Posts by Blake King
What 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 (Diaz, 2021). The result…
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…
Read MoreNIST and HIPAA Compliance Doesn’t Have to Slow You Down: A CEO’s Guide
For most people, compliance ultimately translates to friction. It is overhead, not strategy. It seems like red tape that adds another step to every process. However, when organizations neglect compliance, they expose themselves to concrete risks, such as data breaches that can lead to financial loss or regulatory penalties. Once woven within daily operations, compliance…
Read MoreCMMC in 2026: What Indiana Defense Contractors Need to Know Right Now
Top Three Takeaways What Indiana Defense Contractors Need to Know About CMMC in 2026 CMMC 2.0 enforcement is no longer a future concern for Indiana defense contractors: It’s a present contractual requirement. The Department of Defense finalized CMMC 2.0 in December 2024, and as of 2026, CMMC requirements are appearing in active solicitations and contract…
Read MoreTabletop Exercises: Why Having an Incident Response Plan Isn’t Enough
As a student, you remember fire drills at school. These drills helped teachers and students understand how to stay safe in case of an emergency. The same reasoning applies to tabletop exercises for organizations: These “drills” help teams go beyond a static incident response plan in case of a cybersecurity emergency. Let’s look at some…
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