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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…
How 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…
Compliance 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…
When 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,…
AI 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…
AI 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…
Why Zero Trust is Your Best Defense in Today’s Cybersecurity War
Cybersecurity isn’t an abstract IT concern anymore. It’s an everyday business issue that can determine whether a company survives or fails. In his recent appearance on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly, cybersecurity expert Scott Alldridge explained why the “assume breach” mindset is no longer optional—it’s essential. The Rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service One of the…
Don’t Byte Off More Than You Can Tech: Benefits of IT Outsourcing
The benefits of IT outsourcing aren’t just about shaving dollars off a budget, they’re about sparing your sanity when the servers blink red at 3 a.m. Too many companies duct-tape their infrastructure together with good intentions and overcaffeinated staff.Eventually, the cracks show and not even your most heroic “Ctrl+Z” can undo poor capacity planning. Outsourcing…
Phishing 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…
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