Posts by Chelsea Berk
How to Protect Your Business from AI Phishing Attacks
Cybercriminals have always used phishing to target businesses. But something changed in 2025 — and the consequences for small and mid-sized businesses are more serious than most people realize. Artificial intelligence is now being used to write phishing emails at scale. Not generic, obviously fake emails full of typos. Emails that are grammatically perfect, personally…
Read MoreWhat Is Penetration Testing? A Plain-English Guide for Small Businesses (2026)
At Cyberstone, one of the most common questions we hear from small business owners is simple: “Do I really need a penetration test?” Penetration testing — also called pen testing or ethical hacking — is a controlled, authorized simulation of a real cyberattack, designed to find the vulnerabilities in your systems before a malicious hacker…
Read MoreWhat Is Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM)? What Every Business Needs to Know
Your organization’s cybersecurity is only as strong as the weakest link in your vendor ecosystem. At Cyberstone, third party risk management is one of the most frequently overlooked gaps we find when working with small and mid-sized businesses — and increasingly, it is the gap that attackers exploit first. If you share data with vendors,…
Read MoreHIPAA Compliance Checklist for SMBs: What You Need to Know in 2026
If your organization handles protected health information — whether you are a medical practice, a healthcare vendor, a billing company, or any business that touches patient data — HIPAA compliance is not optional. At Cyberstone, we work with healthcare organizations and business associates across the country to build security programs that satisfy HIPAA requirements and…
Read MorevCISO vs. Full-Time CISO: Which Does Your Business Actually Need?
If you have been researching cybersecurity leadership options for your business, you have probably come across the term vCISO — short for Virtual Chief Information Security Officer. At Cyberstone, we work with small and mid-sized businesses every day who know they need stronger security leadership but are not sure whether a vCISO or a full-time…
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