Posts by Blake King
How to Create an AI Use Policy for Employees Your Team Will Follow
Top Three Takeaways Artificial Intelligence has moved from a trendy tech topic to a daily operational reality in remarkably short order. Across every department, from marketing and sales to customer support, accounting and software development, employees are using generative AI tools to write copy, analyze datasets, draft emails and automate repetitive tasks. According to recent…
Read MoreWhat is NIST CSF 2.0 and Why Should Small Businesses Care?
Three Key Takeaways For years, small business owners viewed the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) as a complex tool reserved strictly for Fortune 500 enterprises, financial institutions and government contractors. First released in 2014, Version 1.1 was widely regarded as dense, overly technical and tailored primarily to critical infrastructure sectors…
Read MoreMicrosoft 365 Licensing Audit: How to Cut Costs Before Microsoft Raises Prices Again
Top Three Takeaways Microsoft 365 is the operational backbone for modern businesses, but managing its complex ecosystem of tiers, add-ons, and subscriptions is an ongoing challenge. With recent Microsoft commercial price increases that raised rates across Business and Enterprise tiers by 5% to over 20%, organizations that ignore licensing hygiene are significantly overpaying. A periodic…
Read MoreWhat Is Co-Managed IT & Is It Right for a Business That Already Has an IT Person?
Three Key Takeaways If your business already has an IT person on staff, you might assume your tech needs are covered. And for day-to-day fixes, they probably are. But as your company grows and threats multiply, one or two internal staffers often find themselves stretched dangerously thin. Before anyone knows it, they’re buried in support…
Read MoreGIS Cybersecurity for Local Government: Why Mapping Systems Are a Target in 2026
Three Key Takeaways: If you manage IT for a city, county or public agency, your GIS platform probably grew up outside the security spotlight. It started as a mapping tool for planners and engineers. Today it feeds 911 dispatch, utility operations, parcel records and emergency management. That shift is the reason why attackers have started…
Read MoreThe CMMC Pause: What Defense Contractors Need to Know
The Department of War’s (DoW) decision involving the pause in Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Phase 2 implementation has generated waves after waves of discussion across the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). If your inbox has filled up over the past week with breathless headlines claiming “CMMC is dead,” let’s clear the air right away: The…
Read MoreIndiana Municipalities and the Push for Vulnerability Reporting: What Cities Need to Know
Key Takeaways If you lead a city, town or county in Indiana, the state has made one thing clear: Cybersecurity is no longer optional. A series of attacks on local entities, including a ransomware incident at the Kokomo Public Library, pushed lawmakers to enact requirements for vulnerability reporting to all entities. The result is a…
Read MoreYou’re Paying for Microsoft 365: But Are You Actually Using It?
Three Key Takeaways Software like Microsoft 365 is one of the few line items that touches every employee in your company, and for most leadership teams, it gets renewed each year without much scrutiny. The subscription works. Email flows, files sync and meetings happen. But “it works” is not the same as “we are getting…
Read MoreStop Treating IT Like a Cost Center: How to Measure the ROI of Your Technology
Three Key Takeaways If you run a growing business or sign off on an IT budget, you have probably asked, “What are we actually getting for all this money?” Most leadership teams still review IT the way they review office supplies – as a bottomless cost center. Calculating the return on investment (ROI) of your…
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