by John Schmerold | Nov 2, 2026 | email, Security
Your email protection service is now called Katy Mail Guard. It checks incoming mail for phishing, impersonation, malicious attachments and spam before it reaches your inbox. Most of your mail passes straight through. Here’s what you’ll notice and what to do. Your...
by John Schmerold | Oct 21, 2026 | Security, Web
If your organization’s website runs on PHP, as most WordPress sites do, an unpatched server can be taken over by an attacker without a password. That attacker could steal what your site collects (contact forms, donor or customer details, logins), deface your...
by John Schmerold | Aug 26, 2026 | Microsoft Office, Security, Web
Passwords are an important part of account security, but passwords alone are no longer enough. Passwords can be guessed, reused, stolen through phishing, exposed in data breaches, or accidentally shared. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) adds another layer of...
by John Schmerold | Aug 12, 2026 | Security
Most of the organizations we work with, including small businesses and nonprofits, assume bank fraud is something that happens primarily to larger organizations. In reality, smaller organizations can be attractive targets because they may have fewer controls, fewer...
by John Schmerold | Aug 10, 2026 | Security
Why a 2024 data broker breach still matters to your organization, your staff, and the people you serve. Most data breaches have a shelf life. A password gets stolen, you change it, and the stolen copy becomes worthless. A credit card number leaks, the bank reissues...
by John Schmerold | Aug 7, 2026 | Security
Passwords alone are no longer sufficient protection for banking, financial systems, administrative accounts, and other confidential information. One of the simplest ways to substantially strengthen account security is multi-factor authentication (MFA) using a...
