Cannabis IT Insights
Breach analysis, compliance guides, and practical IT security articles for cannabis operators.
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The STIIIZY Breach: What Every Dispensary Owner Needs to Know
422,000 customer records exposed through a POS vendor compromise. Here's what happened and how to prevent it.
Cannabis Surveillance Requirements by State: 2026 Guide
Camera resolution, retention periods, storage requirements, and access control mandates — mapped state by state.
What to Do When METRC Goes Down: Your Contingency Playbook
Backup procedures, offline data capture, and reconciliation steps to keep your dispensary running during outages.
How Much Does IT Cost for a Cannabis Business?
Real cost breakdowns by business type — dispensary, cultivator, MSO — so you can budget with actual numbers.
Schedule III Is Coming: Is Your IT Ready for HIPAA?
What cannabis rescheduling means for your dispensary's cybersecurity, encryption, and compliance obligations.
High Turnover, High Risk: Cannabis Employee IT Security
55% annual turnover means constant security risk. Onboarding and offboarding IT checklists for dispensaries.
SAFER Banking Act: What Changes for Your IT When Cannabis Gets Bank Accounts
PCI DSS, ACH fraud, and AML compliance — what your IT needs before banking reform passes.
Cannabis Cyber Insurance: What Insurers Require Before They Cover You
MFA, EDR, backup testing — what gets your claim denied and how to qualify for coverage.
AI Is Making Cannabis Cyberattacks Cheaper, Faster, and Harder to Detect
Deepfake voice calls, AI phishing, and automated reconnaissance — the new threats targeting dispensaries.
How to Secure a Cannabis Dispensary Network
VLANs, firewalls, dual-WAN failover, and WiFi isolation — the complete network security guide for dispensaries.
Cannabis Ransomware: How Dispensaries Become Targets
How ransomware enters dispensaries, why cannabis is targeted, and the layered defenses that stop encryption.
Why Your Cannabis Business Needs a Private Cloud
Data sovereignty, regulatory clarity, and the only cannabis IT provider with its own datacenter.
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