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MFA Is Essential, but the Method Matters
March 4, 2026 / 3 min read
Why passkeys and security keys resist phishing better than codes and approval prompts.
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Connecticut cannabis security, made practical.
A curated, fact-checked library for operators who need practical guidance on ransomware recovery, email fraud, vendor risk, identity, endpoints, and the connected systems that keep the business open.
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Identity & Fraud
A Familiar Voice Is Not Payment Authorization
February 26, 2026 / 3 min read
How to design payment controls that survive executive impersonation, compromised email, and synthetic audio.
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Manage Outlook Add-Ins Like Connected Applications
February 25, 2026 / 3 min read
Why Microsoft 365 add-ins need an owner, a business purpose, permission review, and centralized deployment.
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A Backup Is Only Useful If the Recovery Path Is Protected
February 23, 2026 / 3 min read
How to verify that ransomware cannot erase both production systems and the recovery mechanisms meant to restore them.
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Keep Grow Technology Separate From Everyday Business Traffic
February 23, 2026 / 3 min read
Why connected environmental controls and IoT devices need inventory, segmentation, and a recovery plan.
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Define What Mobile Devices May Do Before One Is Lost
February 22, 2026 / 3 min read
A role-based approach to mobile access for owners, managers, finance staff, and cultivation teams.
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ATM Jackpotting Is Both a Physical and Cyber Risk
February 21, 2026 / 3 min read
What the FBI’s 2026 warning means for cannabis retailers that host or operate ATMs.
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ClickFix Turns “Troubleshooting” Into Code Execution
February 19, 2026 / 3 min read
How fake CAPTCHAs and meeting errors persuade users to run attacker-provided commands—and how to interrupt the pattern.
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Email Authentication Does Not Replace Payment Verification
February 19, 2026 / 3 min read
Why SPF, DKIM, and DMARC reduce spoofing risk but cannot make an invoice or payment request trustworthy by themselves.
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A Practical Software Supply-Chain Checklist for Operators
February 18, 2026 / 3 min read
What to document before a POS, payroll, ecommerce, or seed-to-sale vendor becomes an incident dependency.
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Browser Patching Is an Operations Control
February 18, 2026 / 3 min read
How to turn urgent browser security updates into a repeatable, verifiable process across managed endpoints.
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Treat Technical Hiring as a Privileged-Access Decision
February 18, 2026 / 3 min read
A security checklist for coding tests, contractor onboarding, identity verification, and initial access.
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Secure the Phones That Can Approve Business-Critical Actions
February 17, 2026 / 3 min read
A mobile-security baseline for owners and managers who use phones for email, payments, cloud access, and operational approvals.
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Creative Software Belongs in the Patch Program
February 11, 2026 / 3 min read
Why marketing workstations and creative applications need the same inventory, patching, and access controls as operational systems.
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Remote IT Hiring Needs Identity Verification, Not Just Interviews
February 10, 2026 / 3 min read
FBI-backed steps for reducing the risk of fraudulent remote IT workers and unauthorized remote access.
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When Ransomware Uses a Trusted Driver Against You
February 10, 2026 / 3 min read
Why vulnerable signed drivers can disable security tools, and what Connecticut cannabis operators should ask their IT providers to verify.
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Your Cloud Vendors Are Part of Your Security Boundary
February 10, 2026 / 3 min read
A practical vendor-risk checklist for the cloud services that support sales, inventory, collaboration, and compliance workflows.
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