I almost missed this year’s cybersecurity event in Vilnius because I was too busy arguing with a hotel booking app at 1 AM. True story. I’d bookmarked the conference page back in March, told myself “I’ll register next week,” and then promptly forgot about it until a colleague messaged me asking if I was “doing … Read more
Three years ago, a client called me at 11 PM on a Tuesday because their accounting firm got hit with ransomware. Twelve years of client tax records, locked. The attacker wanted $40,000 in Bitcoin. They paid it (don’t ask me how I felt about that), and the files still came back half-corrupted. That phone call … Read more
You keep hearing two opposite things. Cybersecurity is supposedly booming, but beginners keep saying they can’t get hired. Both statements can be true at the same time, which is where most of the confusion starts. What people are really asking isn’t whether cybersecurity exists or pays well. They’re asking if the door is already crowded … Read more
You might already have cameras up and running and still feel uneasy about what they actually do when something happens. A lot of people assume cameras equal protection because they can see footage later, but that only answers part of the problem. Security gear gets talked about as one big category, when the reality is … Read more
You already know security matters. The problem is you’re staring at three different paths and none of them are cheap. A consultant sounds strategic. A managed service provider sounds steady. Hiring someone in-house sounds controlled. All three cost real money, and you probably don’t have extra sitting around. Time isn’t on your side either. You … Read more
You’re staring at a report that should be simple. A list of assets. Locations. Status. Instead you get mismatched locations, half-filled histories, and duplicates that look almost the same but not quite. An asset shows up in two places at once. Another one just disappears. It’s in the system, technically, but no one can find … Read more