Business email compromise in construction usually looks like ordinary paperwork: a subcontractor’s invoice with new bank details, a supplier asking to reroute a payment, or an owner’s rep confirming where to send the next draw. The FBI calls business email compromise (BEC) “one of the most financially damaging online crimes,” and its 2025 Internet Crime […]
Most small business owners assume data breach laws are a big-company problem. They apply to hospital systems and national retailers, not a 20-person firm in Marietta. That assumption is wrong, and it can be expensive. Georgia’s data breach notification law applies to businesses of every size, and if you hold customers’ personal information, you’re on […]
If you’re a defense contractor or a supplier in the defense supply chain, you’ve probably heard the news and felt a wave of relief: on July 13, 2026, the Department of Defense suspended CMMC Phase 2, the milestone that would have required third-party certification of your cybersecurity by November 10, 2026. The CMMC Phase 2 […]
It’s back-to-school time! When the kids are back on laptops and tablets every night — often on the same Wi-Fi and sometimes the same devices you use for work — the line between “home network” and “business network” disappears. And attackers know it. Back-to-school cybersecurity isn’t a topic for the school district’s IT department. For […]
For many manufacturers, CMMC is now part of the contract. That’s because the U.S. Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program is now enforceable under the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), placing specific cybersecurity requirements directly into defense contracts and the subcontracts beneath them. For large prime contractors with in-house security teams, […]
Nearly every part of how we work and live now runs through a computer. Banking, healthcare, communication, business operations, customer records, financial transactions — it all touches a device, a network, or a cloud system at some point. That connectivity creates real value. It also creates real exposure. Computer security is the practice of protecting […]
Disruptions don’t announce themselves. A ransomware attack can lock your systems overnight. A power outage can shut down operations for a full day. A key vendor can go dark. A storm can flood your office. A single misconfiguration can take down your network at 9 AM on a Monday. What separates organizations that recover quickly […]
Every time your business sends an email, processes a payment, connects a remote employee, or saves a file to the cloud, data moves across a network. That network is the backbone of how your business operates. It’s also one of the most targeted surfaces in modern cybersecurity. The numbers reflect how seriously organizations are taking […]
Artificial intelligence is now central to cybersecurity. Teams use AI to detect threats faster, surface unusual behavior, and cut response times. At the same time, attackers are using AI to build more convincing scams, automate intrusions, and scale operations that once required significant technical skill. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025, […]
Cybersecurity awareness isn’t just an IT department concern anymore. For small and mid-sized businesses, it’s one of the most practical things you can invest time in right now. The numbers make that clear. Cyberattacks on SMBs are up 16% in 2025, and the average breach now costs $140,000 — a figure that doesn’t include the […]