Why Traditional Security Training Can’t Stop AI-Powered Attacks
Your annual security training teaches employees to spot grammatical errors, suspicious links, and generic greetings—but AI-powered phishing attacks no longer contain these red flags. Generative AI now crafts perfect emails that replicate your vendors’ exact communication style and terminology, making 60% of recipients unable to distinguish fake messages from legitimate ones. While you’re training your […]
The Hidden Costs of ‘Cheap’ IT Support
Cheap IT support offers low hourly rates but hides emergency fees. They respond slowly and have weak cybersecurity. This costs more in the long run. While budget providers charge $125-$150 hourly with 4-6 hour response times, you’re dealing with frequent downtime, scope creep, and reactive fixes instead of prevention. Professional IT firms charge $150-$200 per […]
October 2025 Data Breaches: Executive Brief
October 2025 saw 193+ million records compromised across five major breaches. For businesses with 20-250 employees, these incidents reveal critical vulnerabilities in credential management, vendor relationships, and authentication systems that demand immediate executive attention. Executive Summary By the Numbers: 193+ million records compromised 5 major breaches across multiple industries Average detection delay: 4-8 months Estimated […]
The AWS Outage of October 2025: Essential Lessons for Business Resilience
On October 20, 2025, Amazon Web Services experienced a fifteen-hour outage that affected over one thousand companies, generated six and a half million user reports worldwide, and cost the global economy more than one billion dollars. Medical practices couldn’t access patient records. Law firms lost access to documents needed for time-sensitive court filings. Financial services […]
Your Trusted Tools Just Became Your Biggest Security Risk
What if your next Zoom invite isn’t from who you think it is? A sophisticated new cyberattack has compromised over 900 organizations by weaponizing the very collaboration tools your teams rely on daily. Cybercriminals are impersonating Zoom and Microsoft Teams invitations to gain administrator-level control of corporate systems. The healthcare, financial services, and professional services […]