Practical, plain-English cybersecurity guides for startups and small businesses. Learn how to stop phishing, ransomware and fraud — and how to build security that lasts.
Annual training videos rarely change habits. Here is how a small business can run a light, year-round security awareness program that people remember and act on.
Your vendors hold your data and access your systems. Here is a right-sized way to inventory, assess and control third-party risk without a big…
Business email compromise tricks staff into paying criminals. Learn how invoice fraud and AI deepfake requests work, and the simple verification process that stops…
Your security has to travel with your team. Here is how small businesses can protect remote laptops, home networks, accounts and people without a…
A practical, hour-by-hour guide to writing a short incident response plan your team can actually use, with roles, severity levels, playbooks and a simple…
The 3-2-1-1-0 rule explained for small businesses: how to keep a copy ransomware can't touch, back up cloud apps, and test restores so recovery…
Turn the template nobody reads into short, plain-English security policies your team will follow, with a one-page template, before-and-after examples and rollout tips.
A plain-English guide to GDPR, HIPAA and PCI DSS for small businesses: who each framework covers, what it requires, and how one security program…
A plain-English walkthrough of the five stages of a small-business IT security audit, what auditors look at, and a practical four-week plan to prepare.
A step-by-step guide to the Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace settings that matter most for small teams, from admin accounts and MFA to email,…
A step-by-step guide to securing your office Wi-Fi and network: router settings, WPA3, guest and IoT segmentation, safe remote access and simple monitoring.
How ransomware gets in, how to build backups attackers can't reach, exactly what to do in the first hour of an attack, and how…
What current NIST password guidance says, which MFA methods resist phishing, how passkeys work, and a four-week rollout plan small teams can actually follow.
A practical field guide to spotting phishing emails, texts and calls: a 30-second check, the red flags that matter most, and what to do…
25 prioritized security controls for small businesses, grouped by area and ordered so the ones that stop the most common attacks come first, plus…
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