Compliance
Cybersecurity Shocks of 2025 and the Survival Lessons for 2026
As we look back at 2025, one thing became impossible to ignore. Cybersecurity is not slowing down. Threats evolved, attacks increased in both scale and sophistication, and many organizations discovered that one overlooked policy or unpatched system can still be enough to bring business operations to a halt. The Big Picture One of the most…
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 MorePhishing with Adversary-in-the-Middle (AITM) Tactics: Why MFA Isn’t Bulletproof
For years, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has been promoted as one of the best defenses against phishing attacks. By requiring something more than just a password (such as a text message code or app-based approval) businesses could make it far harder for attackers to break in. But in 2025, attackers have learned new tricks. A growing…
Read MoreCloud Control, Compromised: How Identity Gaps Trigger the Biggest Breaches
In 2024, IBM found that 82 percent of breaches touched data stored in the cloud and cost an average of $5.17 million when public‑cloud assets were hit (secureframe.comibm.com). Almost every one of those incidents started the same way: an attacker slipped through an identity crack. a mis‑scoped role, a neglected key, or an over‑privileged token and owned the…
Read MoreThe Identity Crisis: Why Stolen Credentials Are the #1 Cyber Threat Today
The lock on your front door is useless if someone has the key. That’s the unsettling truth behind today’s most common cyberattacks. They don’t start with brute force. They start with a login. Identity-based attacks are now the primary method cybercriminals use to breach networks. Why? Because valid credentials give them legitimate access, bypassing traditional…
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