HIPAA Security Rule Update on Hold | Paradigm IT Group
The Big HIPAA Security Update Is on Hold. The Current Rule Isn't. In January 2025, the federal government proposed the biggest update to the HIPAA Security Rule in more than…
Practical cybersecurity guidance for Central Florida businesses. Learn how to protect your company from ransomware, phishing, data breaches, and other threats—with real stories and actionable advice from the Paradigm IT Group.
Holiday Phishing Scams to Watch | Paradigm IT Group
Holiday Phishing Scams: 4 Tricks Targeting Your Team This Season (And How to Stop Them) In November 2025, Darktrace tracked a 620% surge in Black Friday-themed phishing attempts in the…
CMMC Phase 2 Suspension: What Still Applies | Paradigm
For many defense contractors, November 10, 2026 had been circled on the calendar for well over a year. That was the date Phase 2 of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification…
Consent Phishing: A Guide for Businesses | Paradigm IT Group
On September 1, 2026, the FBI issued a public service announcement about a scam that doesn’t need your password. It’s called consent phishing. Most of the teams we work with…
That Scary Pop-Up Isn’t Tech Support: How to Spot a Tech Support Scam Before It Costs Your Business
Tech support scams cost Americans more than $2.1 billion in 2025, according to the FBI's 2025 Internet Crime Report. That makes the tech support scam the third most expensive type…
Hero image for Paradigm IT Group's blog on the verification code phishing scam. Shows a smartphone in a dark desk setting with a chat message bubble containing a fractured lock icon dissolving into green digital fragments, paired with the blog headline. Part of Paradigm's ongoing cybersecurity education series for Central Florida small businesses.
The Verification Code Phishing Scam | Paradigm IT Group
The Fake “Security Team” Message That's Actually a Login Heist Someone on your team gets a message inside a work messaging app. It looks like it is from the app's…
The Fake FBI Recovery Scam | Paradigm IT Group
The Fake FBI Recovery Scam Targeting Businesses That Already Got Scammed A small business owner realizes they have just been defrauded. Angry and embarrassed, they say out loud that they…
AI Security for Small Business: What This Incident Teaches Us | Paradigm IT Group
AI security for small business just became a lot less theoretical. In July 2026, OpenAI disclosed something that sounds like it belongs in a movie script: during an internal test,…
Title Company Certificate Renewal | Paradigm IT Group
New Rules Mean Your Title Company's Website Certificate Now Expires Every Few Months. Here's Why That Actually Matters. A client sent this our way recently: a link to a routine-looking…
Shadow AI Security Risk | Paradigm IT Group
The AI Tool Your Employees Are Using Without Telling You Regular AI use at work jumped from 15% to 45% in a single year. That's not a slow creep —…