Technology News for Minneapolis & St. Paul

Cybersecurity Awareness: What’s the Difference Between Phishing, Smishing, and Vishing?

Nowadays, cyber criminals don’t just try to exploit the vulnerabilities in your organization’s IT or security systems. Instead, they target the people who use them through social...

Cybersecurity Awareness: What Your Customers Expect

Updated September 2023 The number of cyber-attacks and data breaches is rising, yet more than half of all companies in the U.S. don’t have a cybersecurity risk plan in place (source:...

Emerging Cybersecurity Threats and How To Protect Your Business

Technology is advancing all the time, making it easier for businesses of all sizes to drive their operations, productivity and growth beyond all expectations. Unfortunately, there’s...

Cyber Insurance: A Checklist for Companies of Every Size

Cyber insurance policies were first introduced in the early 1990s, but they’ve changed a lot since then due to the growing number of cyberattacks and the increasing sophistication...

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification: SUCCESS’s Guide to Level 2 Compliance

We previously covered the fundamentals of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), a set of compliance standards Department of Defense (DoD) contractors (e.g., manufacturers),...

3 Ways to Prevent Data Loss

Data loss can be a devastating hit to small- and medium-sized businesses. The effects, far-reaching, inflict on the deepest organizational levels — from causing downtime to operational...

The Fundamentals of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification: What You Need to Know to be CMMC Compliant

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) compliance is a set of security standards that organizations must meet to be qualified to accept supply chain contracts from the Department...

Cybersecurity Awareness: How to Plan Your Budget 

Investing in cybersecurity is now just a cost of doing business in the digital world and belongs on your balance sheet along with every other operating expense you have. If you don’t...

3 Reasons A Framework Is Essential to Your Cybersecurity (How to Know vs. Hope)

Updated July 2022   Just like builders use floor plans and home cooks use recipes, best-in-class cybersecurity professionals and managed service providers (MSPs) follow a security...