Guide
SMB Cybersecurity Checklist 2026
Twelve practical items: the mailbox, the admin account, the backup, and a person to call. The checklist is on the page. You can also email yourself a copy.
Read the checklistResources
Notes for owners who are not an IT department.
Short guides on security, Microsoft 365, and phones. No scare statistics, and no product pitch dressed up as an article.
Security
Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026, for owners who are not the IT department
A short October list for Pittsburgh-area owners: the mailbox, the admin account, the backup, and a person who will pick up.
Business email compromise: what to do before the fake invoice gets paid
Wire fraud that starts in email is ordinary now. Here is the habit that stops it, and what to do if a payment already left.
Microsoft 365
Five Microsoft 365 settings for a small office
MFA, admin accounts, forwarding rules, sharing links, and a backup. Five settings that close the doors people actually leave open.
Phones
Questions to ask before you replace the phone system
Numbers, the internet circuit, 911, Teams, and who you call when a call sounds bad. Ask these before you sign.
Business
Why small businesses get targeted
Criminals are not hunting a logo. They are hunting a mailbox that can pay a bill and a company that has not turned on the boring controls.