In this episode, host Jethro Jones is joined by Kenny Gluck. Kenny, a senior IT consultant at isOutsource, shares insights on IT consulting, common cybersecurity threats, and essential security practices for small and medium-sized businesses. The discussion also covers the importance of endpoint detection and response, email protection software, and DNS filtering.

• Bridging the gap from IT needs to solutions
• Same things that are happening to big companies are happening to small companies.
• Emails - Phishing, Smishing (SMS)
• Social engineering attacks.
• Scrapers - bots and farmers
• Free practices that you can do as a small and medium-sized business owner. 
• To have good security, you do have to spend. 
• As a business owner, you should be paranoid about it! 
• Regular software updates
• Common sense privacy and browsing habits. 
• Core basic cybersecurity tools regardless of company size. 
• Endpoint Detection Response - EDR
• Email protection software - EPS
• DNS Filter - redirecting all web traffic to reputational rating of web sites
• Malicious links from compromised dropbox accounts
• VPN vs. DNS Filter. 

About Kenny Gluck

Kenny Gluck is Senior IT Consultant at ISOutsource. has over a decade of experience in the technology industry. He’s held technical and operational leadership roles at several IT service providers, where he’s worked with clients in nearly every industry from financial services to manufacturing. He’s passionate about building long term relationships with his business partners and helping them leverage technology to solve complex business challenges. He is currently an IT consultant where he gets to do the things he loves most about technology, make it work for his partners in a way that they can sleep securely knowing they have all the right security and tools.

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