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Cyber Security

Former employee cybersecurity risk illustration showing a Great Dane dog in an office beside an offboarding checklist and a box of work belongings, highlighting insider threats, account access risks, and the security dangers posed by former employees retaining access to company systems.

Former Employee Cybersecurity Risk: Why the Person Who Already Left May Still Have the Keys

Cyber Security, IT Services /

Author: Ami DePierro | Co-Founder, 2 Dog Digital Ami DePierro is Co-Founder of 2 Dog Digital and a former U.S. Marine Intelligence Analyst who brings analytical precision to cybersecurity strategy for small and mid-sized businesses across the Raleigh/Triangle area. Digit is the voice. Ami is the author. Table of Contents The Breach Nobody Planned For

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Cybersecurity awareness image showing a Great Dane beside a smartphone authenticator app and laptop login approval screen, with text stating "MFA is NOT OPTIONAL" to promote multi-factor authentication and account security.

Multi-Factor Authentication for Small Business: Why MFA Is Not Optional

IT Services, Business Email Compromise, Cyber Security, MFA, Proactive IT Monitoring /

Author: Ami DePierro | Co-Founder, 2 Dog Digital Ami DePierro is Co-Founder of 2 Dog Digital and a former U.S. Marine Intelligence Analyst who brings analytical precision to cybersecurity strategy for small and mid-sized businesses across the Raleigh/Triangle area. Digit is the voice. Ami is the author. Table of Contents Your Password Is Going to

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Great Dane and Scottish Terrier sitting at an office desk with a laptop, smartphone, and BYOD checklist, promoting small business data protection under the headline “BYOD Policy for Small Business: Protect Company Data.”

BYOD Policy for Small Business: Protect Company Data

Cyber Security, BYOD, Compliance /

Author: Ami DePierro | Co-Founder, 2 Dog Digital  Ami DePierro is Co-Founder of 2 Dog Digital and a former US Marine Intelligence Analyst who brings analytical precision to cybersecurity strategy for small and mid-sized businesses across the Raleigh/Triangle area. Digit is the voice. Ami is the author. Table of Contents Add a header to begin

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A Great Dane named Digit gives a high‑five to a Scottish Terrier wearing a blue bow tie in an office setting, symbolizing teamwork and trust verification under the headline “Zero Trust for Small Business: What It Actually Means,” with a whiteboard listing “Verify Identity, Verify Device, Verify Access.”

Zero Trust for Small Business: What It Actually Means Without the Buzzwords

Cyber Security, Zero Trust /

Author: Ami DePierro | Co-Founder, 2 Dog Digital  Ami DePierro is Co-Founder of 2 Dog Digital and a former US Marine Intelligence Analyst who brings analytical precision to cybersecurity strategy for small and mid-sized businesses across the Raleigh/Triangle area. Digit is the voice. Ami is the author. Table of Contents Add a header to begin

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Two office dogs—a Great Dane named Digit and a Scottish Terrier with a blue bow—review a vendor checklist and laptop under the headline “Supply Chain Attacks Explained,” symbolizing cybersecurity awareness and vendor risk management.

Supply Chain Attacks: Why Hackers Are Coming Through Your Vendors to Get to You

Cyber Security, Supply Chain /

Author: Ami DePierro | Co-Founder, 2 Dog Digital  Ami DePierro is Co-Founder of 2 Dog Digital and a former US Marine Intelligence Analyst who brings analytical precision to cybersecurity strategy for small and mid-sized businesses across the Raleigh/Triangle area. Digit is the voice. Ami is the author. Table of Contents Add a header to begin

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Scottish Terrier with a blue bow resting on a network firewall device labeled “2 Dog Digital,” beside a coffee mug reading “Good intentions have limits,” symbolizing small‑business cybersecurity awareness.

Firewall Basics for Small Business: What It Does, What It Doesn’t

Cyber Security /

Author: Ami DePierro | Co-Founder, 2 Dog Digital  Ami DePierro is Co-Founder of 2 Dog Digital and a former US Marine Intelligence Analyst who brings analytical precision to cybersecurity strategy for small and mid-sized businesses across the Raleigh/Triangle area. Digit is the voice. Ami is the author. Table of Contents Add a header to begin

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Digit the Great Dane and Dottie the Scottie watch through an office window as a cat runs autonomous AI-powered cyberattacks unattended

AI-Powered Cyberattacks Just Got Smarter. Agentic AI Is Why.

AI, AI for Business, Cyber Security, Hacking /

Author: Ami DePierro | Co-Founder, 2 Dog Digital  Ami DePierro is Co-Founder of 2 Dog Digital and a former US Marine Intelligence Analyst who brings analytical precision to cybersecurity strategy for small and mid-sized businesses across the Raleigh/Triangle area. Digit is the voice. Ami is the author. Table of Contents Add a header to begin

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Three office‑setting animals—a Great Dane, a Scottish Terrier with a blue ribbon, and a black cat labeled “Data”—illustrate a cybersecurity concept about infostealer malware threats.

Infostealer Malware: The Credential Threat Most Small Businesses Have Never Heard Of

Cyber Security, Hacking, Malware, Scams /

Author: Ami DePierro | Co-Founder, 2 Dog Digital  Ami DePierro is Co-Founder of 2 Dog Digital and a former US Marine Intelligence Analyst who brings analytical precision to cybersecurity strategy for small and mid-sized businesses across the Raleigh/Triangle area. Digit is the voice. Ami is the author. Table of Contents The Password Heist You Did

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Great Dane guarding a padlocked industrial door with a glowing slot and a reaching hand, symbolizing EDR detection and response.

A No-Nonsense Guide to Endpoint Protection for Small Business in 2026

Cyber Security, Anti-virus, EDR, Endpoint Protection, Ransomware /

One Device. That’s All It Takes. Tuesday morning. Raleigh office. Your office manager opens a vendor email, clicks a PDF, and by noon your network is encrypted. Every screen in the building shows a ransom note. The phones stopped working an hour ago and nobody knows where the customer records went. That is not a

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A cybersecurity awareness graphic about Business Email Compromise, comparing a legitimate-looking vendor email with a fraudulent version that uses a subtly altered sender address, with two dogs sitting at the bottom of the image.

Business Email Compromise Is Draining Small Business Bank Accounts. Here’s What You’re Missing.

Cyber Security, Business Email Compromise, Email, Uncategorized /

That Email From Your Vendor? Read It Again. Your accounts payable person got an email this morning. Looked exactly like the one from your roofing supplier. Same logo. Same sign-off. Same tone she has seen forty times before. It says they changed banks. Pay the new account for the invoice due Friday. She paid it.

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