Author name: Milo Muse

Picture this: it’s a busy Tuesday morning, and your internet goes out. Or your server won’t boot. Or every computer in the office grinds to a halt at once. For a few hours, nobody can take a payment, answer email, or look up a customer record. You think of it as an inconvenience — but

Most cyberattacks on small businesses don’t start with a hacker breaking through a firewall. They start with an email that looks completely normal — and one employee who clicks it. Phishing emails are the number one way criminals get into small business networks, and Frederick County businesses are no exception. The scams have gotten slick:

If you’re a small business owner in Frederick County, you probably started with “break-fix” IT: something breaks, you call someone to fix it. It seems simple and affordable—until it isn’t. Break-fix means you’re always reacting. There’s no one watching your systems, applying security updates, or catching small problems before they become big ones. For very