Zakiant We are managed services provider with 10 years of success stories. Remember, you are not in IT business, but certainly we are!

We want our customers to focus on business growth and let us worry about all the IT support needed to achieve their goals. Zakiant is an information technology consulting company headquartered in Aurora, Illinois focusing on Managed Services (Infrastructure, Security, Cloud Enablement, Disaster Recovery, Server, Application & User Support), CRM Implementations (ZOHO, Salesforce) and Artificial Intelligence (Custom AI Agents, Deep Learning).

The most expensive scam in American business isn't dramatic hacking. It's an email about bank details.A supplier you've ...
10/26/2026

The most expensive scam in American business isn't dramatic hacking. It's an email about bank details.

A supplier you've worked with for years says their account has changed. The email looks perfect right logo, right signature, right writing style, because AI now matches how people actually write. Sometimes there's even a confirmation call, using a cloned voice.

Over $3 billion in reported US losses last year.

And the control that stops nearly all of it costs nothing: any change to payment details gets verified by calling the number you already had on file. Not the one in the email.

Three rules make it stick it applies to everyone including the boss, the person who checks isn't the person who pays, and nobody is ever penalized for the delay.

If urgency can skip the check, there is no check.

"Do you have backups?" is the wrong question."When did you last restore from them?" is the right one and for most busine...
10/21/2026

"Do you have backups?" is the wrong question.

"When did you last restore from them?" is the right one and for most businesses the honest answer is never.

Nearly half of breaches this year involved ransomware. Fewer victims are paying, which is good news but that only holds if recovery actually works.

The failures we see aren't exotic. The backup captured the files but not the system. The restore takes nine days and the business can survive two. The recovery credentials were stored on the machine that got encrypted.

All of it is findable on a quiet Tuesday. None of it is fun to discover during an actual incident.

Two hours, once a quarter. Put it in the calendar before Halloween.

Update Later" is a decision, not a delay.For the first time in 19 years of the industry's biggest breach study, unpatche...
10/19/2026

Update Later" is a decision, not a delay.

For the first time in 19 years of the industry's biggest breach study, unpatched software has overtaken stolen passwords as the leading way attackers get in around 31% of breaches now start there.

What changed? Speed. The gap between a flaw going public and criminals exploiting it at scale used to be months. It's now closer to hours, because attackers are using AI too.

CISA's framing for 2026 is the 3Rs: reduce what's exposed, replace what can no longer be patched, recover fast enough to keep operating.

For most people, week one of that is genuinely just: turn on automatic updates, then restart the machine. Downloaded isn't installed.

"It's 2am and your phone won't stop asking you to approve a login you didn't start.Most people tap approve. Not because ...
10/15/2026

"It's 2am and your phone won't stop asking you to approve a login you didn't start.

Most people tap approve. Not because they're careless because they're asleep and they want it to stop.

That's the entire attack. It's called push fatigue, and it works because the attacker already has your password. Your tap is the last thing standing between them and your account.

What to do instead: deny it, change that password immediately, and tell someone. Even a denied prompt matters silence just means they'll try again tomorrow night.

And if your codes arrive by text message, that's the weakest version of this protection. Ask whoever runs your IT about passkeys. "

The password advice you learned in 2012 is why you now have 60 variations of one word with a number on the end.Here's th...
10/12/2026

The password advice you learned in 2012 is why you now have 60 variations of one word with a number on the end.

Here's the current version:

→ Four random words beat symbols and substitutions. Longer is harder to crack and easier to remember.
→ Reuse is the actual problem. One old breach hands attackers the key to everything else.
→ A password manager isn't a luxury. It's one password instead of sixty, and it fills them in for you.

The 2026 Verizon breach report found that half of ransomware victims had credentials stolen in roughly the three months before the attack landed. Stolen passwords aren't a separate problem from ransomware they're the first step of it.

Fix the work email password first. That one's the master key

The national theme for 2026 is "Securing The Next 250." We like it because it's honest. You don't have to be un-hackable...
10/01/2026

The national theme for 2026 is "Securing The Next 250." We like it because it's honest. You don't have to be un-hackable. You just have to be harder work than the business next door.

So we're posting one thing you can actually do. No jargon. No scare tactics. Each one takes about ten minutes.

Here's the plan:
Week 1. AI scams: why a familiar voice isn't proof anymore
Week 2. Passwords, password managers and that annoying login code
Week 3. Updates, old devices and backups that actually work
Week 4. Double-checking money requests, and the AI apps your team is already using

Follow along, and share the ones that are useful with someone who'd benefit. Half of what we'll cover protects your family just as much as your business.

Let's make October a difficult month for the scammers.

Happy Labor DayToday, we celebrate the hard work, dedication, and contributions of workers who help build stronger commu...
09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day

Today, we celebrate the hard work, dedication, and contributions of workers who help build stronger communities and a better future.

This Labor Day, take a moment to appreciate every effort, every achievement, and every person who keeps moving forward.

Wishing everyone across the USA a relaxing, joyful, and well-deserved Labor Day!

A new partnership between Zakiant Technologies and ! This partnership represents another important step in our commitmen...
07/23/2026

A new partnership between Zakiant Technologies and !

This partnership represents another important step in our commitment to providing innovative, dependable, and high-quality technology solutions to our clients.

We had a great experience at Microsoft Detroit eCW Day!It was an excellent opportunity to connect with industry professi...
07/15/2026

We had a great experience at Microsoft Detroit eCW Day!

It was an excellent opportunity to connect with industry professionals, learn more about the latest innovations in healthcare technology, and gain valuable insights into solutions designed to improve healthcare operations and patient experiences.

Thank you to the Microsoft and eClinicalWorks teams for hosting such an informative and engaging event.

We look forward to using these insights to continue supporting innovation and digital transformation in healthcare.

This Independence Day, we celebrate the spirit of freedom, courage, and innovation that continues to inspire individuals...
07/04/2026

This Independence Day, we celebrate the spirit of freedom, courage, and innovation that continues to inspire individuals, businesses, and communities across the United States.

At Zakiant, we're proud to help organizations accelerate their growth through AI solutions, software development, digital transformation, cloud services, and business automation. Together, we're building smarter businesses and a stronger future.

Wishing our clients, partners, employees, and everyone celebrating a joyful, safe, and memorable 4th of July!

Happy Independence Day! ❤️🤍💙

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