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FEATURED BLOG ARTICLE

AUGUST  2026

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The 30-Day Notification Clock Every Business Should Know About

Notification laws have gotten a lot stricter. Are you ready?

 

Data breach notification laws now cover every state, plus D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Many states have moved to firm 30-day deadlines, and federal regulators have added their own layers on top. The businesses that handle a breach well are the ones who mapped out their obligations long before anything happened.

 

Do you know what triggers a notification requirement? Do you know who's on the hook? Read this and get the six steps to take the moment a breach is discovered.

Know Your Obligations

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Turn Your Team's Best Process Into Something Anyone Can Run

Read time: 3 mins

 

Your best processes shouldn't live in one person's head. SharePoint Skills let you describe a repeatable workflow once, in plain language, and hand it off to AI in SharePoint to run on demand, with your standards already built in. No code, no re-explaining, no waiting on the one person who knows how it's done.

See How Skills Work

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Mobile Security: What Actually Moves the Needle

Read time: 4 mins

 

More than two-thirds of employees now use a smartphone for work, and mobile-specific phishing tactics like smishing and quishing keep evolving to meet them there. The fix isn't complicated: employee awareness training, mobile threat defense tools, and phishing-resistant MFA cover most of the risk. This piece breaks down where mobile devices are most exposed and the practical steps that close the gap.

Strengthen Your Mobile Policy

Tech Tip

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Secure Score Moves Worth Prioritizing

 

Think of your Microsoft Secure Score less as a grade, more as a set of instructions. These five moves consistently deliver outsized gains.

  • Turn on multi-factor authentication. Still the single biggest lever for reducing account compromise risk.
  • Set up conditional access policies. Control who gets in, from where, and under what conditions.
  • Deploy Defender for Endpoint. Extend visibility and protection across every device on your network.
  • Configure Defender for Office 365. Catch phishing and malicious attachments before they reach an inbox.
  • Apply DLP policies. Keep sensitive data from leaving your organization, intentionally or not.

Not sure where to start? Open your Secure Score dashboard. Each recommendation comes with prerequisites, exact implementation steps, your current status, and links to learn more.

Find Your Next Quick Win

Events & Webinars

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AI in Physical Security: What Leaders Say Is Delivering Now—and What's Next

Webinar
August 18, 2026 | 10am-11am (CT)

Cloud-managed security is where AI in physical security is actually delivering results right now. Join HBS and Verkada as they break down findings from 2,700+ security leaders worldwide, separating what's real from what's hype, and share where AI still has room to grow over the next two years.

Register Here

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Tech on Tap | Wichita

August 20, 2026 | The Depot | Wichita, Kansas

Join HBS and Veeam for a look at staying secure and flexible as data spreads across more locations. Presentation and Q&A at 4:00, happy hour and networking after.

Save Your Spot

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Springfield Cardinals with Arista & HBS

August 27,, 2026 | Hammons Stadium | Springfield, Missouri

An evening of networking, suite-level seating, and complimentary food and drinks before first pitch at 6:35pm. Space is limited.

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