https://exosolutions.us/blog/ Plain-English notes on cybersecurity, backups, document archiving and web design for small businesses across the East Bay. en-us Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://exosolutions.us/blog/we-audited-24-east-bay-business-websites/ https://exosolutions.us/blog/we-audited-24-east-bay-business-websites/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Original Research Original research: we ran 24 local small-business websites through a 12-point technical audit. The results were worse than we expected, and remarkably consistent. https://exosolutions.us/blog/hosting-shouldnt-be-your-job/ https://exosolutions.us/blog/hosting-shouldnt-be-your-job/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Web Hosting You didn't start a business to renew SSL certificates. Here's what managed hosting should actually cover, and what to ask before you sign. https://exosolutions.us/blog/three-signs-your-website-is-costing-you-business/ https://exosolutions.us/blog/three-signs-your-website-is-costing-you-business/ Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Web Design Nobody emails to tell you your website lost them. They just leave. Here are the three failures that do the most damage. https://exosolutions.us/blog/tax-season-business-email-compromise/ https://exosolutions.us/blog/tax-season-business-email-compromise/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Cybersecurity April is when money moves, deadlines loom, and nobody wants to be the person who slowed things down. Attackers know the calendar too. https://exosolutions.us/blog/world-backup-day-test-your-backup/ https://exosolutions.us/blog/world-backup-day-test-your-backup/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Backup & Recovery Everyone will tell you to back up your data today. Almost nobody will tell you to restore it. That's the part that fails. https://exosolutions.us/blog/if-your-computer-died-today/ https://exosolutions.us/blog/if-your-computer-died-today/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Backup & Recovery Not a rhetorical question. Most small businesses can't answer it, and that inability is the actual risk. https://exosolutions.us/blog/passwords-mfa-and-the-myth-of-the-disciplined-employee/ https://exosolutions.us/blog/passwords-mfa-and-the-myth-of-the-disciplined-employee/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Cybersecurity Password policies fail because they're designed for a person who doesn't exist. Here's what to do instead. https://exosolutions.us/blog/going-paperless-without-a-mess/ https://exosolutions.us/blog/going-paperless-without-a-mess/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Document Archiving Most paperless projects fail the same way: the paper disappears and is replaced by 40,000 unsearchable files nobody can find. Here's how to avoid that. https://exosolutions.us/blog/holiday-scams-small-business/ https://exosolutions.us/blog/holiday-scams-small-business/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Cybersecurity Everyone warns consumers about holiday scams. The ones aimed at small businesses are quieter, better targeted, and land in your inbox during your busiest week. https://exosolutions.us/blog/cybersecurity-awareness-month-four-things/ https://exosolutions.us/blog/cybersecurity-awareness-month-four-things/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Cybersecurity Security advice for small businesses usually arrives as a list of twenty things. CISA's national campaign says there are four. Here they are, in plain English.