Insights
Practical briefings on cybersecurity, compliance and managed IT for small businesses. Each one covers what changed, what to do, and how to verify it.
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Cyber Incident Reporting for Banks and Credit Unions: A Readiness Checklist
Banks have 36 hours, credit unions have 72. A checklist for the decisions and evidence you need before the clock starts.
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Questions to Ask Before an MSP Takes Over Your Network
A provider should test your network before managing it. Five questions that show whether an MSP starts from a known baseline.
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Generative AI in a Small Law Firm: A Confidentiality Checklist
ABA Formal Opinion 512 applies competence, confidentiality, communication and fee rules to AI tools. A short checklist for small firms.
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Replacing the FFIEC CAT: A Mapping Plan
The CAT sunset on August 31, 2025. A step-by-step plan to move a community institution to NIST CSF 2.0 or a sector profile with evidence ready for exams.
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Fractional CISO or Fractional CTO: A Decision Guide
Match the problem to the role. When to bring in part-time security leadership, when to bring in technology leadership, and what to put in the contract.
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HIPAA Risk Analysis: Six Parts OCR Looks For
Every 2026 OCR corrective action plan cited here required a real risk analysis and risk management plan. The six parts small practices should have.
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What a Managed Security Plan Should Include
A buyer’s checklist for managed IT and security: scope, prioritization, evidence, independence and incentives. Compare providers on the same terms.
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A Triage Order for Vulnerability Reports
Sort scan results by what attackers exploit, not by severity score alone. How to use CISA KEV, BOD 26-04 factors and EPSS to set a patch order.
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Separate the Operator From the Auditor
If your IT provider also grades its own work, the report is not independent. What banking and healthcare guidance say, and how to structure it.
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An Offboarding Checklist That Survives an Audit
OCR’s Ambry Genetics settlement turned on risk analysis, termination procedures and unique user IDs. A checklist any regulated small business can run.