurity investment in 2020 is pegged to grow by 5.6% to reach nearly $43.1 billion in value.1 With cyber attacks...
Security – Do You Know Your Digital Risk?
Rapid technological advancement and rising global connectivity is reshaping the way the world is functioning. From higher productivity to improved customer satisfaction, technology has played a critical role in the growth of businesses across the world. The...
21 Questions to Determine if Your MSP is Ready for Prime-Time or Setting the Stage for Cybersecurity Problems
This article was written by Ryan Heidorn, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Steel Root. The article originally appeared in CISOMAG on November 20, 2020. ITNS Consulting has been allowed to re-post this content in its entirety with Ryan’s expressed permission. As if...
Email Security: The Dangers of the Inbox
Every now and then, an email with a catchy subject line appears in your inbox and you end up clicking on it, either because you’re curious about the subject line or because you assume the sender is trustworthy. Unfortunately, this is how most cyber attacks tend to...
Securing Your Remote Workers
Over the last few years, we have seen several tech companies, such as Buffer, Todoist and Help Scout, to name a few, switch to a fully remote or partial work setup. Most of these companies spent months preparing for the switch by training their employees, setting up...
New Year, New Risks for IT & Data Security
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything about the world as we know it. Just as we started embracing new practices like sanitizing, social distancing and remote working, the pandemic has also forced us to embrace systemic changes in the ways we deal with cyber...
Ransomware is on the rise again!
You've been in business for several years and you’ve put endless hours into cultivating great relationships with customers and vendors alike. You genuinely care about how you’re viewed in the community and strive to be recognized among the best at what you do. Maybe...
Security Awareness and Due Diligence
Spring is here and Security Awareness is on the rise. Many companies take this time of year to review their current Data Security, Risk Management, and Regulatory Compliance status and look for ways to improve. This is a necessary step of proper Security Management....
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