by Laura Schomaker | Feb 24, 2026 | cyber security, MSP
If you’ve applied for cyber insurance recently or plan to renew soon, you’ve likely noticed one control that keeps coming up again and again: multi‑factor authentication (MFA). For many small and mid‑size businesses, MFA has leaped from a “best practice” to a...
by Laura Schomaker | Jan 28, 2026 | cyber security, MSP
If you run an SMB, you’ve probably felt it: cyber insurance keeps getting harder to qualify for, more expensive to renew, and more confusing to maintain. But the biggest shift this year isn’t rising premiums — it’s the wave of unexpected mid-term cyber insurance...
by Laura Schomaker | Jan 21, 2026 | cyber security, MSP
Most businesses assume their cyber insurance will protect them when a breach occurs—until an insurer denies their claim because of something as simple and preventable as missing multi-factor authentication (MFA). Across the industry, insurers are rejecting claims at...
by Laura Schomaker | Jan 13, 2026 | Budgeting, cyber security, MSP
Cyber insurance premiums have climbed sharply over the past few years, intensely pressuring CFOs and budget-minded business leaders. In fact, global cyber insurance premiums reached nearly $15 billion in 2024 — a 7% increase from the previous year, according to the...
by Laura Schomaker | Jan 7, 2026 | cyber security, MSP
Most SMBs realize they’re not compliant with cyber insurance only when it’s too late—either when an insurer denies their application or, worse, after they have already experienced an incident. With insurers now rejecting 41% of first-time SMB applications, qualifying...
by Laura Schomaker | Dec 18, 2025 | AI, cyber security, MSP
Every January, headlines promise “game-changing” tech trends for SMBs. By February, most small business owners in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia are overwhelmed by buzzwords—AI, blockchain, metaverse—and they wonder what’s actually relevant for a company...
