Title: Five defenses that stop most SMB breaches
License for this issue only: You may repost or email this brief with attribution:
Source: ProfitWave Cyber Brief #01 — https://cliis.me/cyber/
Do not sell this free issue as your own paid product.
Most small digital businesses do not lose to “movie hackers.” They lose to stolen logins, fake invoices, and missing backups.
Shared Notion docs of passwords are incident fuel. One manager, unique passwords, done.
Email is the skeleton key. Bank, domain registrar, Stripe/Gumroad, cloud: MFA on. Prefer app/hardware over SMS when you can.
If a “vendor” emails new bank details mid-thread, call a number you already trust. Not the number in the email.
Untested backups fail during ransomware and accidental deletes. Restore a sample file this month.
Contractors keep access longer than anyone admits. Revoke SaaS + git + email the day the contract ends.
Want the full research pack? Scorecards, threat register, IR one-pager, disclosure playbook, vendor questionnaire:
SMB Cybersecurity Research Pack (2026) — https://cliis.me/cyber/
*Educational only. Not legal or compliance advice.*
Repost with attribution. Full pack: cliis.me/cyber