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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

The Breach Prevention Platform Has Been Launched!

On Friday we launched the Breach Secure Now! Breach Prevention Platform (BPP)! The BPP is a security service built for MSPs to help lower the...

By: Art Gross
July 2, 2016

MSPs: Defending Yourself from Data Breach Lawsuits

In the mistaken belief that their companies are not big enough to attract data thieves, small and midsize businesses notoriously resist tightening their IT security,...

By: Art Gross
May 27, 2016

Secure Now! and Trusted Metrics Webinar

We are excited to announce a webinar with our technology partner Trusted Metrics. The webinar is geared towards MSPs and will provide insight into monitoring...

By: Art Gross
March 26, 2016

Texas Print Shop Hit by Ransomware

Ransomware that crippled Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital made national headlines but ransomware continues to be a major menace for small to midsize businesses. A print shop...

By: Art Gross
February 25, 2016

Free Security Training = More Security Sales

The following article appeared in ChannelPro Network Want to increase the number of security solutions your clients purchase? Give them something of value up front...

By: Art Gross
February 16, 2016

Top 5 Cyber Risks for Businesses

Travelers Insurance put together the top 5 cyber risks for businesses. There are no surprises in their list. They not only look at each risk...

By: Art Gross
January 22, 2016

NYT: No Business Too Small to Be Hacked

The New York Times has a very good article titled: No Business Too Small to Be Hacked. We have been saying for the past few...

By: Art Gross
January 15, 2016

FCC fines Cox Communication $595,000 over data breach

According to an article over at The Register, the FCC has fined Cox Communication $595,000 over a 2014 data breach. Hacker disguised as IT support...

By: Art Gross
November 6, 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

The Dangers of Public Wi-Fi

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

Hackers impersonating IT staff on the rise

Research by security company FireEye reveals that hackers are becoming much smarter in their methods to gain access to networks that they are trying to...

By: Art Gross
March 2, 2015

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

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

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