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Breach Analysis

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.

Compliance

Cannabis Surveillance Requirements by State: 2026 Guide

Camera resolution, retention periods, storage requirements, and access control mandates — mapped state by state.

Operations

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.

Guide

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.

Regulatory

Schedule III Is Coming: Is Your IT Ready for HIPAA?

What cannabis rescheduling means for your dispensary's cybersecurity, encryption, and compliance obligations.

Security

High Turnover, High Risk: Cannabis Employee IT Security

55% annual turnover means constant security risk. Onboarding and offboarding IT checklists for dispensaries.

Regulatory

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.

Guide

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.

Threat Alert

AI Is Making Cannabis Cyberattacks Cheaper, Faster, and Harder to Detect

Deepfake voice calls, AI phishing, and automated reconnaissance — the new threats targeting dispensaries.

Guide

How to Secure a Cannabis Dispensary Network

VLANs, firewalls, dual-WAN failover, and WiFi isolation — the complete network security guide for dispensaries.

Threat Alert

Cannabis Ransomware: How Dispensaries Become Targets

How ransomware enters dispensaries, why cannabis is targeted, and the layered defenses that stop encryption.

Guide

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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