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.

The Silent Data Breach Nobody’s Talking About

Shadow AI: The Silent Data Breach Nobody’s Talking About Why Your Employees Are Turning Company Secrets into Public Information (And How to Stop Them) The Crisis Nobody Sees Coming Last week, a developer at a mid-sized tech company pasted proprietary source code into ChatGPT to debug a function. Five minutes of saved time. Two years…

Who’s Approving AI-Made Purchases?

Here’s a question I suspect most business owners haven’t thought about yet; If one of your team buys something inside an AI chat window… is that okay with you? Because that’s exactly where things are heading. You’re probably already familiar with tools like Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT helping people write emails, summarize documents, or answer questions.  The…