Walk into any local café, clinic, or co-working space, and you’ll likely find free Wi-Fi. Businesses know customers and employees expect wireless access. But providing Wi-Fi comes with security risks if not done right. Whether you run a small office or a retail shop, it’s critical to segregate guest users from your internal network and

In the modern threat landscape, protecting your office PCs and laptops isn’t as simple as installing old-school antivirus and calling it a day. Small businesses are increasingly targeted by advanced malware and ransomware that traditional antivirus alone can’t stop. To truly secure your endpoints (the desktops, laptops, and other devices employees use), you need a

For many SMBs, phishing emails are the digital equivalent of wolves at the door – constantly trying to trick employees and breach your network. The good news is you can assemble a powerful “SMB phishing defense kit” with three essential tools: employee training, phishing simulations, and email inbox controls. This layered approach turns your team

Every small business needs a game plan for worst-case scenarios, but terms like business continuity and disaster recovery often get confused, and leave SMB asking “what is BC vs DR”? Let’s cut through the jargon with a plain-English guide. What is BC vs DR? These plans are closely related. Disaster recovery is actually a subset

When it comes to safeguarding your business data, the 3-2-1 backup strategy is basically the golden rule. It’s simple enough for a small Denver business yet robust enough to save your company after a disaster. The rule says: keep 3 copies of your data, on 2 different types of storage media, with 1 of those

Small businesses that accept credit card payments often feel overwhelmed by the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard). But achieving credit card security doesn’t have to mean enterprise-level costs or complexity.  Think of “PCI DSS Lite” as focusing on the most critical measures of the full PCI DSS to keep customer card data

All Healthcare providers, from small clinics to larger practices, must take HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) requirements seriously. Beyond protecting patient privacy, complying with HIPAA IT safeguards your business and helps avoid costly breaches and fines.  This primer explains the technical safeguards and best practices every clinic should implement to keep patient data

If you’re seeking cyber insurance (or renewing your policy), be prepared: insurers will probe your IT security practices in detail to verify that you meet the minimum cyber insurance requirements. The days of cheap, no-questions-asked cyber insurance are over. Now underwriters want proof that you’ve implemented specific controls to reduce risk. In fact, many policies

“Zero Trust” is a cybersecurity buzzword you might have heard, but does zero trust for smbs mean? In a nutshell, Zero Trust is a security model that says trust nothing and verify everything. In traditional IT security, you might have a trusted internal network and untrusted outside world. Zero Trust flips that: it treats every