TECH TUESDAY

Does It Operates in the Open, Governed and Aligned with Your Business? AI is already embedded in the daily work of your firm. Employees use it to draft emails, summarize documents, write code, analyze data, and answer client questions. Some use sanctioned tools. Many use whatever is free and convenient. Leaders who assume their teams are not using AI are operating on hope, not evidence. This moment mirrors the early days of cloud adoption. Tools spread faster than policies. C

Cyber threats evolve every year, yet one attack method continues to cause more direct financial loss to small and mid-sized businesses than any other: Business Email Compromise, or BEC. It is not flashy. It does not rely on sophisticated malware. It does not require a dramatic breach. Instead, BEC exploits something far more reliable, trust. A message appears to come from a managing partner, a client, or a trusted vendor. It requests a payment change, a wire transfer, or sens

There was a time not so long ago when businesses could deploy technology, confirm it worked, and move on. Servers were installed, software was licensed, networks were configured, and the prevailing assumption was that, barring a failure, the environment would continue serving the business indefinitely. That era is over. Today’s technology environments are dynamic ecosystems. Cloud platforms evolve monthly. Security threats adapt daily. Software vendors change pricing, feature