Security Guides
Practical, hands-on cybersecurity guides for small and mid-sized businesses.
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Zero Trust for Resource-Constrained Teams
Zero Trust is not a product. It is a posture: never trust the network, always verify the request. For an under-resourced team, the trick is to sequence the work so each step delivers a measurable risk
Backups Are Not Recovery: A Practical Guide
Every company we engage post-ransomware has backups. Half of them cannot recover from those backups within their stated RTO. The gap between "we back up" and "we can restore" is where ransomware actor
What is a Virtual CISO (vCISO)? A Practical Guide for SMBs
A plain-English guide to the virtual CISO role: what a vCISO does, how engagements work, what they cost, and when an SMB should hire one.
Phishing-Resistant MFA: Moving Beyond SMS
SMS-based MFA used to be the gold standard. In 2024 it became table-stakes, and table-stakes are exactly what attackers target first.
Building an Incident Response Plan in 30 Days
The best incident response plan is the one you can actually execute at 2am on a Sunday. Here is how to build one in four weeks without hiring a consulting firm.
Securing Microsoft 365 for Growing Teams
Microsoft 365 ships with defaults that prioritize compatibility over security. For a 50-person company that traded an on-prem Exchange server for E3 last year, those defaults are the single biggest so