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Every year, cybersecurity tools get more advanced, and cyberattacks get more sophisticated. But here’s the part most small businesses don’t realize in 2025: you don’t have to do everything to be secure — you just have to get the basics right. The majority of breaches we’re seeing across South Georgia and North Florida aren’t happening because a business “didn’t have the best technology.” They’re happening because simple, high-impact controls weren’t in place. Fix...

AI is changing cybersecurity faster than anyone expected. In 2024, attackers are using AI tools to make social engineering, phishing, and identity theft far more convincing — and they’re doing it at a scale we’ve never seen before. The result is a wave of cyberattacks that feel more personal, more accurate, and much harder to detect. This shift is happening across every industry in our region. Whether it’s a manufacturing plant, a law office, a Senior Living community, or a...

Email continues to be the single biggest entry point for cyberattacks, and that isn’t changing anytime soon. What is changing is how businesses protect their users. For years, Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) were the default solution for filtering threats, blocking spam, and catching phishing attempts. But with more organizations moving entirely to Microsoft 365, the conversation is shifting: do SMBs still need a separate email gateway, or are Microsoft’s native cloud controls strong enough...

Financial services have always been attractive to cybercriminals, but in 2019 the attacks have become more subtle, more patient, and much harder to detect. Instead of going after bank networks head-on, attackers are shifting their strategy and focusing on email accounts — especially those belonging to executives, branch managers, underwriters, and employees involved in wire transfers. Business Email Compromise (BEC) is now one of the most financially damaging threats facing banks,...

What is ransomware? Ransomware is a type of malicious virus that blocks your access to your own files or will threaten to distribute this information unless a ransom is paid. More advanced versions use cryptoviral extortion which will encrypt the user’s data and a ransom must be paid in order to unencrypt the information. In May 2017 the extremely high-profile “WannaCry Worm” was a Ransomware deployed which targeted Microsoft Windows OS and was able to travel between user...