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Security + Compliance

The form, the rule, the phish, and what each one asks of a practice or a firm.

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Two cups on the table by the window
Security + Compliance
Do you really have cyber insurance?

Ask an owner and the answer is usually yes. Look at the policy and it is often a small line on another policy, with a limit smaller than the losses it is meant to cover.

November 2026 · Ingram Leedy · 5 min read
Bill at a laptop in the Orlando lounge
Security + Compliance
Texting from Microsoft Teams: what it takes, and what to do once you're approved

The registration, the one rule about what it is for, and what to do once you're approved.

October 2026 · Bill Sands · 2 min read
The library in the Orlando office, empty for a minute
Security + Compliance
The form your insurer sent, question by question

Every fall the same envelope arrives, and it is never addressed to the person who can answer it.

October 2026 · Chris Bridges · 1 min read
HIPAA does not require encryption. Encrypt anyway.
Security + Compliance

The Security Rule calls encryption addressable, not required. Here is what that word means, and why an encrypted laptop never becomes a reportable breach.

October 2026 · Protected Trust · 2 min read
Security + Compliance
Nine signs an email is a phish

In 2020 I ran a phishing attack on camera, from the attacker's chair and then from the victim's, to show how little it takes to give away a password.

October 2026 · Sean Jacobs · 2 min read
On the sofa with a laptop, going through an email
Security + Compliance
What a phishing test looks like

The emails a good test sends, and what happens when someone clicks.

October 2026 · Protected Trust · 2 min read
Down the corridor between offices
Security + Compliance
GDPR and Law 25 do not require your data to leave the US

Usually your data can stay where it is. Here is what the two laws actually ask.

October 2026 · Protected Trust · 2 min read

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