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Cybersecurity Awareness

Articles on cybersecurity awareness cover the foundational knowledge individuals and organizations need to recognize and respond to digital threats. Topics include safe browsing habits, password hygiene, social engineering tactics, and building a security-first culture across teams.

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Computer Security Companies

Computer Security Companies: What They Won't Tell You

The Breach That $300K in Security Tools Didn't Stop In 2023, a mid-sized healthcare firm in the Midwest spent over $300,000 annually on products from multiple computer security companies. Endpoint detection, SIEM, email gateway filtering — the full stack. Then an employee clicked a phishing link inside a

Carl B. Johnson Feb 22, 2019 7 min read
Home Computer Security

How Can You Protect Your Home Computer in 2026

Last year, the FBI's IC3 received over 880,000 cybercrime complaints with losses exceeding $12.5 billion — and a massive chunk of those victims were everyday people on home computers. Not Fortune 500 companies. Not government agencies. Regular people who thought their home setup was too small to

Carl B. Johnson Feb 14, 2019 7 min read
Computer Virus Prevention

Computer Virus Prevention: 9 Steps That Actually Work

In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received over 880,000 complaints with potential losses exceeding $12.5 billion — a 22% increase from the year prior. A massive chunk of those incidents started with something deceptively simple: a computer virus delivered through a phishing email, a malicious

Carl B. Johnson Feb 14, 2019 7 min read
Computer Security Service

Computer Security Service: What Actually Works in 2026

The Breach That Started With a "Managed Security" Contract In 2024, Change Healthcare — a company with dedicated security vendors and enterprise-grade tools — suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted healthcare claims processing across the entire United States. UnitedHealth Group confirmed the breach affected roughly 100 million individuals. The attackers

Carl B. Johnson Feb 14, 2019 7 min read
Phishing Psychology

How Phishing Emails Work: The Psychology Behind the Click

Updated for 2026 A Single Email Cost This Company $121 Million In 2019, Rubin Schron's Cammeby's International Group wired $121 million to a fraudulent account after receiving what appeared to be a routine email from their attorney. The email was a phish. No malware. No zero-day

Carl B. Johnson Feb 02, 2019 7 min read