The Quiet Danger Small Business Owners Don’t See You didn’t open a bakery to become a security expert. You didn’t start a plumbing business to read federal cybersecurity documents. Yet here you are. A customer’s credit card data leaked. A…
A friend of mine runs a small graphic design studio in Leeds. Last year, she got an email from a government department she’d been hoping to work with for ages. They loved her portfolio, her pricing was competitive, and they…
The Confusing Intersection Where Two Worlds Collide You run a small physical therapy practice in Austin. Most of your patients are locals. Then one day, a tourist from France walks in with a sprained ankle. You treat her, create a…
The Laptop on the Kitchen Table You trusted Sarah with your client list, your billing software, and the keys to your social media. She has been with you for four years. She knows the business inside out. Then on a…
The Letter That Landed on Your Desk A customer in California sends you an email. It is polite but firm. She wants to know what personal information your company has about her. She wants you to delete it. And she…
A little while ago, I was talking to the founder of a small software company. He was exhausted. A potential enterprise client had sent over a security questionnaire that was forty pages long. He had no dedicated compliance person, so…
I was auditing a small cybersecurity consulting site a while back, and the owner was frustrated. His articles were well-written, his advice was practical, and he was genuinely trying to help other small business owners. But his traffic was flat,…
There’s a coffee shop near my house that almost went under last year. Not because the espresso was bad, not because the location was wrong, but because someone skimmed credit card numbers from their point-of-sale system. The breach affected maybe…
The Moment You Realize You Need One A customer emails you. She wants to know exactly what personal information you have about her, how you use it, and who else sees it. She mentions something about her rights under a…
