Hosts:
Justin Shelley — Phoenix IT Advisors | https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/
Bryan Lachapelle — B4 Networks | https://www.b4networks.ca/

Your firewall is not enough anymore — and your IT team may not be telling you that.

In Episode 81 of UnHacked, Justin and Bryan dig into one of the most misunderstood concepts in Cybersecurity: the network perimeter. It used to be simple. Put a firewall on the edge of your network, install antivirus, done. But that world is gone. Today, your data lives in Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Dropbox, cloud apps your HR manager signed up for last Tuesday, your employee’s home network, the guest Wi-Fi at your office, and the IoT thermostat down the hall. The “perimeter” is everywhere — which means it has to be protected everywhere.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why the traditional firewall is still necessary — but nowhere near sufficient
• How cloud platforms like Microsoft 365 require their own Security layer (and what that actually looks like)
• The hidden danger of VPN tunnels drilled through your firewall during the remote work era
• Why your guest Wi-Fi might not actually be a guest network
• What shadow IT is and why an employee could be walking out the door with your entire company’s data right now — legally, and invisibly
• The single most important first step to securing any business: knowing what you actually have

Plus, Justin shares the one question every business owner should ask their IT person — and warns that most of the time, the answer they get back will tell them everything they need to know about how exposed they really are.

This is Episode 7 in the UnHacked Cybersecurity Basics mini-series.

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Justin Shelley CEO

Justin Shelley has been in love with technology since his father brought home an Apple IIe when he was just 12 years old. But more than technology, Justin loves the world of business and entrepreneurship. As a child, he watched his parents struggle, and eventually lose their first business. Today his passion is helping his clients leverage technology to build their businesses, with the ultimate goal of preventing them from losing everything in the event of a cyber attack.

Cybercrime is everywhere, and class-action lawsuits are following in the wake. This deadly combination is destroying businesses and lives. Justin has a simple formula that will prevent both.