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Guides on cybersecurity, business verification, and OSINT — written for people making real decisions, not security researchers.

May 30, 2026·3 min read

Why I Left the Operating Room to Build a Cybersecurity Company

Marine. Surgical tech. Now I run a security and web intelligence company out of Mississippi. The thread through all of it is the same thing.

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May 29, 2026·3 min read

How to Verify a Business Before You Wire Money or Sign Anything

Most business fraud relies on a single assumption: that you won't check. Here's what checking actually looks like — and how long it takes.

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May 28, 2026·4 min read

I Sent 600 Security Reports Last Month. Here's What Happened.

Most of them opened it. Almost none of them called. I understand why — and I want to be straight with you about what this whole thing actually is.

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May 27, 2026·3 min read

The Math Behind a HIPAA Fine (And Why It Should Change How You Think About Security)

A HIPAA violation fine starts at $100 per record. If a breach exposes 500 patient records, that's $50,000 minimum — before attorneys, notification costs, or the federal investigation.

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May 26, 2026·3 min read

What I Found on a Dental Office's Website Last Week

Open admin port. No DMARC record. An SSL certificate that expired four months ago. They had no idea. Their IT guy had "handled it" two years ago.

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May 24, 2026·6 min read

What a Website SEO Audit Actually Shows (And Why Your Rankings Are Stuck)

Most small business websites are losing traffic not because the product is wrong or the copy is bad, but because of technical issues that are invisible to the owner and obvious to Google.

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May 22, 2026·4 min read

How to Verify a Business Before You Wire Money or Sign a Contract

Business fraud is not sophisticated. Most of it relies on a simple assumption: that you will not check. Here is what checking actually looks like.

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May 20, 2026·5 min read

Why Small Businesses Are Prime Targets for Cyberattacks (And What to Do About It)

Attackers do not go after the hardest targets. They go after the easiest ones. For most cybercriminals, that means small businesses — and the gap between what small businesses think their risk is and what it actually is tends to be significant.

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