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Happy Election Day
Happy Election Day. Polls in Ohio are open today, Tuesday, November 3, from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Go vote!
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Cybersecurity
Election Week Scams to Warn Your Staff About
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3. Election week also brings scam texts, copycat fundraising emails, look-alike voter pages and fake robocalls. Here's what's likely to reach your staff, and the rule I'd give them before Tuesday.
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Compliance
Cyber Insurance Questionnaires: How to Answer Honestly and Pass
Most cyber insurance questionnaires assume controls that plenty of small businesses only partly have. Here's what the underwriter is asking behind each question, and how I'd answer honestly when the true answer is partly.
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Choosing an IT Provider
Questions to Ask Before You Sign With an IT Provider
These are the questions I'd ask any IT provider before signing, including us. For each one, here's what it tells you and which answers should make you slow down.
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IT Strategy
One Year After Windows 10 End of Support: What Still Needs Fixing
Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 10 a year ago today, and plenty of businesses still have machines running it. Here's what that means for your security and your cyber insurance, and how I'd decide which machines to deal with first.
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Cybersecurity
The Five Security Things That Actually Matter for Small Businesses
Most cybersecurity advice is written for companies with a security team. These are the five things I'd put in place first at a small business, in order, with the question to ask your IT provider about each one.
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Company News
Tech Dynamix Named a Top 5 Emerging Business in the 2026 Fast Track 50
Tech Dynamix has been named one of the top 5 Emerging Businesses in the 2026 Lake-Geauga Fast Track 50. The company will be recognized at the awards banquet on November 5, 2026.
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Guides & Checklists
Q4 IT Planning Checklist for Small Business Owners
Q4 is the best quarter to plan your technology and the one where it usually gets skipped. Here's the checklist I'd work through before the busy season. None of it requires you to be technical.
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How to Perform a Healthcare Security Risk Assessment
A healthcare security risk assessment is a documented review of where patient data lives and what could put it at risk. Here is how we run one with practices, step by step, from scope through a remediation plan, with a HIPAA checklist you can keep using each year.
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Managed IT Services Contract Terms Explained for 2026
Most owners read the monthly rate and skim the rest, but the real risk sits in the fine print. Here's how to read the SLA, term length, exit clause and data ownership terms before you sign.
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Choosing an IT Provider
How to Read Your IT Invoice, and What Should Be On It
A lot of owners can't say what their IT bill is actually for. Here's how to read yours line by line, and the four line items worth questioning on the one you already have.
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Automated IT Security Policy Compliance System Guide
An automated compliance system checks your devices and accounts against your security policies and keeps the proof that each control works. Here is how we set one up, from mapping your policies to producing evidence an auditor can read, including what HIPAA and NIST 800-171 actually ask for.
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