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A person opens an Incognito window on a work laptop. The browser turns dark, a hat-and-glasses icon appears, and the person searches for something they would rather keep private. Maybe it is a medical question. Maybe it ...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/personal-tips-what-private-browsing-actually-protects-you-from","title":"Personal Tips: What Private Browsing Actually Protects You From","summary":"A person opens an Incognito window on a work laptop. The browser turns dark, a hat-and-glasses icon appears, and the person searches for something they would rather keep private. Maybe it is a medical question. Maybe it ...","date_modified":"2026-09-23T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/quick-tip-use-immutable-backups-for-critical-data","html_content":"

Introduction: The backup that disappears on command

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Your sales team has two promising deals on the table. A large U.S. customer wants to review your SOC 2 report before signing. A European customer asks whether your company is certified to ISO/IEC 27001. Both opportunitie...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/soc-2-vs-iso-27001-which-framework-should-your-smb-pursue-first","title":"SOC 2 vs. ISO 27001: Which Framework Should Your SMB Pursue First","summary":"Your sales team has two promising deals on the table. A large U.S. customer wants to review your SOC 2 report before signing. A European customer asks whether your company is certified to ISO/IEC 27001. Both opportunitie...","date_modified":"2026-09-18T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/what-3-decades-of-password-advice-taught-me-about-human-behavior","html_content":"

In 2003, I was giving people the password advice most security professionals gave at the time: make it longer, mix upper- and lowercase letters, add a number and a symbol, and do not write it down. The logic seemed sound...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/what-3-decades-of-password-advice-taught-me-about-human-behavior","title":"What 3 Decades of Password Advice Taught Me About Human Behavior","summary":"In 2003, I was giving people the password advice most security professionals gave at the time: make it longer, mix upper- and lowercase letters, add a number and a symbol, and do not write it down. The logic seemed sound...","date_modified":"2026-09-16T13:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/understanding-identity-and-access-management-in-the-cloud","html_content":"

A cloud deployment is behind schedule. An application cannot reach a storage bucket, database, or secret. Someone grants it a broad administrator role “just long enough to get it working,” the deployment succeeds, and ev...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/understanding-identity-and-access-management-in-the-cloud","title":"Understanding Identity and Access Management in the Cloud","summary":"A cloud deployment is behind schedule. An application cannot reach a storage bucket, database, or secret. Someone grants it a broad administrator role “just long enough to get it working,” the deployment succeeds, and ev...","date_modified":"2026-09-14T13:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/nis2-is-here","html_content":"

What the EU’s Expanded Cybersecurity Directive Means for Your Business

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A parent sets a bedtime limit on a child’s phone, confirms that the game is blocked, and considers the job finished. Ten minutes later, the same child is playing on a tablet. The family laptop still opens the game’s webs...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/personal-tips-how-to-set-up-parental-controls-that-actually-work","title":"Personal Tips: How to Set Up Parental Controls That Actually Work","summary":"A parent sets a bedtime limit on a child’s phone, confirms that the game is blocked, and considers the job finished. Ten minutes later, the same child is playing on a tablet. The family laptop still opens the game’s webs...","date_modified":"2026-09-09T13:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/quick-tip-keep-an-asset-inventory-that-updates-itself","html_content":"

A serious vulnerability is announced on Tuesday morning. By lunch, someone asks the obvious question: “How many of our devices are affected?” The patching console reports 94 percent coverage. The endpoint security dashbo...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/quick-tip-keep-an-asset-inventory-that-updates-itself","title":"Quick-Tip: Keep an Asset Inventory That Updates Itself","summary":"A serious vulnerability is announced on Tuesday morning. By lunch, someone asks the obvious question: “How many of our devices are affected?” The patching console reports 94 percent coverage. The endpoint security dashbo...","date_modified":"2026-09-07T13:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/managed-siem-vs-self-managed-siem","html_content":"

What Your Team Size Should Tell You

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I had been explaining social engineering attacks for years before someone ran one on me successfully. I knew the definitions. I knew the warning signs. I had taught people to question urgent requests, inspect links, and ...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/how-a-single-phone-call-changed-the-way-i-think-about-social-eng","title":"How a Single Phone Call Changed the Way I Think About Social Eng.","summary":"I had been explaining social engineering attacks for years before someone ran one on me successfully. I knew the definitions. I knew the warning signs. I had taught people to question urgent requests, inspect links, and ...","date_modified":"2026-09-02T13:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/the-basics-of-cryptography-for-it-leaders","html_content":"

Keys, Certificates, and Why They Break

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/the-basics-of-cryptography-for-it-leaders","title":"The Basics of Cryptography for IT Leaders","summary":"Keys, Certificates, and Why They Break","date_modified":"2026-08-31T13:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/fake-ransomware-recovery-services","html_content":"

When the Company You Call After an Attack Is the Problem

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/fake-ransomware-recovery-services","title":"Fake Ransomware Recovery Services","summary":"When the Company You Call After an Attack Is the Problem","date_modified":"2026-08-28T13:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/personal-tips-how-to-opt-out-of-data-broker-sites","html_content":"

Search for your name online and you may find a page that knows more about you than some of your neighbors do. It may list your current address, former addresses, phone numbers, approximate age, relatives, and people who ...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/personal-tips-how-to-opt-out-of-data-broker-sites","title":"Personal Tips: How to Opt Out of Data Broker Sites","summary":"Search for your name online and you may find a page that knows more about you than some of your neighbors do. It may list your current address, former addresses, phone numbers, approximate age, relatives, and people who ...","date_modified":"2026-08-26T13:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/quick-tip-lock-down-remote-access-before-you-need-it","html_content":"

It is 9:30 p.m. A server is down, customers cannot reach an application, and the one person who knows how to fix it is at home. Someone proposes the fastest answer: open a firewall port, install a remote-support utility,...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/quick-tip-lock-down-remote-access-before-you-need-it","title":"Quick-Tip: Lock Down Remote Access Before You Need It","summary":"It is 9:30 p.m. A server is down, customers cannot reach an application, and the one person who knows how to fix it is at home. Someone proposes the fastest answer: open a firewall port, install a remote-support utility,...","date_modified":"2026-08-24T13:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/automated-pen-test-vs-manual-pen-test-when-its-appropriate","html_content":"

Three vendors send proposals for a penetration test. One offers an annual platform subscription. Another proposes two consultants for three weeks. The third describes a red-team campaign built around stealing a specific ...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/automated-pen-test-vs-manual-pen-test-when-its-appropriate","title":"Automated Pen Test vs. Manual Pen Test: When It's Appropriate","summary":"Three vendors send proposals for a penetration test. One offers an annual platform subscription. Another proposes two consultants for three weeks. The third describes a red-team campaign built around stealing a specific ...","date_modified":"2026-08-21T13:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/what-my-background-in-operational-technology-taught-me","html_content":"

That IT Never Could

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And Why Do Traditional Security Tools Miss It?

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JavaScript Skimmers Are Hiding in Plain Sight on Your Checkout Page

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/formjackings-new-look","title":"Formjacking's New Look","summary":"JavaScript Skimmers Are Hiding in Plain Sight on Your Checkout Page","date_modified":"2026-08-14T13:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/personal-tips-what-to-do-if-your-social-media-account-is-hacked","html_content":"

Introduction

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A vendor sends your accounting team a file on a USB drive. A field technician needs to load firmware onto a machine. Someone in IT creates recovery media for a laptop that will not boot. One legitimate request becomes th...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/quick-tip-block-untrusted-usb-storage","title":"Quick-Tip: Block Untrusted USB Storage","summary":"A vendor sends your accounting team a file on a USB drive. A field technician needs to load firmware onto a machine. Someone in IT creates recovery media for a laptop that will not boot. One legitimate request becomes th...","date_modified":"2026-08-10T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/zero-trust-vs-defense-in-depth","html_content":"

Are These Competing Philosophies or Complementary Ones?

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A business leader asks a reasonable question: “If we buy this product and implement it correctly, will it stop the attack?” The room gets quiet. Everyone knows that the project has a budget, a deadline, and probably an e...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/why-i-refuse-to-use-the-word-foolproof-in-a-security-conversation","title":"Why I Refuse to Use the Word Foolproof in a Security Conversation","summary":"A business leader asks a reasonable question: “If we buy this product and implement it correctly, will it stop the attack?” The room gets quiet. Everyone knows that the project has a budget, a deadline, and probably an e...","date_modified":"2026-08-05T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/understanding-dmarc","html_content":"

Why Every Business Domain Needs Email Authentication

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What This Security Incident Means for the Rest of Us

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Your phone buzzes while you are carrying groceries into the house. An email says your credit card was declined and your latest order will be canceled unless you update the payment method now. The logo looks right. Your n...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/personal-tips-how-to-recognize-a-phishing-email-in-under-30-sec","title":"Personal Tips: How to Recognize a Phishing Email in Under 30 Sec.","summary":"Your phone buzzes while you are carrying groceries into the house. An email says your credit card was declined and your latest order will be canceled unless you update the payment method now. The logo looks right. Your n...","date_modified":"2026-07-29T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/quick-tip-set-a-10-minute-screen-lock-everywhere","html_content":"

Someone steps away from a laptop to refill coffee, answer a question, or rescue a document from the printer. The computer stays behind with email open, cloud applications authenticated, customer files available, and a ch...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/quick-tip-set-a-10-minute-screen-lock-everywhere","title":"Quick-Tip: Set a 10-Minute Screen Lock Everywhere","summary":"Someone steps away from a laptop to refill coffee, answer a question, or rescue a document from the printer. The computer stays behind with email open, cloud applications authenticated, customer files available, and a ch...","date_modified":"2026-07-27T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/email-archiving-vs-email-backup","html_content":"

Why the Difference Matters for Compliance and Legal Hold

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I once had to help sort through a firewall change that nobody could immediately explain. The logs showed when the change happened. They showed what account made it. According to the system, admin did it.

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/killing-shared-accounts-without-killing-productivity","title":"Killing Shared Accounts (Without Killing Productivity)","summary":"I once had to help sort through a firewall change that nobody could immediately explain. The logs showed when the change happened. They showed what account made it. According to the system, admin did it.","date_modified":"2026-07-22T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/what-is-a-vulnerability-assessment","html_content":"

How Is It Different From a Penetration Test?

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/what-is-a-vulnerability-assessment","title":"What Is a Vulnerability Assessment","summary":"How Is It Different From a Penetration Test?","date_modified":"2026-07-20T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/the-sec-cyber-disclosure-rules","html_content":"

What Every Public Company Must Now Report

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/the-sec-cyber-disclosure-rules","title":"The SEC Cyber Disclosure Rules","summary":"What Every Public Company Must Now Report","date_modified":"2026-07-17T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/personal-tips-set-up-automatic-updates-on-every-device-you-own","html_content":"

We have all seen it: your phone wants to update right when you are trying to leave the house. Your laptop wants to restart five minutes before a video call. Your smart TV asks for a software update when all you wanted to...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/personal-tips-set-up-automatic-updates-on-every-device-you-own","title":"Personal Tips: Set Up Automatic Updates on Every Device You Own","summary":"We have all seen it: your phone wants to update right when you are trying to leave the house. Your laptop wants to restart five minutes before a video call. Your smart TV asks for a software update when all you wanted to...","date_modified":"2026-07-15T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/quick-tip-remove-local-admin-rights-from-most-users","html_content":"

A user downloads a fake browser update. Another installs a free PDF utility because they need to merge two files before a meeting. Someone else clicks through a prompt because the software said it needed “administrator a...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/quick-tip-remove-local-admin-rights-from-most-users","title":"Quick-Tip: Remove Local Admin Rights From Most Users","summary":"A user downloads a fake browser update. Another installs a free PDF utility because they need to merge two files before a meeting. Someone else clicks through a prompt because the software said it needed “administrator a...","date_modified":"2026-07-13T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/hardware-based-mfa-vs-software-based-mfa","html_content":"

The Security vs. Convenience Tradeoff Quantified

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A public-facing exposure has a way of making an ordinary Tuesday feel very loud.

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/from-shodan-finding-to-fixed-exposure-a-field-playbook","title":"From Shodan Finding to Fixed Exposure: A Field Playbook","summary":"A public-facing exposure has a way of making an ordinary Tuesday feel very loud.","date_modified":"2026-07-08T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/how-threat-actors-monetize-compromised-business-data","html_content":"

What Happens After the Breach

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The Malware Hiding in Your Toolbar

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/browser-extension-supply-chain-attacks","title":"Browser Extension Supply Chain Attacks","summary":"The Malware Hiding in Your Toolbar","date_modified":"2026-07-01T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/personal-tips-how-to-secure-your-google-account-with-the-app","html_content":"

Most people think of their Google Account as email. Attackers do not. To an attacker, your Google Account may be a master key: Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos, contacts, calendar, phone backups, YouTube, saved payment...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/personal-tips-how-to-secure-your-google-account-with-the-app","title":"Personal Tips: How to Secure Your Google Account With the APP","summary":"Most people think of their Google Account as email. Attackers do not. To an attacker, your Google Account may be a master key: Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos, contacts, calendar, phone backups, YouTube, saved payment...","date_modified":"2026-06-29T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/quick-tip-turn-on-tamper-protection-for-endpoint-security-tools","html_content":"

Picture the worst possible moment to discover that your endpoint security tool can be turned off with a few clicks. It is not during a quiet Tuesday maintenance window. It is not while you are calmly reviewing policy set...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/quick-tip-turn-on-tamper-protection-for-endpoint-security-tools","title":"Quick-Tip: Turn On Tamper Protection for Endpoint Security Tools","summary":"Picture the worst possible moment to discover that your endpoint security tool can be turned off with a few clicks. It is not during a quiet Tuesday maintenance window. It is not while you are calmly reviewing policy set...","date_modified":"2026-06-26T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/phishing-simulation-vs-phishing-incident-response-training","html_content":"

What Actually Builds Resilience

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Some lessons arrive in a conference room. Some arrive in a board packet. Some arrive through a training course with a slide deck, a quiz, and just enough stock photography to make everyone question their career choices.

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/when-an-auditor-infected-the-network-the-day-my-mindset-changed","title":"When an Auditor Infected the Network: The Day My Mindset Changed","summary":"Some lessons arrive in a conference room. Some arrive in a board packet. Some arrive through a training course with a slide deck, a quiz, and just enough stock photography to make everyone question their career choices.","date_modified":"2026-06-22T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/understanding-the-principles-of-least-privilege","html_content":"

What They Mean and How to Actually Implement Them

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What the Change Healthcare Attack Changed Forever

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Imagine a stranger offers to carry all of your mail, for free, forever. Every letter, every bill, every postcard from your aunt. They will deliver it wherever it needs to go and never charge you a dime. Generous, right? ...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/personal-tips-understanding-the-risks-of-free-vpn-apps","title":"Personal Tips: Understanding the Risks of Free VPN Apps","summary":"Imagine a stranger offers to carry all of your mail, for free, forever. Every letter, every bill, every postcard from your aunt. They will deliver it wherever it needs to go and never charge you a dime. Generous, right? ...","date_modified":"2026-06-15T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/quick-tip-standardize-security-alerts-so-they-don%E2%80%99t-get-ignored","html_content":"

Here is a statistic that should make any IT leader pause. According to Prophet Security’s State of AI in the SOC 2025, a survey of 282 security leaders, the average organization processes 960 security alerts every single...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/quick-tip-standardize-security-alerts-so-they-don%E2%80%99t-get-ignored","title":"Quick-Tip: Standardize Security Alerts So They Don’t Get Ignored","summary":"Here is a statistic that should make any IT leader pause. According to Prophet Security’s State of AI in the SOC 2025, a survey of 282 security leaders, the average organization processes 960 security alerts every single...","date_modified":"2026-06-12T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/dark-web-monitoring-services-vs-threat-intelligence-platforms","html_content":"

What Do You Actually Get?

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In November 2025, an Australian court sentenced a 44-year-old man to seven years and four months in prison for running evil twin Wi-Fi attacks at airports and on domestic flights. His method was not elaborate. He carried...

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/public-wi-fi-private-consequences","title":"Public Wi-Fi, Private Consequences","summary":"In November 2025, an Australian court sentenced a 44-year-old man to seven years and four months in prison for running evil twin Wi-Fi attacks at airports and on domestic flights. His method was not elaborate. He carried...","date_modified":"2026-06-08T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/what-is-a-man-in-the-middle-attack","html_content":"

How Does Your Business Prevent One?

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/what-is-a-man-in-the-middle-attack","title":"What Is a Man-in-the-Middle Attack","summary":"How Does Your Business Prevent One?","date_modified":"2026-06-05T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/ai-agents-with-too-much-access","html_content":"

The Model Context Protocol Security Problem

","url":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/ai-agents-with-too-much-access","title":"AI Agents With Too Much Access","summary":"The Model Context Protocol Security Problem","date_modified":"2026-06-03T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://pierson-tech.com/blogs/f/personal-tips-how-to-protect-yourself-from-qr-code-scams","html_content":"

Introduction

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I have already told this story once. If you read The Day I Became an MFA Believer, you know the details: an attacker created a near-perfect impersonation of our CFO’s email address, changing just two letters in the displ...

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