Osprey Cove Cyber

The Little Guy’s Guide to Not Getting Hacked

Here’s the thing nobody tells small business owners: the hackers aren’t only going after the big companies on the news. They’re going after you - the shop, the office, the practice with no IT department and nobody whose job it is to worry about this stuff. You’re not too small to be a target. You’re the preferred target, precisely because you’re busy running a business and nobody’s watching the back door.

I’m Brad. I’ve been in and around computers and security for a long time - I ran my own computer and network shop back when getting two machines to talk to each other was a genuine wrestling match, and I’ve spent the last 13 years doing security for a living. I’ve seen how this plays out for regular businesses, and I’ve watched a lot of good people get burned by things that would’ve taken five minutes to prevent.

Osprey Cove Cyber is the plain-English version of what I’d tell you if we were standing in your shop. No jargon. No fear-mongering to sell you something. No 40-page “framework.” Just one real thing at a time that you can actually do - explained like you’re a smart person who happens to have a business to run, not a security expert.

Every week: one threat that’s actually hitting businesses like yours, and the one thing to do about it. That’s the whole deal.

If you’ve got employees, a bank account, or a single email address, this is for you.

— Brad, Osprey Cove Cyber

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