UnHackedby Phoenix IT Advisors
A practical primer on why "I didn't know" won't save your business after a ransomware hit, using a $180K loss at a 60-employee manufacturer to unpack MSP war stories, CIS/NIST frameworks, MFA and risk assessment so owners can act.
UnHacked returns with hard lessons from 2025 and blunt 2026 predictions about AI "autopilot", democratized coding, and rising attack surfaces. Hear passkey insights and quick steps to avoid becoming low-hanging cyber fruit.
Faiz Gouri on the Model Context Protocol: how AI can read your entire business database in plain English to supercharge BI, and the security risks owners must fix before adoption.
Traditional "gotcha" phishing tests can backfire; Craig Taylor shows why punishment-based training breeds apathy and how positive reinforcement, gamification, and AI-aware strategies create a security-aware culture that actually reduces risk.
Healthcare practices face massive cyber risk; Milan Rogers explains why records sell for $250–$5,000, breaks down the Change Healthcare breach and HIPAA fines, and gives three basic safeguards to prevent catastrophic breaches.
The unregulated cybersecurity wild west lets fake or incompetent IT providers leave businesses exposed. Learn warning signs, vetting questions and why the cheapest MSP can cost you your business.
A Halloween special reveals a 34-computer business paying $2,000/month for useless IT—Windows 7, no backups, no AV—and offers a practical checklist of questions, red flags and processes to verify your IT provider and avoid disaster.
Small businesses under $500K are prime targets for predatory ADA website lawsuits that often force $5K–$20K settlements; learn which site violations trigger claims, why cases usually settle, free tools to check your site, and a practical action plan to reduce risk.
Nevada's month-long ransomware outage vs Marriott's quick recovery shows why some orgs stay paralyzed, why being "low-hanging fruit" is dangerous, and why Windows 10 EOL puts 40% of US PCs at risk without security-first fixes.
Grant McCracken explains how bug bounty programs use crowd-sourced ethical hackers to find more vulnerabilities than pentests, why attackers already probe your systems, and how Dark Horse makes bounties affordable for small businesses while assessing attack surface.