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AI is beating exam proctoring in higher ed. A cybersecurity approach — visibility, policy, control, accountability — to protect exam integrity.

If you've ever reached out to a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) or Managed Service Provider (MSP) and requested a pentest or "Penetration Test" and it turned out to be an automated scan that came with a PDF with pages and pages of results, you are not alone. The terms Pentest, vulnerability scan, and compliance audit, are used interchangeably all the time, and it can be confusion, but harmless. Each provide a ton of information that helps you in maintaining your secu

Data Loss Prevention - DLP - is for every industry not just Healthcare, Finance, and Defense. It applies to an industry that deals with sensitive information. What is considered sensitive information to require Data Loss Prevention? Sensitive information can be anything including: Proprietary Data Credit Card Information Social Security Numbers (SSN) Defense contractor data (Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)) Electronic Protected Health Info (ePHI) Attorney-client pri

Summer is here and once again it's storm season in Florida - Do you have a Business Continuity Plan (BCP)? Storm season is typically from June 1 through November 30, but the peak threat and severity is later into the season towards August/September and into early to mid-October where it is most intense. For about 4-5 months there is a risk where you may encounter loss of electricity or Internet, which mainly would affect access to your systems. If you business depends on acce

Tracking and Power Ranking the Big Tech layoffs. Meta is setting the base as others lag. "First to market" early adopters, did not set a good base or is it just a reflection of how the companies operate. Who else should we include on this list? This is a work in progress, beta version.

Driven by an unprecedented surge in healthcare ransomware and data breaches, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) have executed a massive overhaul of the HIPAA Security Rule. Have you implemented the 2026 HIPAA Security Rule Changes? The cores 2026 updates are simple: The technical loopholes have been closed and all must be "addressable" and are now strictly mandatory. You must now show technical enforcement versus doc

As a Small Medium Business (SMB), what would you do if you experienced a breech of a cybsersecurity incident? Do you have a business continuity plan in place?

To establish a Cybersecurity Foundation, you must establish and implement the "Core Four" cybersecurity behaviors. By establishing these behaviors and habits it creates a strong foundation for protecting personal and business digital assets.