Backup & Recovery, News & Analysis

By harryth_xitx
May 6, 2026

Ransomware Payments Hit Record Highs — What NJ Businesses With Untested Backups Need to Know

Ransomware Payments Hit Record Highs — What NJ Businesses With Untested Backups Need to Know Ransomware payments reached record highs in 2024, according to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) annual report —...

Buyer Guides, Cybersecurity

By harryth_xitx
May 5, 2026

Zero Trust Security Explained for the CEO Who Signs the Check

Zero Trust Security Explained for the CEO Who Signs the Check In the last two years, almost every vendor pitch has included the phrase "zero trust." It sounds like marketing. It sounds expensive. And...

Cybersecurity, Threat Intelligence

By harryth_xitx
May 5, 2026

MFA Fatigue Attacks: Why Your Second Factor Isn’t Enough Anymore — And What Actually Works

Multi-factor authentication was supposed to solve the problem. For a while, it did. Add a second factor — a text message code, a push notification — and your accounts became meaningfully harder to crack....

Buyer Guides, Managed IT

By harryth_xitx
April 29, 2026

Free IT Audit — What Does It Actually Include (and What Gets Left Out)?

You received an offer for a free IT audit. Before you accept, it is worth asking what it actually includes — because the answer shapes everything that follows. A vendor will come in, scan...

Buyer Guides, Managed IT

By harryth_xitx
April 29, 2026

What a Business Technology Growth & Risk Assessment Actually Looks For — A Plain-English Walkthrough

What Does a Business Technology Assessment Look For? A Plain-English Walkthrough For business owners who have never had one done — and want to understand what they're paying for before they pay for it....

AI for Business, Business

By harryth_xitx
April 29, 2026

What AI Readiness Actually Means for a 50-Person Company in 2025

AI Readiness for Small Business in 2025: What It Actually Means for a 50-Person Company Everyone has an opinion about AI right now. Vendors want to sell it. Consultants want to charge for it....

Buyer Guides, Managed IT

By harryth_xitx
April 29, 2026

6 Questions That Expose Bad IT Contracts Before You Sign One

Most business owners don't read their IT services agreement closely until something goes wrong — a breach, a disputed invoice, a vendor who won't hand back passwords when you try to leave. By then...

Managed IT, News & Analysis

By harryth_xitx
April 28, 2026

What the CrowdStrike Outage Actually Taught Us About IT Vendor Risk — 18 Months Later

8.5 Million Machines Went Down in Hours. Most Businesses Still Haven't Changed Anything. In July 2024, a single faulty software update — pushed automatically by a widely used cybersecurity vendor — took down an...

Cybersecurity, Threat Intelligence

By harryth_xitx
April 28, 2026

CISA’s Most Exploited Vulnerabilities in 2025: What Business Owners Need to Understand

The Federal Government Tracks What Attackers Are Using Right Now. Most Business Owners Have Never Seen It. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency — the federal body responsible for tracking and responding to cyber...

Healthcare, News & Analysis

By harryth_xitx
April 28, 2026

The Oracle Health Breach: What Healthcare-Adjacent Businesses Should Take From It

The Oracle Health Breach: Your Vendors Can Expose You Just As Easily As Your Own Systems In early 2025, Oracle Health — a division of Oracle Corporation that provides electronic health record technology to...