A third party now appears in 30% of breaches, after its involvement doubled, according to Verizon's 2025 SMB breach snapshot. That changes how small and midsize businesses should think about how to prevent data breaches. Your employees, laptops, and firewall matter, but so do your Microsoft 365 tenant, managed service provider, payroll platform, cloud applications, […]

You probably already have a firewall, antivirus, Microsoft 365, and a VPN. On paper, that sounds solid. In practice, one stolen password, one unmanaged laptop, or one employee connecting a risky cloud app can bypass the old idea that anything “inside” the network is safe. That's why small and midsize businesses keep asking how to […]