You're using AI every day, juggling twenty logins, and pushing client data through tools you never really vetted. So here's the uncomfortable question: do you actually know what's safe? This week Abhi Saini, founder and CEO of Bearium Networks, walks us through it in plain English, no jargon and no fear-mongering, drawing on nearly a decade inside agency life.
What we get into:
- The "check that box" rule: how team AI tools handle your data, and when to anonymize before you paste anything in
- Why building AI locally costs thousands, and why paid subscriptions ($20 to $50 a month) are the smarter starting point
- Passwords vs. pass keys, finally explained: why a leaked password stops mattering once your phone becomes the key
- Why text-message security codes are losing their edge (SIM swapping is real), plus the offboarding gap that leaves ex-employees holding your ad accounts
- Why security only sticks when it's frictionless, which loops right back to Caitlin's friction points
The One Thing: Turn on multi-factor authentication everywhere, then upgrade past text-message codes. Move to pass keys or an authenticator app and store them in a password manager you unlock once at the start of the day. It's the highest-impact, lowest-effort security move most business owners are still skipping.
Abhi Saini is founder and CEO of Bearium Networks, an Orlando IT and cybersecurity company specializing in healthcare and media agencies. One plan, every tool, no packages: he calls it the Bearium standard.
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