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AI Risk Starts Inside the Business: Part 1 of a 3-Part Series

AI risk is already inside most businesses. Employees are using unsanctioned AI tools, exposing sensitive data and trusting outputs that can be confidently wrong. This...

By: Chris Gross
February 3, 2026

Adopt AI In The Workplace to Build AI Culture For Your MSP

MSPs want to deliver AI services but often don’t know where to start. The answer is closer than they think. Before selling AI to clients,...

By: Chris Gross
January 27, 2026

Shadow AI: The Hidden Threat Inside Your Organization

Shadow AI is rapidly becoming the leading cause of corporate data leaks as employees use unapproved AI tools without oversight. Many leaders are unaware of...

By: Zach Morrison
January 21, 2026

Igniting Partner Growth in 2026

A new year is a new chance to rethink how you deliver value; not by adding more tools, but by helping people use the ones...

By: Zach Morrison
January 14, 2026

A Case Study on Dridex Banking Malware

A form of malware called Dridex is targeting finance employees at small to midsize companies. The criminals are sending emails with Microsoft Word and Excel...

By: Art Gross
November 4, 2015

Inside an SMB Hack

In a Verizon Data Breach Investigations Study, they found that 71% of breaches occurred in businesses with less than 100 employees. You would think that...

By: Art Gross
November 1, 2015

Ransomware using Remote Desktop to spread itself

According to an article over at SC Magazine, hackers are using brute force to crack their way into Remote Desktop / Terminal Servers and installing...

By: Art Gross
October 31, 2015

Employees are the biggest security threat

There is a very good article over at the Grand Forks Herald that makes a compelling case that employees are the biggest security threat a...

By: Art Gross
October 1, 2015

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

10 Predictions: Why You Need Cybersecurity Awareness Training Now

There are so many predictions for 2018 when it comes to cyber security. Gathering them all would make an endless list. So let’s focus on...

By: Art Gross
March 25, 2018

NY DFS Enforcing Cybersecurity Requirements

If you are a New York Financial Services organization and have not complied with the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) Cybersecurity Regulations (23...

By: Art Gross
March 5, 2018

The Human Factor – The Weakest Link In Data Protection

By: Art Gross
February 26, 2018

What is Your Personal Information Worth on the Dark Web?

The dark web is often known for the illegal activities conducted there, and while not everything on the dark web is illegal, it’s most appealing...

By: Art Gross
February 9, 2018

Americans receive mixed results in cybersecurity IQ

While it is true that Americans are becoming more aware of the need to protect their information online through methods such as utilizing strong passwords...

By: Art Gross
April 10, 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

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

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

The Untapped Vertical

The Untapped Vertical With the cannabis industry growing rapidly in the United States, and more states legalizing marijuana, this sector of business is one that...

By: Art Gross
March 11, 2020

Children’s Social Security Numbers – An Easy Target

An Easy Target The value of stolen data increases when it is more easily manipulated and used. With a social security number, you can apply...

By: Art Gross
March 3, 2020

Malvertising – What Is It?

Malvertising We are in a time when “fake news” has become a term thrown around so frequently it is now part of our vernacular. In...

By: Art Gross
February 25, 2020

When the Threat Is Inside the Building

Insider Threat A recent discovery of a breach of customer data at Fifth Third Bank uncovered a troubling truth. It wasn’t hackers outside the United...

By: Art Gross
February 19, 2020