Archive for November 2025
Why Cybersecurity Matters More Than Ever During the Holiday Season
The holiday season brings a surge in business activity. Online shopping spikes, financial transactions increase, and employees begin taking well-deserved time off. Unfortunately, it also marks one of the busiest times of year for cybercriminals. For businesses of every size and industry, this time of year introduces increased risk, reduced visibility, and a perfect storm…
Read MoreHow a Cybersecurity Assessment Checklist Builds a Safer IT Environment
Besides the damage of downtime, cyber attacks dismantle trust, halt operations, and expose sensitive data. According to IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report, the global average cost of a cyber incident sits at $4.44 million. Every unpatched system, misconfigured access point, or neglected update widens the path for exploitation. Most businesses realize this…
Read MoreCompliance Is NOT Security!
We have seen a continual pattern of this fact almost weekly. At IP Services, we’ve worked with countless organizations that proudly hold up their SOC 2 report, HIPPA, ISO 27001 certificate, or PCI DSS attestation…while companies are quietly running unpatched systems, weak privileged access, and incident response plans that haven’t been tested in years. Both…
Read MoreWhen the Cloud Coughs: A Wake-Up Call for Cyber Resilience and Quantum Readiness
It wasn’t the first outage, and it won’t be the last. But when a single cloud region blinked and half the Internet held its breath, every board of directors got a free masterclass in one uncomfortable truth: our systems are far more interconnected and fragile than we’d like to admit. Within minutes, dashboards turned amber,…
Read MoreAI in Cybersecurity: The Double-Edged Sword Every Manager Needs to Understand
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are reshaping cybersecurity…for better and worse. While these technologies can strengthen defenses, they also empower attackers in ways that traditional security measures can’t always handle. The Threat Side: AI isn’t just a tool for tech teams. Hackers now use it to automate attacks, identify vulnerabilities, and craft phishing…
Read More