Kendall Friel writes RJ2's cybersecurity and IT articles, turning what the engineering team sees every day into something a business owner can act on. She holds a BBA in Marketing from the University of Iowa. Kendall writes on threat awareness, security hygiene, and the practical side of protecting a small or mid-market business.
Good morning and welcome to August! If Mondays feel heavy, the best cure is a shift in perspective. Let’s talk about something that never gets enough credit but runs absolutely everything in your business: your network. The Invisible Infrastructure Your network is the reason emails send, video calls connect, files transfer, and cloud applications load.…
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Happy Friday! You made it to the end of July, and that deserves a moment of appreciation. But before you close the laptop and head into the weekend, let’s talk about something that tends to fly under the radar until it becomes a very expensive problem: insider threats and credential-based attacks. The Threats That Do…
Happy Wednesday! Let’s talk about something that is quietly revolutionizing how work gets done. Not the flashy AI headlines, but the kind of AI that is already inside the tools your team uses every single day and is starting to do a whole lot more than answer questions. From Chatbots to Agents: A Big Shift…
Got the Monday blues? We can change that! Let’s talk about something that should genuinely excite you: the state of cloud technology in 2026 and what it means for businesses that are finally ready to make the move, or the ones that need to go further than they already have. Cloud Is the New Foundation…
Happy Thursday! Let’s kick things off with a little reality check. If you woke up this morning, grabbed your coffee, and sat down at a computer that still takes two minutes to boot up, it might be time to have a conversation. Not a scary one, just an honest one about where your technology stands…
Happy Tuesday! Let us talk about something your employees deal with dozens of times every day, something that quietly drives IT teams absolutely crazy, and something that the entire technology industry is actively trying to retire: the password. The Password Problem Is Worse Than You Realize Passwords have been the primary mechanism for securing digital…
We know what you are thinking. We have backups. We are fine. We hear this all the time, and we respect the confidence. But we want to push back on it a little, because the data tells a different story. The Uncomfortable Truth About Business Backups Most businesses have some form of backup running. The…
Happy Tuesday! If your team is split between the office and home, you are in excellent company. But are you giving them the tools they actually need to thrive? Hybrid Work Is No Longer a Trend. It Is the Standard. The debate about remote work is largely over. According to Gallup research, 52 percent of…
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