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George Bakalov

Certified virtual Chief Information Security Officer, helping small and medium-size organizations to better understand and manage their cyber risk effectively and affordably. Meetings link: https://cal.com/georgebakalov

Stay Safe

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Cyber Scams: The $10 Billion Threat to Small Businesses

Nov 19, 2025

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6 min read

Cyber Scams: The $10 Billion Threat to Small Businesses

George Bakalov
George Bakalov

Cloud Resilience

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Navigating the AWS Outage: Why Multi-Region Trumps Multi-Cloud for Resilience

Oct 29, 2025

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4 min read

Navigating the AWS Outage: Why Multi-Region Trumps Multi-Cloud for Resilience

George Bakalov
George Bakalov

RansomwareProtection

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Safeguarding Your Business

Oct 3, 2025

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7 min read

Safeguarding Your Business

How Hackers Exploit Hybrid Cloud Systems and How a Virtual CISO Can Stop Them

George Bakalov
George Bakalov

AI fanatics

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The Hidden Dangers of AI Sycophancy

Sep 3, 2025

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6 min read

The Hidden Dangers of AI Sycophancy

A Dark Pattern that Can Manipulate You and Your Loved Ones

George Bakalov
George Bakalov

Internal Audits Cybersecurity

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Outsmart Evolving Cyber Threats To Your Business With This Proven Strategy

Aug 8, 2025

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6 min read

Outsmart Evolving Cyber Threats To Your Business With This Proven Strategy

How to mitigate the risk of fast evolving threats and the inability of internal teams to keep up with the risk that comes with change

George Bakalov
George Bakalov
Small Business - Big Distractions

Jun 23, 2025

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5 min read

Small Business - Big Distractions

How The Bad Guys Use It To Breach Our Defenses

George Bakalov
George Bakalov

Cyber Incident

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Small Business - Major Breach: The Cost of Cyber Disaster and How to Survive One

Feb 17, 2025

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5 min read

Small Business - Major Breach: The Cost of Cyber Disaster and How to Survive One

The "Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024" by IBM and Ponemon Institute has some eye-watering numbers that might just make you laugh - or cry. Most likely cry if it happened to your business. But I'll give it a try with some tongue-in-cheek dark humor, so let's see how this goes.

George Bakalov
George Bakalov

Disaster Recovery

The Cost of Preparedness: An Ounce of Prevention

Aug 23, 2024

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6 min read

The Cost of Preparedness: An Ounce of Prevention

In cybersecurity, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!

George Bakalov
George Bakalov
Cyber is Sexy. Managing Risk Isn't.

Jul 24, 2024

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2 min read

Cyber is Sexy. Managing Risk Isn't.

Unmasking the Marketing Hype: Why True Cybersecurity is About Risk Management, Not Shiny Solutions

George Bakalov
George Bakalov
The Password Manager Cure

Jun 14, 2024

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6 min read

The Password Manager Cure

Poor password management is a chronic illness. Get the cure here and now!

George Bakalov
George Bakalov
PLAIN TALK CYBER: Control Failures and Gaps

Jun 12, 2024

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4 min read

PLAIN TALK CYBER: Control Failures and Gaps

What the heck are "controls"?!!?

George Bakalov
George Bakalov

Plain Talk Cyber

Cybersecurity in plain English for business owners and executive leaders who don't want their organizations to get hacked.

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