Jason Alexander

It’s 9:14 on a Tuesday morning. You’re on your second cup of coffee, sorting through overnight email, when you see one from your “shipping provider” — a delivery exception, action required, tracking number attached. You click it without really thinking, the way you’ve clicked a hundred emails just like it. The page that loads looks […]

The Story Behind the Headline It didn’t start with an alarm. It started with a routine internal benchmark run — one of the thousands OpenAI runs on every model before it ever gets close to release. Astra, the company’s next-generation model, was being scored on ExploitBench, a test designed to measure something fairly narrow: given […]

Article Summary: Your IT budget should include the technology you already use, the support required to maintain it, and the upgrades you expect to make during the year. It should also cover cybersecurity, backups, employee changes, planned projects, and a reserve for urgent repairs or replacements. If your IT budget only covers computers, Microsoft 365, […]

What OWASP OASIS Is — and the Story Behind It OWASP — the Open Worldwide Application Security Project — is the nonprofit community that’s been quietly shaping how the software industry thinks about security for over 20 years. It’s the group behind the OWASP Top 10, the closest thing the industry has to a universal […]

Executive Summary Every new tool or vendor you adopt becomes part of your daily operations and part of your attack surface. Checking them before you sign costs far less than unwinding a bad purchase or recovering from a vendor’s breach. This guide walks through a seven-step vetting process, a sample scorecard, and the questions to […]

Article Summary: Allow personal devices only for approved work, through approved apps, and when the device meets your security requirements. Use company-owned devices for administration, sensitive work, or jobs that require large amounts of data to be stored locally. Employees often use personal devices for work before the business has made a decision about it. […]

Article Summary: Three to five years is a practical replacement range for many business computers. The right time depends on security support, reliability, performance, warranty coverage, repair costs, and the employee’s work. Replace any computer that cannot run a supported operating system or the software your business requires. Most business computers do not fail all […]

Article Summary: Guest Wi-Fi should provide internet access while blocking connections to your internal business network. A different Wi-Fi name and password do not confirm that the networks are separated. The router, access points, and firewall must also be configured to prevent guest devices from reaching internal systems. Offering Wi-Fi to customers, contractors, and visitors […]

Article Summary: Employees should use standard accounts for email, web browsing, and everyday work. Administrator access should be limited to approved IT tasks and protected with a separate account. Administrator access often starts with one request. An employee needs to install a printer, update a specialist program, or change a setting on their computer. Giving […]

Article Summary: Before canceling a cloud service, export your data and confirm that the files can be opened or imported. Move any connected applications and sign-ins, then check the provider’s current rules for access, billing, retention, and deletion. A cloud service may hold years of customer records, documents, emails, invoices, project history, or staff activity. […]