Montana’s Flathead Valley is a growing hub for technology – Glacier Cybersecurity

If you are like me, you open your inbox each day to a barrage of emails… some are obviously from colleagues, associates, and other familiar senders, while others somehow made it through your filters and you are just not sure – are they legitimate, or are the scammers invading my workspace? Makes you miss those emails from the “Nigerian Prince”, doesn’t it?

Cyber threats no longer target only Fortune 500 companies. They target solopreneurs, independent law firms, real estate agents, small manufacturers, contractors, and local nonprofits. In short, they target small businesses, which are the backbone of communities like ours.

This month’s profile highlights Glacier Cybersecurity founder Jeff Wilson and his mission to fill a gap that too often leaves small businesses exposed. As Taylor Inman reports, Wilson built his company around a simple but powerful premise: many small organizations do not have the in-house expertise to evaluate risk, respond to threats, or recover from an attack. And the stakes are real. National statistics show that 60 percent of small businesses that suffer a major breach close within six months. That is not just a data point. That is livelihoods and families.

Anton Kaufer