A platform for civic-minded cybersecurity conversation.
These series bring the conversation to mayors, city managers, nonprofit executives, and business owners who are managing real operations — and need to understand what's at stake.
Cybercrime Is a Human Problem: What MSPs Need to Know
Cyrus Walker joins Encore CEO Sean Walsh on Profit Grow Exit to explain why cybercrime is a human problem, what MSPs get wrong in the first hours after an attack, and why the MSP model has to move from alerts to operations.
The Cyber Resilience Report
A flagship series examining the threats shaping cybersecurity for municipalities, nonprofits, and the institutions communities depend on — and what comprehensive operations make possible.
From MSSP to MCOP: How SLTTs Are Redefining Cybersecurity Partnership
“Municipalities and units of government are not designed to provide cybersecurity services. They’re designed to provide traffic management… law enforcement, shovel sidewalks… [The MCOP model] frees them up to do what they do best, while the vendor… does what it does best, which is hunt threats, kill threats, build operations, and manage those operations on a 24/7 basis.”
From MSSP to MCOP: How SLTTs Are Redefining Cybersecurity Partnership
“One of the unspoken benefits of a shared services model is the shared intelligence that comes along with that.”
From MSSP to MCOP: How SLTTs Are Redefining Cybersecurity Partnership
“There has to be balance. There has to be alignment and there has to be comprehension across each of those three components — governance, process and procedure, and technical infrastructure management.”
The Data Defenders Insight Series
Breaking down what the Managed Cybersecurity Operations Provider (MCOP) model is, why it matters, and how it moves beyond the limits of traditional MSSPs. For municipal leaders, nonprofit executives, and business decision-makers.
SCORE Mentors Chicago — 2026 Cybersecurity Web Series
A free, jargon-free educational series built specifically for non-technical small business owners — produced in partnership with SCORE Chicago. Topics include Incident Response Planning, Cyber Insurance, Ransomware, Phishing, and a foundational framework for getting started.
