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The Top Cybersecurity Threats Facing Boston Businesses & Professional Firms

July 13, 2026

A Quincy accounting firm gets an email that looks exactly like a message from a long-term client. Same name in the signature. Same tone the client always uses. The domain is off by one character — the...

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The Mid-Year Audit Most Boston Businesses Should Be Doing

July 13, 2026

Your business hasn't paused since January, and the systems running underneath it haven't either. People got hired. Roles shifted. Somebody in accounting talked you into a new tool over lunch. A vendor got swapped out...

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Your Office Firewall Is Doing Its Job. Your Hybrid Team Isn't Behind It.

July 09, 2026

Right now, your office firewall is doing exactly what you paid for it to do. It's filtering traffic, blocking the bad stuff, and keeping the network inside the building reasonably clean. The trouble is that...

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Building a “Human Firewall”: Cybersecurity Awareness Training for Boston Employees

July 07, 2026

An accounting firm in Newton can run enterprise-grade firewalls, encrypted laptops, full-disk MFA, and a password policy strict enough to make the staff groan — and still get breached because a junior...

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Six Questions Your IT Provider Should Be Answering Every Quarter

July 06, 2026

Most businesses talk to their IT provider when something breaks. Then again when the contract renews. The twelve months in between get filled with small frustrations, half-finished projects, and a vague sense that...

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Cyber Insurance Requirements for Boston Companies in 2026

June 30, 2026

If you run a firm anywhere from Plymouth to Newton, you've probably noticed your cyber insurance renewal got a lot more complicated this year. The application is longer. The questions are sharper. Your broker is...

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System+Signal: Anatomy of a Modern Spear Phishing Attack

Most people still imagine a cyberattack as a dramatic event. A system goes down, a screen locks, phones start ringing, and everyone knows immediately that something is wrong. But many security incidents begin more...

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That ‘Old’ Tech? You’re Still Paying For It Every Month

June 22, 2026

Technology can be a lot like underpants - sometimes you hold onto it long after you should have thrown it away. Sure the elastic waist has seen better days and there are a few holes, but it still technically covers...

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IT Support for Architects in Boston: What Do You Actually Need?

Expert IT support for architects in Boston. Managedservices, data backup, and secure remote access for design firms