AI for Family Offices: How to Build a Cyber-Safe Adoption Strategy Recently, Farr Shepherd and I had the opportunity to present at the Family Wealth Report Family Office Cybersecurity Forum in New York. The conversations around AI were some of the most practical discussions I’ve heard on the topic because they didn’t all focus on the familiar gloom and doom around AI. No one in the room was debating whether AI would become …
What the SEC’s Amended Reg S-P Means for Financial Advisers — and the Families Who Trust ThemA few months ago, a boutique RIA principal we spoke with pulled up their firm’s cybersecurity incident response plan on a shared drive. It was dated 2019, written for the way the company operated back then, and had never really been tested. This firm …
Manufacturing Cybersecurity in 2026: Compliance, OT Security, and What Actually Matters You know how to build, ship, and deliver. In 2026, manufacturers are being asked to do something else as well: demonstrate that their operations are secure. Between federal initiatives to bolster domestic manufacturing and DoD efforts to reduce foreign reliance in supply chains, domestic manufacturing has moved back into focus over the past few years. Federal …
From “I’m Too Small to Be a Target” to Cyber-Strong When I started working with Decypher a little over a year ago, I knew almost nothing about cybersecurity. I figured I was fine because my laptop had Microsoft Defender and I paid for McAfee. That covered me, right? I felt I was too small a fish for anyone to bother …
Let’s play make-believe for a moment. Suppose your office manager calls and says your systems have been breached—and a ransom is being demanded for your healthcare, financial, or client data. After the “oh crap” moment passes, what do you do? a) Panic because you have no idea what happens next b) Call your IT guy and hope he’s got a …