Small Office IT Watch
What to patch, and which scam to watch for. Every Monday.
A short weekly email for small offices with nobody in charge of IT. We read the security advisories and scam warnings so you don’t have to, and tell you exactly what to do, in plain English.
Choose monthly or yearly at checkout · Cancel anytime · Arrives Monday at 7 am Central
What you get every week
Three short sections, about a five-minute read. Quiet weeks are shorter.
- 1Patch nowThe security updates you actually need to install this week, who they affect, the exact steps, and how long they take. Business gear goes in a “forward this to your IT company” list.
- 2The scam going aroundOne scam hitting small businesses right now, what it looks like, and the one rule that beats it. Easy to read out at a staff huddle.
- 3Your 10-minute fixOne small job that makes the office safer: check a backup, tighten a login, lock down the Wi-Fi. Numbered steps, no jargon.
- Urgent alertsA short extra email when something big hits that can’t wait until Monday.
- Kit update notesWhen a step in the Small Office IT Kit changes, the next issue tells you what changed.
- Checked sourcesEvery fact comes from the vendor, CISA, the FTC or the FBI, and every issue lists them.
Questions
How is this different from the free newsletter?
The free newsletter sends new articles from the site when they’re published. The Watch is a short, sorted list every Monday: only the updates a small office has to act on, explained in plain English with the steps, plus this week’s scam and one small fix. You don’t have to read every alert on the site to know what matters.
Do I need to be technical?
No. It’s written for owners and office managers. Anything meant for an IT company is labeled “forward this to your IT company” so you can pass it on without having to understand it.
How do I cancel?
Anytime. Reply to any issue or email [email protected] and we’ll cancel it for you.
What are “urgent alerts”?
A short extra email, only when something big hits that a typical small office has (Windows, iPhones and Macs, browsers, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, common routers) and waiting until Monday would leave you exposed. Expect them rarely.
I bought the Small Office IT Kit. Is this the same thing?
No. The kit is a one-time setup you do over a weekend. The Watch is what keeps you current afterward, and it tells you when a step in the kit changes. You don’t need the kit to subscribe.
Is this for banks, medical offices or government offices?
No. Regulated offices have compliance rules this newsletter doesn’t cover. The site’s free security alerts still apply to anyone.
Where does the information come from?
Vendor security advisories, CISA, the FTC and the FBI’s IC3. Every fact is checked against the original source, and every issue lists its sources.
Start this Monday
$8/month or $80/year. Cancel anytime. Read a sample issue first.