Software teams count how many people could vanish before the work stops. In most small businesses the answer is one - and it’s usually the owner.
Stadiums rehearse their bad days; most small businesses never practise anything. Four scenarios, thirty minutes, a coffee - and a list of what would break.
No attacker required: a suspended account and a recovery email pointing at a dead mailbox will close your business. Know the way back in before you need it.
After a fire or flood, the insurer asks ‘what did you lose?’ - and you’ll answer from memory at the worst moment. An asset list is one afternoon.
My September posture numbers rose in every cohort. Of the 104 domains measured in both editions, seven changed anything. The rise is not real.
Every mine site keeps a room full of spares. Your business needs a shelf: keyboard, charger, a configured spare laptop and a UPS. Cheap uptime.
One internet connection is a single point of failure for your whole business. A second service - different supplier, different technology - fixes it.
A business partner lost his phone overseas - and the telco needed the number to verify the man asking about the number. Your MFA has the same loop.
Your laptop was stolen overnight. From a borrowed computer, get back into your business. The document that makes that possible is a run book.
