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Third-Party Vendor Risk Is Driving Nearly Half of All Data Breaches

Third-party vendor risk, the exposure created by outside companies and software...

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What a Boston Managed IT Partner Should Actually Be Doing for a 20–50 Person Business

Here is the conversation I have most often with a business...

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Windows Server 2022 End of Mainstream Support: What It Means for Boston Businesses

Windows Server 2022 reaches end of mainstream support on October 13,...

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Massachusetts Data Breach Notification Law: What Boston Businesses Must Do When It Happens

Massachusetts Chapter 93H, the state’s data breach notification law, requires any...

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SonicWall SMA1000 Vulnerability: What Boston Businesses Need to Know

SonicWall confirmed on September 1, 2026 that two vulnerabilities in its...

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Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Usage-Based Billing Default: What Boston Businesses Should Know

Starting November 2, 2026, every new Microsoft 365 Copilot Business license...

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Massachusetts Small Business Cybersecurity Grant: What Boston Companies Need to Know

Massachusetts is now paying for part of your cybersecurity monitoring bill....

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What the Boston Scientific Cyberattack Teaches Local Businesses About Business Continuity

Boston Scientific, the Marlborough-based medical device maker, needed roughly two weeks...

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September 2026 Patch Tuesday: What Boston Businesses Need to Patch Now

Microsoft’s September 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed close to 970 vulnerabilities, the...

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Windows 11 24H2 End of Support: What Boston Businesses Need to Do Before October 13

Windows 11 24H2 end of support arrives on October 13, 2026,...

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Microsoft 365 Passkeys Are Now the Default: What Boston Businesses Need to Know

Microsoft 365 passkeys became the default sign-in method on September 1,...

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Gunra Ransomware: What Boston Businesses Need to Know

Gunra ransomware is a fast-growing extortion operation that federal agencies warned...

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Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability: What Boston Businesses Should Do Now

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) confirmed on August 26,...

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