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Breach Secure Now Launches AI Risk to Adoption Program℠ to Help MSPs Move SMBs from Unmanaged AI Risk to Secure, Scalable Adoption

Breach Secure Now introduces the AI Risk to Adoption Program, a structured, MSP-guided approach designed to help SMBs uncover hidden AI risks, align leadership, and...

By: Nicole Kurtz
April 28, 2026

Turning Output Overwhelm Into Productivity

AI is increasing the speed and volume of output, leaving many organizations feeling overwhelmed. But overwhelm is not the problem, it is a signal. The...

By: Nicole Kurtz
April 22, 2026

Can AI Productivity Become Too Much? The Rise of Output Overwhelm

AI is helping teams move faster than ever, but more output doesn’t always mean more progress. As idea generation accelerates, many organizations are struggling to...

By: Nicole Kurtz
April 15, 2026

5 Real Incidents That Show How AI Can Accidentally Leak Company Data

Employees are using AI tools like ChatGPT to work faster, but without oversight, it’s creating a new risk called Shadow AI. From leaked source code...

By: Chris Gross
April 8, 2026

MSPs: If your client has a data breach they will blame you

As we talk to potential MSP partners and give presentations at ASCII and MAXfocus events, we are starting to hear a common message: I worried...

By: Art Gross
August 23, 2015

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 See PII Disclosure as Top Cyber Threat

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 Market to Reach $33B 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

Cybersecurity: An Opportunity to Be the Hero

Missed Opportunities Missed opportunities. They come in many forms, shapes, and sizes. It might be personal, professional, or just for the fun of a moment....

By: Art Gross
April 24, 2019

Business Email Compromise Incidents up 133%

Business email compromises (BEC) scams made a big statement in 2018, seeing a 133% increase over 2017, according to a recent report by Beazley Breach...

By: Art Gross
April 16, 2019

Cybersecurity Common Sense

How many times do I have to tell you? Sadly, if you’re reading this, odds are that you are an adult now, but you should...

By: Art Gross
April 10, 2019

Tax Refund Scams – Know What to Look For

Tis the season! You’re making mental plans with what is hopefully a generous tax refund and deciding what to do with the surplus of cash...

By: Art Gross
April 5, 2019

The State of Compliance

We are all aware of federal compliance regulations when it comes to the privacy and security of our information. For example, you’d be hard pressed...

By: Art Gross
March 27, 2019

How to Create an Incident Response Plan

Data breaches are extremely common as technology continues to advance. Of those breaches, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are a favored target for cybercriminals. In...

By: Art Gross
March 20, 2019

Fake Check Scam

Being scammed can happen so easily today, but when you make it about a topic that many people can let their guard down with, the...

By: Art Gross
March 13, 2019

Tell Me About Yourself

You can’t help someone effectively if you don’t know the details of their situation. So how can you determine what your clients need if you...

By: Art Gross
September 14, 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

End User End Game

The conversation around selling your services can get uncomfortable for a variety of reasons. We all have our own beliefs as to how we should...

By: Art Gross
September 2, 2020

Impersonation Nation

Business Email Compromise (BEC) is not a new term. BEC scams have been growing in popularity for some time now. If you’re not familiar with...

By: Art Gross
August 24, 2020

Dark Economy

“This pandemic is great for my business!” said very few people. Unless you’re a hacker. And then it’s likely that business is booming. We don’t...

By: Art Gross
August 17, 2020

Is Punishment Proper?

The emphasis on smart cybersecurity practices is vital. As professionals in the IT industry, we know this, we work to ensure policies and procedures are...

By: Art Gross
August 10, 2020