Cyber Advisors, Inc.

09/02/2026

Your security controls are installed. But have they ever been tested against a real-world attack?

Most organizations assume their defenses are working. Far fewer have ever verified it.

Having security investments in place is not the same as knowing they work.

A Cyber Advisors Threat Emulation is where that assumption gets tested. We use real-world techniques, including social engineering, pe*******on testing, phishing, and simulated malware payloads, to challenge your current defenses.

Your onsite security team works alongside ours throughout the exercise, so every finding is grounded in your actual environment.

The goal is straightforward: determine whether your investments in detective and preventative technologies are sufficient, and whether they can be configured more effectively.

An untested security posture is a posture built on assumption. One structured exercise separates confidence from evidence.

The right time to discover a gap is during a controlled test, not during an incident.

So ask your leadership team this quarter: when did we last verify our controls can actually catch an attacker?

If the answer is uncertain, schedule a Threat Emulation with Cyber Advisors before an attacker answers it for you.

Learn more: https://cyberadvisors.com/adversarial-simulation

09/01/2026

Innovative Ways To Strengthen Your Pen Testing Strategy Without Breaking The Bank - Discover new methods to bolster your pen testing strategy without draining your resources. Learn how to maintain robust security with innovative and cost-effective solutions.

Discover new methods to bolster your pen testing strategy without draining your resources. Learn how to maintain robust security with innovative and cost-effective solutions.

08/31/2026

It started with a phone call that sounded completely routine, and one employee almost handed over everything.

The request came by phone, from someone who sounded like they belonged. Nothing looked obviously wrong.

Then a small hesitation surfaced. Something felt slightly off, but the pressure to be helpful was loud.

The story running underneath was familiar. This is probably fine. I do not want to slow things down. It would be embarrassing to question this person.

They paused anyway.

One verification through a known internal channel. One extra step the attacker never planned for.

The attempt failed.

The debrief that followed turned one employee's instinct into a shared skill across the whole organization.

That is the part worth remembering. Security training teaches people what phishing looks like. It also teaches them to trust the hesitation.

The moment someone pauses, verifies, and does not send is worth more than any firewall rule.

That pause is a skill, and it can be built deliberately. Targeted awareness and social engineering exercises give your people a reference point before the real call comes.

The turning point is always human. So is the defense.

Ask us about our Social Engineering exercises and Security Awareness training. One deliberate pause can protect everything.

Learn more at cyberadvisors.com.

08/28/2026

Network Segmentation Steps That Reduce Ransomware Blast Radius

A practical segmentation plan for SMB: VLANs, firewall rules, RDP controls, and admin tiering—plus tests to prove ransomware can’t spread.

08/27/2026

Salt Lake City Cyber Security: Essential Strategies for Protecting Your Business in 2026 - Discover Salt Lake City's growing cybersecurity landscape, offering tailored solutions to protect businesses from digital threats and ensure compliance.

Discover Salt Lake City's growing cybersecurity landscape, offering tailored solutions to protect businesses from digital threats and ensure compliance.

08/24/2026

Our 20th annual Cyber Advisors golf tournament is underway! Thanks to all our clients and sponsor who made today possible!

08/21/2026

How to Scale Enterprise IT with Cloud Infrastructure

Learn how to scale enterprise IT using cloud infrastructure services, hybrid workload placement strategies, and IaaS to boost agility and security.

08/18/2026

Downtime costs SMBs up to $74,000 an hour. The right managed IT partner is how you avoid finding that out the hard way.

We put together a guide on what managed IT should include, what a real SLA looks like, and how to choose the right provider for your business.

Read it here:

Discover how managed IT services in Salt Lake City can enhance business operations, reduce downtime, and support growth with expert technology management.

08/13/2026

Myth: Your SaaS platforms are secure because the vendor built them that way.
Reality: Microsoft, Google, & Salesforce invest heavily in security. Most breaches still happen through configuration, not code.

An oversharing setting nobody remembers turning on. An OAuth app approved two years ago that still has broad access. MFA that's enforced everywhere except the one admin account someone set up in a hurry.

None of this shows up until someone looks for it, and looking for it manually across every SaaS platform doesn't scale.

That's the gap SSPM closes: continuous monitoring against a defined baseline, so drift gets caught before it becomes an incident.

We put together a full breakdown of the control areas that matter most and how to roll this out in phases without disrupting the business.

Read it here:

Learn what SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) is, why misconfigurations cause breaches, how to standardize baselines & continuously monitor M365, Google, & Salesforce.

08/11/2026

"We have backups" isn't a recovery plan anymore. Ransomware goes after backups too.

3-2-1-1-0 is the framework worth knowing: 3 copies, 2 media types, 1 offsite, 1 immutable or offline, 0 errors (meaning you've actually tested restores).

Most teams have the copies. Fewer can prove the restores work.

We broke down how to build this the right way, including the credential mistakes that let ransomware reach "offsite" backups anyway.

Read it here:

Discover the 3-2-1-1-0 backup strategy for ransomware resilience, focusing on copies, media types, immutability, and error-free recovery for SMBs.