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The Hidden Cost of Context Switching in the Age of AI

As AI tools accelerate the pace of work, employees are juggling more tasks than ever—leading to constant context switching, burnout, and increased cyber risk. Learn...

By: Zach Morrison
June 3, 2026

From Risk to Adoption: Why AI Success Starts with Leadership

AI adoption is accelerating across every industry, but many organizations still lack the training, governance, and leadership needed to use it effectively. Learn why AI...

By: Zach Morrison
May 27, 2026

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

Make Time for Cybersecurity

This isn’t something you can pencil in and get to when you have time, cyber maintenance has to be something you commit to. We all...

By: Art Gross
July 17, 2019

Here’s a Tip: Get a Head Start Before the Competition

Tip-Off You know how certain people seemed to have a way of predicting the future? They were ahead of the curve if you want to...

By: Art Gross
July 12, 2019

Think Global, Act Local

When Global News Hits Home When you hear and watch news headlines, you can often tune out. It’s not happening here; it’s not affecting you...

By: Art Gross
June 25, 2019

The Future Is Here

Sunday funnies Remember the Jetsons? Robots that cleaned, food choices you tapped into a computer for preparation…moving sidewalks? Flying cars aside, we aren’t too far...

By: Art Gross
June 21, 2019

Casting a Wide Net

In business, if you can cast a bigger net to reach a larger audience, it’s considered a good idea – a win. Unfortunately, hackers are...

By: Art Gross
June 11, 2019

Addressing the Vertical – Cybersecurity in All Directions

And So, It Grows First, it was a widespread, if not generic, notion – you need to protect your personal information. Then we began to...

By: Art Gross
June 5, 2019

Ransomware Attacks up 105% in Q1 of 2019

Ransomware Is Not Randomware Gone are the days where you “might know” someone who has, or will, come under attack to a ransomware attack. The...

By: Art Gross
May 29, 2019

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

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

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

Smart Speakers, Are You Listening?

Alexa, What Are You Collecting? At the top of many holiday gift lists was a smart speaker device. They can make our life easier and...

By: Art Gross
December 27, 2019

The Rise in Cryptojacking

You can teach your clients how to spot a phishing email and hope that they take heed. You can warn them about the dangers of...

By: Art Gross
December 19, 2019

Getting Ahead of the Curve

Plan, people, policies Under the guidance of Maria Vullo, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) created and finalized cybersecurity regulations for the banks,...

By: Art Gross
December 11, 2019

All Jolly, No Folly

Some of us attack and engage in our holiday shopping with a plan that rivals the most well thought out strategies. We scour weekly fliers,...

By: Art Gross
December 5, 2019

No Personal Callers

If your phone rings and the caller id is UNKNOWN, you likely won’t answer. And scammers know that, so they’ve been cleverly hiding behind fake...

By: Art Gross
November 26, 2019

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

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