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We have written countless articles about cyber security risks, but it has come to our attention that we have failed to address one of the biggest cyber threats for SMBs… their vendors. Before we jump into the threats, let’s clarify what we mean by vendors.  Simply put, a vendor is

As you probably know by now (if you’ve read any of Adaptive’s previous articles), cyber-attacks have risen dramatically since the onset of Covid. According to excerpts from an article by Varonis, they wrote, “We’ve compiled more than 160 cybersecurity statistics for 2022. [Adaptive has reduced the number of statistics to

Your business is valuable. The idea that you’ll NEVER be hacked is (at best) naive, and (at worst) as dangerous as walking around a city at night with a backpack loaded with cash; thinking thieves will never see you. Unless you have an invisibility cloak, for yourself and your business,

As if the cyber landscape wasn’t already complicated enough, now these predators are like a pack of wolves feeding on businesses that have already been attacked. Cyber Security Experts used to say, It’s not a matter of whether you’ll be attacked, but when. Now they’re saying, It’s not a matter

Recently we wrote an article about the dramatic increase in cyber attacks on municipalities. When government-run IT infrastructures are hacked it can impact the normal functions of city utilities, libraries, fire departments, emergency services, local law enforcement, and … the community’s citizens. Cybersecurity breaches like these also hamper the working

In the past, we have written a lot of articles about cyber threats to SMBs, but the number of attacks on municipalities has increased so dramatically recently that we would be remiss if we didn’t address it. Both the number of attacks and the frequency have skyrocketed to the point

It seems that our fearless leader, Brett Gallant, is stopped on a regular basis – at the grocery store, gas station, pharmacy – and asked some form of this same question: Are cyber attacks really as bad as you make them out to be?  His answer? No. They’re worse.  But

Recently a client reached out to us asking how he should respond to a comment that was posted on one of his blogs. To protect the client’s privacy, we have changed the name of the blog and removed the links that were corrupt. Other than that, this is exactly what

Recently, our fearless leader, Brett Gallant of Adaptive Office Solutions, shared a video about the importance of backups as part of your cyber security plan. A client of his called in a panic. They’d lost most of the 2022 email exchanges for an important individual in the company.  Most people

As you know, Rogers, one of Canada’s biggest telecom operators, recently experienced massive outages nationwide, which denied internet access to 10 million wireless subscribers and 2.25 million retail internet subscribers. The interruption, Rogers’ second in 15 months, drew fury from Canadians and lead to calls for the government to expand