Five practical cybersecurity habits that small businesses can implement today — no big budget required. Password managers, MFA, the 3-2-1 backup rule, patching, and phishing awareness.
Category: Cybersecurity
Security best practices, threat prevention, and data protection strategies
Office Security Checklist for Cybersecurity Awareness Month
A free, printable office security checklist for Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026: passwords, MFA, scams, updates, backups and a plan for bad days.
Huntress EDR for Small Business: Who’s Watching at 4 AM?
Huntress EDR, Defender ASR rules, Action1 patching and remote monitoring: the four layers that keep watch on your office computers, and where to get them.
A Backup App Breach Hit Microsoft 365: What to Check
A cloud backup service was used to break into Microsoft 365 accounts. Here is what happened and a short checklist for small offices.
Security, à la carte: enterprise-grade protection for small business — one line item at a time
Our full managed-security stack — Huntress EDR, Managed ITDR for Microsoft 365, Action1 patching, and remote monitoring — sold per device, per month, with no bundles and no contracts. What each product does, what it costs, and how to build a stack.
Lock Down SSH in 10 Minutes: A Hardening Checklist for Linux
Key-only auth, no root, a non-default port, fail2ban, and a workflow that won’t lock you out — every box I run gets this same six-line hardening file.
Onboarding Day, Reinvented: How a New Client Gets Fully Protected Before Lunch
When you sign with Rainier IT, every device you own is provisioned, monitored, and backed up the same day — not three weeks later. Here’s exactly what runs, and why it matters for security.
What Huntress EDR Actually Does
A non-technical (then technical) walkthrough of Huntress Managed EDR — what it is, how it catches what antivirus misses, and the 2026 SMB breach numbers that explain why it ships on every plan.
Defender Is Free. Configuring It Correctly Is the Work.
Windows ships with Microsoft Defender. Every PC you own already has it. So why do small businesses still get breached at record rates? Because Microsoft ships Defender with permissive defaults, and most IT shops never tune them. Here’s exactly how we configure it for every client we manage.
5 Common Cybersecurity Mistakes Small Businesses Make
Small businesses are prime targets for cyberattacks. Hackers know that while large corporations have dedicated security teams, small businesses often have limited resources and less […]