October 20^th’s major AWS outage wasn’t caused by a cyberattack—but it still brought parts of the internet to a standstill. The incident is a reminder that even the most trusted cloud platforms can fail. For small businesses, the lesson is clear: resilience is not about if systems fail, but how prepared you are when they do.

By defining your Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO)—and architecting systems around those metrics—you can protect your operations, customers, and reputation no matter what happens upstream.

Cybercriminals are evolving their tactics, and one of the most damaging threats facing businesses today is ACH fraud via email compromise.