The list you NEVER want to make! Data breaches in 2025 weren’t defined by a single “mega-breach,” but by a steady run of high-impact incidents that hit everyday institutions: schools, hospitals, credit bureaus, crypto platforms, and major consumer services. The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) counted 1,732 U.S. data compromises in the first half of […]
Vishing Scams: When the Phone Becomes a Threat & How to Protect Your Organization
Vishing scams, you say? You probably already warned your team about suspicious emails and sketchy links. But for many organizations, the most dangerous scam may now arrive the old-fashioned way: a phone call. Vishing scams (short for voice phishing) is when attackers use phone calls or voice messages to trick people into sharing sensitive information, […]
Is Alert Fatigue Sabotaging Your Cyber Security?
Alert fatigue is one of the most dangerous “slow-burn” risks in cyber security. It doesn’t make headlines like a ransomware attack or a data breach. Still, it quietly erodes your defenses day after day, until the moment something critical slips past because everyone’s too exhausted to see it. For small organizations and local governments, where […]
10 practical tips to help your organization have a cyber safe holiday season.
So what do the holidays have to do with being cyber safe? With the holidays around the corner, your organization is probably focused on year-end deadlines, staff vacations, and maybe a little celebration. Unfortunately, cyber criminals are just as busy, and they love this time of year. People are distracted, inboxes are overflowing with “special […]
Cyber Security Training Has the Best ROI
When budgets are thin, cyber security training may sound like a luxury. Still, for a small, 20-person organization (city office, nonprofit, clinic, or small business), the single highest-return security investment isn’t a shiny new tool. It’s training. Well-designed, ongoing security training delivers an outsized return on investment (ROI) because it changes daily decisions at the […]
How a Breach Happens by Oversharing on Social Media
If cyber criminals looking to breach your organization had a wish list, it would read like a typical social feed: birthdays, kids’ and pets’ names, favorite teams, travel plans, new job posts, photos of your office badge on a lanyard, screenshots of internal dashboards, and “humblebrags” about major wins. None of this feels sensitive in […]