PathWise IT

10/07/2026

Somewhere in your business there is a spreadsheet full of passwords. Whatever form it takes, it is the thing standing between an attacker and everything you own.

A password manager is not an upgrade to that system. It is a replacement for a system that was never safe. Here is the case, objections included.

Full breakdown on the blog.

Somewhere in your business there is a spreadsheet full of passwords. Whatever it is, it is the thing standing between an attacker and everything you own.

09/23/2026

Everybody has backups until the day they need them. That is the day a lot of businesses discover the backups have been silently failing for months.

A backup you have never restored from is not a backup. It is a hope. Here is what a real restore test actually checks.

Full breakdown on the blog.

Everybody has backups until the day they need them. That is the day a lot of businesses discover the backups have been silently failing for months.

09/15/2026

🧑‍💻🎉 Happy National IT Professionals Day

Today we recognize the people who keep businesses running,
problems prevented,
and systems secure — often without much fanfare.

Your work matters more than most people realize.
Thank you for what you do. 🙌

09/09/2026

The employee's last day was Friday. On Monday, their email still works, their laptop is in a drawer, and nobody has touched their access to the file server.

A departing employee is a security event, whether they left on good terms or bad ones. Here is what usually gets missed.

Full breakdown on the blog.

The employee’s last day was Friday. On Monday, their email still works, their laptop is sitting in a drawer, and nobody has touched their access to the file server.

08/26/2026

You hired someone to run your IT. They are good. They are also one person, and they cannot be in two places at once.

Co-managed IT means your internal person keeps their job and gets a team behind them, instead of getting replaced by one. Here is who it actually fits.

Full breakdown on the blog.

You hired someone to run your IT. They are good. They are also one person, and they cannot be in two places at once.

08/12/2026

Your staff are already using AI at work. The only open question is whether they are doing it with any guidance from you.

An acceptable use policy does not need to be thirty pages. It needs to answer a few practical questions: what data never goes in, which tools are approved, and who owns the output.

Full breakdown on the blog.

Your staff are already using AI at work. The only open question is whether they are doing it with any guidance from you.

07/31/2026

🧑‍💻🛠️ Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day

To the people behind the scenes keeping everything running —
and only getting noticed when it doesn’t —
we see you. 🙌

Proud of the work our team does every day for our clients!

(And yes, we rebooted it already.)

07/29/2026

If you need any merchandise made for your company, The Customization Station is who you want to talk to!

07/29/2026

The first cyber insurance application you filled out was a page long. The renewal in front of you is not.

Insurers now ask about MFA, EDR, tested backups, and incident response plans, and the answers are conditions of coverage. Check a box for a control you do not actually have and you have created a reason for the claim to be denied.

Full breakdown on the blog.

The first cyber insurance application you filled out was a page long. The renewal sitting in front of you is not.

07/15/2026

You set up SPF years ago and never thought about it again. That is the problem.

SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are the records that tell Gmail and Outlook your mail is really from you. When they are missing or half-configured, spammers can impersonate your domain and your own legitimate email lands in spam.

Full breakdown on the blog.

You set up SPF years ago and never thought about it again. That is the problem.