When Everything Feels Like a Priority, How Do You Build an IT Budget?
If your roof is leaking and your kitchen is showing its age, both may need work. But only one is likely to ruin your week if you ignore it. Your IT budget can put you …
IT Costs to Plan for With Every New Hire
Planning for technology costs helps businesses prepare for new employees and future growth. Shouldn’t expanding a team be something to celebrate? Hiring new employees usually means your business is growing. But bringing someone new on …
5 Ways to Check Whether Your Law Firm's Backups Will Actually Work
You ask whether your firm’s files are backed up, and the answer is yes. That should be reassuring, but it may leave the question you care about unanswered: if a matter folder disappeared this afternoon, …
Four IT Budgeting Mistakes That Lead to Surprise Expenses
Your IT budget looks good in January. The numbers are approved, the expenses are accounted for, and leadership has a reasonable idea of what technology will cost over the next 12 months. Then summer arrives. …
6 Cybersecurity Fixes You Can Make Without Buying Another Tool
When businesses want to improve cybersecurity, the conversation often starts with what they should buy. A new security platform. Better monitoring. Another piece of software. Sometimes new technology is necessary. But before you add another tool, ask …
7 Ways Recurring IT Problems Waste Time and Money for Small Law Firms
The same file will not open. Outlook needs another restart. Someone cannot reach the office server, and your office manager is chasing support while trying to finish billing. Each problem may look small on its …
The Spooky Side of AI: Is Your Business Prepared?
Halloween is full of monsters hiding behind convincing costumes. For businesses, that's a cybersecurity lesson. AI helps companies work faster, automate routine tasks, and find new ways to use information. But the same technology can …
You Bought the Security Tools. But Are They Actually Working Together?
Cybersecurity purchases usually start with a good reason. You add email security because phishing is getting harder to spot. You add endpoint protection to secure employee devices. You invest in backups, multi-factor authentication, and monitoring …
Your Cybersecurity Needs an Immune System, Not a Medicine Cabinet
Every autumn, the medicine cabinet gets a little more crowded. There's cold medicine left over from last winter, vitamins bought in bulk, half-used bottles of cough syrup, and a prescription that probably should have been …
The Phishing Red Flags Your Employees Were Taught Are Changing
For years, phishing training was pretty straightforward. Look for spelling mistakes. Check the sender's email address. Be suspicious of strange links. Watch for messages that sound awkward or unprofessional. Those are still good habits. The problem …
