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Author: Nicholas Salem

As the CEO of BMIT, a leading managed IT services company, Nick Salem is responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction to the organization. With over 15 years of experience in the IT industry, Nick has a strong track record of driving business growth and improving operational efficiency through the use of technology.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Security Risks: What Boston Businesses Should Check First

Boston small business employees reviewing files on a laptop before enabling Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot security risks come mostly from old file permissions, not the AI itself. Copilot can only see what a signed-in employee already has access to, so if your SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams sharing has been left loose for years, Copilot will surface that data in seconds when someone asks the right question. Microsoft […]

Microsoft 365 Price Increases Are Here: What Boston Businesses Should Check Now

Microsoft’s commercial pricing changes took effect on July 1, 2026, and most Microsoft 365 business plans went up. If your renewal hasn’t hit yet, now is the time to look at what you’re actually paying for and whether you’re on the right plan before the new pricing locks in. Here’s what changed, who it affects, […]

July 2026 Patch Tuesday: What Boston Businesses Need to Patch This Week

IT professional applying a security patch to a laptop in an office

Microsoft’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed roughly 569 vulnerabilities, the largest single release in the program’s history, and two of them were already being used in real attacks before the fixes shipped. If your business runs an on-premises SharePoint Server or Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), the short version is: patch this week. Everyone […]

SharePoint Server Vulnerability: What Boston Businesses on Old Systems Should Do Now

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A SharePoint Server vulnerability is being actively exploited right now, and CISA has told federal agencies to patch it immediately. If your Boston business still runs an on-premises SharePoint Server (not SharePoint Online, which is unaffected), you need to check your patch status this week, not next quarter. CISA added SharePoint Server flaw CVE-2026-45659 to […]

Microsoft 365 Price Increase 2026: What It Means for Your Boston Business

Small business employee in a Boston office checking Microsoft 365 email on a laptop

Microsoft raised the price of Microsoft 365 Business Basic and Business Standard on July 1, 2026, while Business Premium held flat. If your company runs on Microsoft 365, the direct cost impact is modest for most seat counts, but the update also bundles in more mailbox storage and new anti-phishing protection that are worth checking […]

How Hackers Use Hotel Wi-Fi to Steal Microsoft 365 Accounts

A few weeks ago, an employee at one of our clients, a fast-growing Boston biomedical startup, checked into a hotel for a work trip and did the most ordinary thing in the world. They connected to the hotel Wi-Fi and signed into Microsoft 365. Correct password. MFA approved. Everything looked normal. Within the same login […]

Managed IT vs. Break-Fix: What the Downtime Numbers Actually Show Boston Businesses

What’s the real difference between managed IT and break-fix support? Break-fix IT means paying by the incident: something breaks, you call a technician, you get billed for the hours it takes to fix it. Managed IT is a flat-rate subscription covering monitoring, patching, backups, and security as ongoing work, with incident response included rather than […]

AI Voice Cloning Scams: How Boston Businesses Can Protect Against Deepfake Fraud

What is AI voice cloning fraud? AI voice cloning fraud is a scam where attackers use artificial intelligence to recreate a real person’s voice — typically an executive, vendor, or family member — from a short audio sample, then use that cloned voice in a phone call or video conference to trick someone into transferring […]

AI-Powered Phishing Attacks Are Targeting Boston Small Businesses in 2026 — Here’s What to Do

Are AI-generated phishing emails really that different from old-school spam? Yes — dramatically so. Traditional phishing emails were easy to spot: poor grammar, generic greetings, suspicious links. AI-generated phishing in 2026 mimics the tone, vocabulary, and even the signature style of real colleagues and vendors. According to Abnormal Security’s 2026 Email Threat Report, AI-crafted business […]

Think Before You Click: How to Check If a Link Is Safe

Phishing attacks are the leading cause of data breaches and ransomware infections for businesses of every size. Attackers craft convincing emails, text messages, and social media posts containing links that look legitimate but lead to credential-harvesting pages or malware downloads. Before you click any suspicious link — or forward one to a colleague — use […]