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Breach Secure Now Brings Security Training Data into ScalePad Lifecycle Manager

Breach Secure Now’s integration with ScalePad Lifecycle Manager gives MSPs greater visibility into client security training data, phishing performance, and employee risk trends. By connecting...

By: Zach Morrison
May 20, 2026

AI-Assisted Phishing Is Changing the Game, and Traditional Awareness Training Isn’t Enough

Generative AI is reshaping the phishing landscape, making attacks more polished, personalized, and difficult to detect. As AI-assisted phishing campaigns achieve dramatically higher click rates,...

By: Zach Morrison
May 14, 2026

Rethinking Training: The Shift to Role-Based Learning

Traditional cybersecurity training isn’t changing behavior because it isn’t relevant to how people actually work. This blog explores why role-based training is the future and...

By: Zach Morrison
May 12, 2026

From AI Risk to Real Results: A Smarter Path Forward

AI is already being used across your organization, often without visibility or control. This blog explores a structured path to adoption and introduces the AI...

By: Zach Morrison
May 7, 2026

Downtime of a Ransomware Attack – Costly Concern

We all know that ransomware can be detrimental to businesses, but just how much could an attack cost your business? According to a survey released...

By: Art Gross
April 7, 2017

TV Show – Chicago Med a Ransomware Victim

You know ransomware is a real threat when it starts showing up on TV shows. Chicago Med is a victim of a ransomware attack on...

By: Art Gross
April 7, 2017

Security Awareness Training is Essential for Small Businesses

According to research by the Ponemon Institute, approximately 80% of business data breaches are a result of human error. An article over on Entrepreneur explores...

By: Art Gross
April 5, 2017

Article: 35% of LinkedIn users’ passwords are weak enough to hack

Although it is no secret that some significant breaches have occurred with cybercriminals stealing user’s information and passwords from sites like LinkedIn and Yahoo, business...

By: Art Gross
March 31, 2017

MSPs need to offer their clients security solutions

In an article over at Business Solutions, Ellen Jennings, CEO of BEI, talks about cloud based security services that every MSP should offer....

By: Art Gross
March 27, 2017

Ransomware attacks keep growing and are costing businesses $1B

It is no secret that cybercrime has been increasing rapidly, but the statistics may surprise you. According to a report released by PhishMe, 2016 saw...

By: Art Gross
March 26, 2017

Protect Yourself from a Ransomware Disaster in 3 Simple Ways

As awareness of ransomware continues to grow globally, so does the sophistication and efforts of cybercriminals to successfully carry out these detrimental attacks on large...

By: Art Gross
March 16, 2017

Data breaches at smaller companies can be devastating

According to a Verizon study, data breaches at Small and Midsize Businesses (SMBs) occur more frequently than at larger companies. Another study found that the...

By: Art Gross
December 23, 2016

Lemons to Lemonade

Let’s try to make lemonade out of these lemons we keep getting with COVID-19. Yes, there is an uptick in the number of cases and...

By: Art Gross
November 23, 2020

Security Skill Shortage

As the need for cybersecurity awareness increases across the entire business landscape, so does the need for strong programs and a trained and competent workforce....

By: Art Gross
November 9, 2020

Safe Voting

There’s a lot to talk about in the political world right now. In the United States, we’re on the cusp of a huge election and...

By: Art Gross
November 3, 2020

Vote for Cybersecurity

No, this is not a political post. In fact, we know that there are some topics that don’t even merit an effort to try to...

By: Art Gross
October 26, 2020

Smart Appliances & Cybersecurity

And so, the season starts. Which one is it that we’re referring to? Cyber Monday, Black Friday, Prime Day…all of these sales tend to lean...

By: Art Gross
October 19, 2020

Cybersecurity Awareness Month

October kicks off 2020’s cybersecurity awareness month, and if this year has given us any type of certainty, it’s that smart cyber practices are a...

By: Art Gross
October 5, 2020

Home Office Security – Never Too Late to Evaluate

We are past the point of whether or not working remotely, or from home, is something we are unsure of. It is likely our permanent...

By: Art Gross
September 28, 2020

Community Effort

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) division announced a final directive this week that requires all individual federal civilian...

By: Art Gross
September 7, 2020

MVP: Most Valuable Player

Look Beyond Technology and Put People First If you think of business as if it were a sports team, you can have a top-notch facility...

By: Art Gross
March 28, 2022

Game Plan: Building a Strong Security Posture Within a Team

Sports fans undoubtedly have their favorite teams. Sometimes we pick them based on the mascot, hometown, or because they were “my dad’s favorite growing up”....

By: Art Gross
March 21, 2022

Nothing But InterNET – How to Explain the Dark Web

As an MSP, your clients know you’re there to “take care of the computers”. The scenario is often (but not always) that they have their...

By: Art Gross
March 14, 2022

It’s Game Time – Shoot, Score, Win!

Participation in just about any group activity, from sports to dancing, to delivering presentations, is usually accompanied by one phrase that’s applicable across the board:...

By: Art Gross
March 7, 2022