Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Find missing security updates across your devices and applications, verify completed installations, and give unresolved or unsupported systems an owner and target date.

Restore one important business file, confirm it opens, and check the backup date and recovery time before you need it for real.

Ask your email administrator to verify MFA coverage for every employee account, document exceptions, and set a date to close any gaps.

A successful backup, a returned laptop, and an update report can leave important questions unanswered. Five practical checks for recovery, account access, overlooked equipment, approved AI use, and incident response ownership.

Cyber insurance applications test whether security controls are enforced across the business, complete, monitored, tested, and supported by evidence before the application is signed.

You cannot write a policy for a tool you do not know exists. Here's what the numbers say about how much shadow AI you are probably missing, five concrete ways to find out what is really running in your firm, and what to do with the list once you have it.

Law firms sit on some of the most valuable data a criminal can steal, and attackers know it. Here's why Wisconsin firms are being hit at record rates, what real cases show about how these attacks unfold, what SCR 20:1.6(d) requires when one hits you, and a step-by-step incident response plan to have ready before you need it.

Someone in your office is already using AI. The question is whether it is the tool your firm chose. Here's the difference between free and business tiers, what Wisconsin's breach law, WIDS, the Safeguards Rule, and SCR 20:1.6(d) require of you, and a checklist you can work through this week.

Your duty to protect client information now carries specific technology obligations, written into the binding text of SCR 20:1.6(d). Wisconsin's breach law gives you 45 days to notify, without the GLBA exemption CPA firms rely on. Here's the full stack of rules, from the Supreme Court Rules to the federal overlays that hit certain practice areas.

Wisconsin's Insurance Data Security Law requires a written security program, an annual OCI certification, and a three-business-day breach notification window. Here's what every licensed agency and producer must have in place — and what the small-agency exemption actually covers.

GLBA, the IRS WISP mandate, AICPA standards, and Wisconsin Statute 134.98 all apply to your CPA firm. Here's what each requires and what you're exposed to when a breach hits without them in place.

The average cyberattack on a small business cost $254,445 in 2024. Five controls close the doors attackers use most — none require enterprise budgets or a full-time security team.

94% of leaked passwords are reused — and attackers are counting on it. Learn why password managers are the single most effective fix for credential-based attacks on small businesses.

AI-crafted phishing emails now have a 60% higher click rate than traditional scams. Learn the 8 red flags every employee should check before clicking — and what to do if you suspect an attack.