TECH TUESDAY

As 2025 draws to a close, it’s worth taking a step back and looking at the year with a clear, unsentimental eye. Not at the buzzwords or the vendor noise, but at the real forces that shaped how small and midsize businesses used technology, defended their data, and kept operations running smoothly. Cybersecurity did not stand still this year, far from it. Threats grew more sophisticated; regulations tightened, insurers became more demanding, and the line between “IT issue” and

The Securities and Exchange Commission has quietly done something very loud. With its 2024 amendments to Regulation S-P, the SEC has turned what used to be a fairly high-level privacy rule into a detailed playbook for how financial firms must prepare for, detect, respond to, and document cybersecurity incidents. The changes touch incident response, vendor oversight, record keeping, and breach notification timelines in ways that many covered firms are still digesting. For Roar

To one degree or another, speed has always mattered in business, but in today’s technology-driven environment, it is nothing short of essential. A slow response to a simple IT issue no longer means mild inconvenience. It has an impact on security, stalls revenue, erodes staff confidence, delays client deliverables, and creates operational drag that becomes a silent, yet persistent, tax on the entire organization. The irony is that many firms experience these slowdowns daily w

Back in 2020, when the pandemic struck, businesses of every size raced to the cloud. The sudden need for remote access, flexible collaboration, and minimal on-premise dependency made cloud adoption not just a convenience but a necessity. For many small and mid-sized firms, this rapid migration kept operations running and teams connected. But that first phase of the cloud journey, the lift-and-shift sprint, is over. Now, leaders are realizing something important: moving to the

An office move is one of the most demanding projects a business can take on. It’s exciting, new space, new energy, new possibilities, but also fraught with risk. While leadership focuses on leases, design, and logistics, technology is often treated as an afterthought. That’s where trouble begins. The reality is that a successful move depends on more than movers and boxes. It hinges on whether your firm can open its doors on Monday morning with phones ringing, Wi-Fi humming, a

Ask anyone who’s recently lost business to a competitor, and they’ll tell you: compliance has evolved far beyond checklists and regulations. Today, it’s a strategic advantage, an unmistakable sign of a company’s integrity, maturity, and respect for the people and partners it serves. In short, it’s something every potential client wants to see. At Roark Tech Services, we’ve long believed that compliance and security are inseparable. Together, they form the quiet foundation of

When it comes to cybersecurity, prevention gets all the attention. Firewalls, endpoint protection, and AI-driven threat detection dominate the headlines, and for good reason. But ask any business that’s survived a ransomware attack or system-wide outage what really saved them, and you’ll hear the same answer: their backups. At Roark Tech Services, we’ve seen firsthand that backup and recovery are not just technical processes, they’re the foundation of business resilience. Yet

Cybersecurity is rarely defeated in a single blow. Most breaches occur because of gaps, the space between tools, teams, or decisions. One alert ignored here, one patch delayed there, and suddenly a small issue becomes a major incident. The truth is simple: strong security isn’t built on a single tool; it’s built on layers. This week, as part of Roark Tech Services’ Cybersecurity Awareness Month series, we turn our attention to the modern technology stack, the collection of in

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