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Making AI ROI Measurable: A Practical Approach That Works

Every client asks: "What's the ROI of AI tools?" Fair question. But here’s one back: When did you last calculate the ROI of Excel? Or...

By: Art Gross
August 20, 2025

AI Awareness Training: The Trojan Horse That Opens the Door to Bigger AI Conversations

Security Awareness Training (SAT) gave MSPs a way to introduce cybersecurity without needing to be security experts. It was simple, valuable, and easy to explain....

By: Art Gross
August 12, 2025

From Microsoft 365 to AI: Using What You Know to Guide Clients

The Microsoft 365 analogy that makes AI adoption finally make sense. Many MSPs tell me: "I don't feel ready to talk AI with clients. I'm...

By: Art Gross
August 7, 2025

The ‘AI Intern’ Mindset: Helping Your Clients Adopt AI Effectively

Want to know the simplest way to explain AI to your clients? Stop talking about "generative AI" or "large language models." Instead, say this: "Think...

By: Art Gross
July 31, 2025

Businesses are not prepared for cyberattacks

An article in Forbes discusses the risk of cyberattacks on businesses. Many companies are unprepared to prevent a cyberattack. Yet many are still ill-prepared for...

By: Art Gross
July 22, 2015

More proof that hackers are going after SMBs

Large scale data breaches such as Target and Home Depot make the news but smaller organizations are victims of data breaches as well. The problem...

By: Art Gross
June 11, 2015

SEC Investment Management Division Issues Cybersecurity Guidance

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Investment Management has issued cybersecurity guidance (PDF) to registered investment companies ("Funds") and registered investment advisers...

By: Art Gross
June 10, 2015

A look at how hackers create spear phishing emails

Spear phishing emails are highly effective and have been the cause of many successful hacking attempts. Unlike a regular phishing email that could be sent...

By: Art Gross
May 9, 2015

Survey: Companies worried about disclosure of PII

A survey by Mayer Brown shows companies consider the disclosure of PII the biggest cyber related threat. Survey respondents overwhelmingly considered the disclosure of personally,...

By: Art Gross
April 14, 2015

Cyber risk the most serious threat to business, says Lloyd’s chief

The CEO of Lloyd's of London, one of the largest insurance companies in the world, says that cyber risk is the most serious threat to...

By: Art Gross
April 8, 2015

Managed Security Services Market to Reach $32.9 Billion in 2020

Market intelligence from ABI Research estimates the current global market for managed security services will be around $15.4 billion by the 2015. They state that...

By: Art Gross
March 28, 2015

Excellent Insight: The Dangers of Public WiFi

An article over at medium gives excellent insight into the real dangers of open public WiFi. After reading this article you will never use a...

By: Art Gross
March 26, 2015

Don’t Let Your Holiday Get Hacked

Prices may go down over the holidays but hacking incidents go up. Way up. While online shopping is something we all need to be diligent...

By: Art Gross
November 22, 2019

Cybersecurity in the Legal Industry

Modern Law Cybersecurity is something you have to think about at the individual level. At the healthcare level. And at your place of business. But...

By: Art Gross
November 14, 2019

Election Season: Another Favorite for Scammers

Election season scams Political candidates will target voters to get their message across, and hackers will take advantage of the timing. With petitions, polls, and...

By: Art Gross
November 6, 2019

FBI Issues E-Skimming Warning

Skim This Over Recently the FBI issued a warning against e-skimming threats in response to the increase of attacks on small and medium-sized businesses, as...

By: Art Gross
October 30, 2019

Stripe Customers Targeted by Phishing Email

New Lures for Phishing A recent security alert from the online payment processing company Stripe has informed users of a phishing scam that shows just...

By: Art Gross
October 24, 2019

Twitter Unintentionally Used 2FA Info for Targeted Ads

There’s a tweet that has Twitter aflutter. It includes the news that Twitter inadvertently sent users’ email addresses and phone numbers that were provided for...

By: Art Gross
October 15, 2019

2019 Cybersecurity Checklist

By: Art Gross
October 10, 2019

The Little Things That Go a Long Way

It’s the Little Things When we think about cybersecurity, we might first imagine big data centers being guarded. Hackers working diligently in the shadows to...

By: Art Gross
October 8, 2019

You Know Better

The end of the year in the usual circumstances brings about reflection even if it hasn’t given us challenges to face or decisions to look...

By: Art Gross
January 6, 2021

Home Security

When establishing a safe environment at home, we put locks on the doors, latches on the gate, and home security systems that keep uninvited visitors...

By: Art Gross
December 7, 2020

Incoming Cybersecurity Leadership

Regardless of whichever way you lean politically, the recent announcement of a few incoming Presidential government staff appointments is hopefully good news to those who...

By: Art Gross
November 30, 2020

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

Stimulus Scam

With the election season winding down, and a new administration announcing plans for the future, there will be another factor that contributes to the uncertainty...

By: Art Gross
November 17, 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