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My wife formerly worked for an organ donor network, where motorcyclists who rode without helmets were sometimes referred to, solemnly, as “future donors.” It wasn’t a joke or an attempt to be insensitive. The people working there saw the consequences of serious motorcycle accidents firsthand and wished (simply) that no one would ride them....

Scammers are using AI to write polished, personalized phishing emails, so the spelling and grammar mistakes that once gave them away are disappearing. The UK's National Cyber Security Centre and the FBI warn that AI makes fraudulent messages more convincing and harder to identify....

Manufacturers depend on technology at nearly every stage of production from quoting and scheduling to inventory, quality control, shipping, and customer communication. When that technology slows down or becomes unavailable, the effects can reach far beyond the office. Production can stall, deadlines can slip, and security incidents can disrupt both operations and supply-chain relationships....

Many business leaders still judge their cybersecurity by using a simple checklist. Do we have a firewall? Do we have antivirus software?Is spam filtering enabled?...

Businesses across Cincinnati rely on technology for communication, operations, customer service, financial management, and growth. That dependence creates opportunity, but it also creates risk. Cybercriminals continue to target small and mid sized businesses because many organizations still operate with outdated security controls, weak monitoring, inconsistent backups, and limited visibility into their own environment....

Email remains the primary entry point for cyberattacks against businesses of every size. According to Microsoft's Digital Defense Report and multiple industry studies, phishing continues to be one of the most successful methods attackers use to steal credentials, deploy ransomware, and compromise business email accounts....

Technology should help your business move forward. It should improve employee productivity, reduce downtime, strengthen cybersecurity, and support long-term growth....

When former Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino got swept into an NCAA investigation over recruiting violations, investigators couldn't prove he'd participated in, or even known about, the misconduct. Didn't matter. The NCAA and the university held him responsible anyway, for one simple reason: he was the head coach. That's how leadership works. You're accountable for what happens inside your organization, whether you were the one holding the wrench. Business runs on the same logic. If your company gets hit with ransomware, suffers a data breach, or falls short of a regulatory requirement, nobody, not your insurance carrier, not a regulator, not the attorney across the table, is going to ask whether your IT provider dropped the ball first....

Business maturity and cybersecurity strategies have become inseparable. A company can't reach its next stage of growth without rethinking how it uses technology and how it protects that technology from risk....

Every week, businesses make headlines after ransomware attacks, data breaches, business email compromise scams, and other cyber incidents. When law enforcement identifies a suspect, many people assume an arrest will quickly follow. Cybercrime investigations are far more complicated. Catching hackers is difficult but prosecuting them can be even harder....