Daniel Cross 
Backups are the safety net that matters most exactly when everything else has already gone wrong — a ransomware attack, an accidental deletion, a failed migration. Yet backup strategy is one of the most commonly neglected areas of cloud security for small teams, often set up once during initial infrastructure setup and never revisited or … Read more
Containers have become the default way many small development teams package and deploy applications, and Docker specifically remains the most widely used tool for building and running them. Container security is often treated as an afterthought compared to the broader cloud infrastructure concerns covered in our cloud security basics guide, but a misconfigured container adds … Read more
WordPress powers a large share of the web, which makes it a consistent, high-volume target for automated attacks scanning for known vulnerabilities across millions of sites simultaneously. Most successful WordPress compromises exploit well-known, easily preventable weaknesses rather than sophisticated attacks — an outdated plugin, a weak admin password, or a misconfigured file permission. This checklist … Read more
Phishing remains one of the most common ways small businesses get compromised, precisely because it targets people rather than technical vulnerabilities — no firewall or password manager fully protects against an employee being convincingly tricked into handing over credentials or clicking a malicious link. This guide covers the specific patterns that distinguish phishing attempts from … Read more
For remote and hybrid teams, the home network has effectively become an extension of the company’s own infrastructure, yet it typically receives none of the deliberate security configuration an office network would have. Most home routers are used with factory default settings indefinitely, which leaves a meaningful gap between how seriously a company treats its … Read more
Ransomware attacks against small businesses have grown substantially, partly because smaller organizations are perceived (often correctly) as having weaker defenses than large enterprises while still holding data valuable enough to make an attack worthwhile. This guide covers practical prevention steps and, just as importantly, what an actual response plan should look like if prevention fails, … Read more
Email remains the most common channel for both incoming phishing attempts and, less obviously, attackers impersonating your own company’s domain to target your clients and partners. Three technical email authentication standards — SPF, DKIM, and DMARC — work together to prevent this kind of domain spoofing, yet remain unconfigured or only partially configured on a … Read more
Freelancers face a distinct security challenge: no company IT department, personal devices doing double duty for business, and access spread across many different clients’ systems simultaneously. This checklist pulls together the practical steps that matter most for a working freelancer, drawing on the more detailed guides elsewhere on this site. Separate personal and work digital … Read more
Most small business Wi-Fi networks are set up once, quickly, by whoever happened to be available, and never revisited again. This guide covers the practical steps a small business owner without dedicated IT staff can take to meaningfully improve Wi-Fi security, without needing specialized networking knowledge or expensive equipment. Change default router credentials immediately Every … Read more
A surprising number of security incidents happen not to production business infrastructure, but to personal side projects and free-tier AWS accounts set up quickly to test an idea, then left running with minimal security attention. This guide covers the specific, low-effort steps worth taking even for a small personal or side project account, building on … Read more