Oklahoma Cybersecurity Lessons from a $212,000 County Email Fraud Loss
What Oklahoma Organizations Should Learn from One County’s Costly Mistake When most people think about cybercrime, they picture a sophisticated hacker sitting in a dark room surrounded by monitors, typing furiously as lines of code race across the screen. Hollywood has done a great job convincing us that cyberattacks are highly technical operations carried out […]
Public Record or Private Nightmare? The Myth Hackers Exploit
Some of the scariest IT stories don’t start with hackers. They start with the things we tell ourselves to feel safe. The next spooky myth on our list?“If we get hacked, all our information is public anyway, who cares?” It’s a line we hear often, from counties, municipalities, and small businesses alike. On the surface, […]
Hook, Line, and Sinker: Don’t Fall for Phishing, Vishing, or Whaling Scams
Social engineering attacks are on the rise, and they’re getting trickier by the day. Whether it’s a fake email, a shady phone call, or a too-good-to-be-true text message, cybercriminals are counting on human error to get access to your sensitive information. Let’s break down the most common types of social engineering scams and talk about […]
Why “Robust Cybersecurity” Starts with Zero Trust & Employee Training
Cybercriminals aren’t just targeting large corporations anymore—they’re going after anyone with data worth stealing, and that includes small to mid-sized businesses, local governments, medical offices, and service-based companies. In 2024 alone, the average cost of a data breach reached $4.45 million, according to IBM. And 88% of breaches? They started with human error, a single […]