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Detecting Cyber Risks in SMBs Using the NIST Framework
You have been following the NIST framework and have successfully identified the areas of risk and implemented protections against them. We're now at the stage to ensure that we are able to detect any breaches that make it over the proverbial "wall." This is a CRITICAL...
Protecting SMBs from Cyber Risks Using the NIST Framework
After SMBs Identify risks in the first step of the NIST Framework, the second step defines the process to Protect your assets. We like to refer to this NIST step as making the "security sandwich." We like this metaphor because we incorporate layers of protection to...
Identifying Cyber Risks in SMBs Using the NIST Framework
Frameworks are great for consultant presentations, but are they relevant to how work actually gets done in the real world? No doubt I have seen my share of boil-the-ocean IT models. I, like most of the pragmatic business leaders of our clients, don't have time for...
Why Cybersecurity Standards are Important to SMBs: Don’t Let Customers Catch You With Your Security Pants Down
I'm often asked if cybersecurity standards are important to SMBs. You bet your sweet bippy! I've seen this story play out more and more over the past several years: One of our clients frantically contacts us because one of their...
The Coming SMB Data Security Compliance Squeeze
Data security compliance has been coming after you for a while. It’s now picking up speed whether you like it or not. A couple of years ago the European Union issued GDPR to help protect citizens’ data rights. Companies that have any data from individuals who reside...
We Suck Less…
I've been telling people that "We Suck Less" for a long time. However, I've never been allowed to make it our marketing tagline (although, we have some notoriety from it). Maybe someday! I wish that I could take credit for the phrase but I can't. It came from a...
Would you rather….
Nearly all companies today find themselves in a similar surreal business situation. However, ask yourself, would you rather expend your energy fighting to keep everything status quo or ante up to suffer the pain of change? Would you rather stagnate in the new COVID-19...
We Will Fail and Disappoint You, and That is a Good Thing
Recently, a prospective client shared how the IT firm they had been using for years was failing to deliver. They felt it was time to switch to a new IT partner. When they switched, they didn't become a Waident client; they hired...
A CFO’s Concern for IT in the New Normal
I recently had a conversation with a CFO of a smart company. She is making post-pandemic changes to her IT and was referred to Waident by a client. On the surface, Waident is a perfect fit to help her and her team. We work with several firms in her industry with a...
How to Get Your Company Name Out During COVID-19 Pandemic
Waident has always been committed to providing IT solutions for SMBs. Today, we want to praise and help small businesses! We’ve been working with small businesses from across Illinois and Wisconsin to help them adapt to the lockdown and reduce the frequency, duration,...
What is Your New Normal Going to Look Like?
Times of transition are strenuous, but I love them. They are an opportunity to purge, rethink priorities, and be intentional about new habits. We can make our new normal any way we want. - Kristin Armstrong, Three-time Olympic gold medalist Many of us have been...
Zoom Video Conferencing – Who Gives a Sh*t About Security Anyway
You're stuck working at home like everyone else and your company suddenly needs to figure out how to handle team communication while the COVID-19 pandemic is happening. Someone does a quick search for tools and they find Zoom, a newer platform that is popular with...
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