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We Were Breached, Do We Have to Tell Anyone?

Take a few hours, look at your data, and submit an online form. That’s all you may have to do!

For this article, our focus is on small to medium sized businesses based in Massachusetts.
First, if you leaked thousands of Social Security numbers, then this article isn’t for you.

But what if your breach was small?
Your breach may be relatively small. Perhaps your email was compromised, a file was misdirected, a laptop is hopelessly lost, or a google drive folder was shared too broadly.

You may be thinking:
“It only affected a few people” or
“I don’t think anyone was affected” or
“I don’t have social security numbers or credit cards in my email”

It is completely reasonable in most small breach situations, to just follow a few simple steps.

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We Were Breached, Do We Have to Tell Anyone? We define ourselves by our experience, reliability, and performance. Our tagline “define design deploy” encapsulates how we deliver these virtues to our customers.

Guest Networks: They will help themselves if you don’t give them one.

"It’s still remains uncommon for organizations to have a guest network – particularly smaller ones. When there is no guest network, guess which network everyone and their brother will join? Although this might not seem like a big security risk, primary network passwords are often shared which leads to inappropriate devices in your secure work zone." (read more)

Guest Networks: They will help themselves if you don’t give them one We define ourselves by our experience, reliability, and performance. Our tagline “define design deploy” encapsulates how we deliver these virtues to our customers.