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IT Support for Manufacturers in Lockhart, TX

Oct 16, 2026 · safemode IT · 8 views

AI

Why You Should Treat Workplace AI Tools Like Professional Colleagues

Oct 15, 2026 · Ron Kulik · 13 views

How your team interacts with AI chatbots affects output quality and workplace culture. Treating these tools professionally makes practical business sense.

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Just The Tip

Set a Family Safe Word Before AI Clones Your Voice

Oct 15, 2026 · Ron Kulik · 11 views

The FBI says criminals are using AI-generated voices to impersonate people you trust. A safe word and a callback habit beat any deepfake detector.

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How to Recover from Ransomware Without Paying the Ransom

Oct 14, 2026 · safemode IT · 11 views

Catawba County, North Carolina recovered from a 2025 ransomware attack without paying. Here's what your agency needs in place to do the same.

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Just The Tip

How to test your disaster recovery plan

Oct 13, 2026 · safemode IT · 12 views

A useful recovery test answers a specific business question. Learn how to choose the right exercise, measure the result and turn gaps into a clear next step.

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Cybersecurity

What to Do After the CenterPoint Energy Data Breach

Oct 13, 2026 · safemode IT · 4 views

Over 1 million CenterPoint customers in Texas were affected by a data breach. Here's what you need to do to protect yourself.

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Tech News

Building a Privacy Program for AI: What Local Agencies Need to Know

Oct 12, 2026 · safemode IT · 47 views

AI tools change how your agency handles sensitive data. Here's how to build privacy protections that actually work in this new environment.

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Cybersecurity

Ransomware at Texas Appraisal Districts: What Happened and What a CAD Should Do

Oct 9, 2026 · Ron Kulik · 63 views

Bexar, Dallas, Travis and Tarrant appraisal districts were all hit by ransomware. Here is what happened at each one and what a CAD should have in place first.

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Just The Tip

ClickFix: The Fake CAPTCHA That Asks You to Hack Yourself

Oct 8, 2026 · Ron Kulik · 57 views

ClickFix pages ask you to press Windows key plus R and paste a command. That is not a CAPTCHA. Here is how the attack works and the one rule that stops it.

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