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How to Build an Effective Cybersecurity Risk Management Strategy

How to Build an Effective Cybersecurity Risk Management Strategy

Every 39 seconds — That’s how often a cyberattack occurs globally. By the time you finish this article, multiple attacks will have occurred — a vast majority of them hitting pay dirt. Each attempt is a threat to sensitive customer data, proprietary business systems,...

IT Maturity Model: What It Is and Why It Matters for IT Strategy

IT Maturity Model: What It Is and Why It Matters for IT Strategy

Do you know your organization’s IT capabilities inside and out? Are you aware of all its, well, quirks? We each have them. Biases, installed weakness, genetic predispositions, the offset of nature Vs. nurture. The good, the bad, and the ugly — do you know it? Can you...

Top Tools and Techniques for Effective Cybersecurity Risk Assessment

Top Tools and Techniques for Effective Cybersecurity Risk Assessment

In 2024 alone, cyberattacks cost businesses $8 trillion globally, with ransomware and phishing leading the charge. That’s Trillion with T. That’s $255K per second. $913 million per hour. It’s not a drop in the pond — but the equivalent of what nations make. The...

Microsoft Security Essentials vs Windows Defender: Which is Better?

Microsoft Security Essentials vs Windows Defender: Which is Better?

Choosing the right security tool can feel like navigating a minefield of jargon and marketing promises — and there are dozens out there. Too many to choose for. And each has their own “It”. For the sake of this article, we’ll focus on two: Microsoft Security...

Why Small Healthcare Providers Need Robust Cybersecurity Solutions

Why Small Healthcare Providers Need Robust Cybersecurity Solutions

Small healthcare providers are lifelines for countless communities — they are also a buffet, full of hardy meal, for criminals. To what degree? The healthcare industry is expected to spend over $125 billion on cybersecurity between 2020 to 2025. But why is this? Well,...

Microsoft 365 Zero Trust: Key Benefits for Business Security

Microsoft 365 Zero Trust: Key Benefits for Business Security

Let’s start with a simple truth — the type Agent Mulder knew and lived by after so many seasons - Trust No. 1. And “trust” in the digital miasma, which is the internet, is a dangerous game. Cybercriminals are sneaky, evolving, and relentless. Why? Because the payoff...

What Does an IT Infrastructure Manager Do? Key Roles and Benefits

What Does an IT Infrastructure Manager Do? Key Roles and Benefits

Your business is a high-performance sports car — a Lamborghini or Ferrari. Everything looks sleek on the outside; inside, it’s posh and stylish and all leather, and under the hood, there’s a complex, highly tuned - expertly built - engine powering the whole operation....