Brandon Biz Pros

09/30/2026

Happy HUMP Day, BBP! 😊 We just dropped our very first Boley Insurance commercial! Excited to share with you all! 🐸 📺 🎥

09/16/2026

Some of our Brandon Biz Pros members, alumni and family members were there tonight to support Family Promise of Hillsborough County. Music Bingo was fun! Look forward to our next event.

09/09/2026

Ten years in business has taught me a lot, including one lesson that was actually there from the very beginning: You can't do it all yourself.

Family, employees, business partners and even a few cold calls helped build A Better Choice Network Solutions into what it is today.

Lesson #8 of my 10 Lessons in 10 Years series is about learning when to accept help, when to delegate, and why building the right team matters.

Read it here:
10 Lessons in 10 Years #8: You Can't Do It All Yourself

Understand the role of a small business team in achieving success and navigating the challenges of entrepreneurship together.

09/08/2026

⚠️ **Healthcare Managers: Your employees are using AI. Do you know what they're putting into it?**

AI is rapidly becoming part of healthcare. A recent Pew Research Center survey highlighted by HIPAA Journal found that **72% of patients believe it is very or extremely important to know when their healthcare provider is using AI in connection with their healthcare.**

But there's another side of this conversation that every healthcare manager should be thinking about:

**How are your employees using AI?**

An employee may think nothing of copying an email into an AI tool and asking it to draft a response.

Or pasting notes from a patient encounter and asking AI to summarize them.

Or asking it to help write a referral, explain lab results, create a patient letter, or troubleshoot an insurance issue.

The problem?

That information could contain **Protected Health Information (PHI).**

Not every AI platform is appropriate for handling PHI. Before employees enter patient information into an AI system, your organization needs to understand how that platform stores, processes, retains, and uses the information and whether the appropriate HIPAA safeguards and agreements are in place.

**“I was just using ChatGPT to help me write it” isn't an AI policy.**

Covered entities should be establishing clear guidelines now:

🔹 Which AI tools are approved for business use?
🔹 Can employees enter PHI into them?
🔹 Has the organization evaluated the security and privacy risks?
🔹 Is a Business Associate Agreement required and in place?
🔹 Are employees being trained on acceptable AI use?
🔹 Who reviews AI-generated information before it reaches a patient?

AI can be an incredibly useful tool in healthcare. But convenience doesn't override HIPAA.

If you manage a medical practice or other HIPAA-covered organization, **AI usage should be part of your cybersecurity policies, HIPAA risk assessment, and employee training.**

And if you haven't talked to your employees about AI yet, there's a good chance they're already making these decisions for you.

Source: HIPAA Journal / Pew Research Center
https://www.hipaajournal.com/survey-patient-ai-use-healthcare/

07/23/2026

If you are struggling with MS Teams, OneDrive or SharePoint files today, you're not alone. Don't curse at your IT Guy. Make A Better Choice....we'll take the SH out of your IT. 🙂

Microsoft Teams and several Microsoft 365 services are experiencing an ongoing outage, with users reporting problems accessing Teams, SharePoint, Excel and the Microsoft 365 Admin Center.

07/17/2026

🚨 Heads Up: Microsoft's July Security Update is a BIG one.

Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday is the largest security update they've ever released, addressing hundreds of security vulnerabilities across Windows and other Microsoft products.

What does that mean for your business?

⏱️ Expect a much longer installation time than usual. These updates can take a significant amount of time to download, install, and complete the required restart. Depending on the computer, it's not uncommon for users to be without their PC for an extended period.

💡 Our recommendation: Schedule this update for the end of your workday or another time when you won't need your computer. Let it install and reboot after hours so you can start the next business day without interruption.

While these updates are time-consuming, they're also one of the most important steps you can take to protect your business from newly discovered security threats.

If your organization needs help planning or managing Windows updates to minimize downtime, we're here to help.

Microsoft patched 569 CVEs in July 2026, the largest Patch Tuesday release in its history. 56 critical CVEs patched including three zero-day vulnerabilities.

07/14/2026

🚨 The Danger of AI Nudify Apps Is Growing

Another major lawsuit is shining a spotlight on a disturbing trend: AI tools that can create fake n**e or s*xually explicit images from ordinary photos. Some lawsuits even allege these systems have been used to generate child s*xual abuse material.

This isn't just a celebrity problem anymore.

With today's AI technology, a single photo from Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, or a school website may be enough for someone to create a convincing fake image without that person's knowledge or consent.

Parents, schools, and businesses should all be paying attention.

These fake images can be used for:
• Cyberbullying
• Sextortion
• Harassment
• Reputation damage
• Identity-based attacks

The technology is advancing much faster than most people realize, and unfortunately, many victims are teenagers.

I recently updated our blog about the growing threat of AI Nudify apps, how they work, and what parents can do to help protect their families.

👉 Read the full article here: https://www.abcnetfl.com/blog/nudify-deepfakes

AI is an incredible technology when used responsibly. But like every powerful tool, it can also be weaponized. Awareness is one of the best defenses.

More young girls sue X over Grok CSAM; X accused of shielding child predators.

07/13/2026

We are at war with Iran. Regardless of what you think of the politics, failing to secure your network can result in you funding our enemies.

Obscurity isn't a defense. If your company has any Internet-facing vulnerability, you're at risk from multiple threats.

07/12/2026

Do you think cybersecurity professionals just pick the names from the first thing they hear when they discover a new strain of attack? Aside from the pejorative name, this one is nasty. Antivirus is no longer enough to protect you when the attack disables your antivirus as one of the first steps it takes.

Microsoft signed a malicious kernel driver, and now it's being used to kill security software in ransomware attacks.

07/11/2026

At A Better Choice Network Solutions, we strongly recommend you DO NOT connect any form of AI to your bank. In case someone reads this article and thinks it's a good idea, please reconsider.....

With ChatGPT Finances, I can see all my money, investments, and debts in one place - and I can ask AI what it all means.