Call us(813) 999-0086

Client portalhello@swfit.ioOn-site from Tampa to Naples

Book your free IT assessment

The SWFIT blog

IT and Security Blog for Gulf Coast Businesses | SWFIT

Plain-language security and IT news for Gulf Coast businesses. What happened, whether it affects you, and what to do about it.

An office worker on a phone call at a desk, representing a help desk impersonation phone scam
  • Cybersecurity

Help Desk Impersonation Scams Are Bypassing MFA at Southwest Florida Businesses

A caller says they’re from your IT provider and needs you to approve a login prompt or read back a one-time code to fix...

Person entering a username and password on a laptop in a small business office
  • Cybersecurity

Stolen Logins Are Now the Top Cyber Threat to Southwest Florida Small Businesses

Stolen logins, not malware, are the leading way small businesses get breached right now. Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report found that compromised credentials...

Small business owner in Southwest Florida checking website security updates on a laptop
  • Cybersecurity

WordPress Security Update: What Southwest Florida Businesses Need to Know

WordPress released a WordPress security update on August 12, 2026 that patches a high-severity remote code execution flaw affecting sites still running version 7.0.3...

Small business employees in a Southwest Florida office reviewing a laptop screen together
  • Microsoft 365

What the 2026 Microsoft 365 Pricing Changes Mean for Southwest Florida Businesses

Microsoft 365 prices changed on July 1, 2026, and not every plan moved the same way. Business Basic went up, Business Standard was replaced...

IT professional applying a software security update on a laptop in a Southwest Florida office
  • Microsoft 365

August 2026 Patch Tuesday: The Microsoft 365 Flaw Southwest Florida Businesses Can’t Ignore

Microsoft’s August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed a critical Microsoft 365 Admin Center vulnerability with a 9.8 severity score, and if your business runs Microsoft...

IT technician checking backup server storage racks
  • Backup & Disaster Recovery

Why Backup Testing Still Matters in a Quiet Hurricane Season

NOAA’s latest 2026 Atlantic forecast calls for a below-normal season, but that forecast has nothing to do with the biggest threat to your business...

Business professional reviewing email security alerts on a laptop in a Southwest Florida office
  • Microsoft 365

Microsoft’s New Prompt Injection Protection Skips Most Business Premium Inboxes

Microsoft added a new layer to Microsoft Defender for Office 365 this summer that scans incoming email for prompt injection, hidden instructions written to...

Southwest Florida office employee signing into Microsoft 365 with a passkey instead of a text message code
  • Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 Passkeys Are Coming: What Southwest Florida Businesses Must Do Before February 2027

Starting September 1, 2026, Microsoft Entra ID, the identity system behind every Microsoft 365 login, begins automatically prompting employees to set up a passkey...

Small business employee checking email security settings on a laptop in a Southwest Florida office
  • Microsoft 365

Does Your Microsoft 365 Plan Include Safe Links? What Southwest Florida Businesses Need to Know

Microsoft 365 Safe Links, the feature that rescans a link the moment someone clicks it, is not included in every Microsoft 365 plan. It...

Free assessment

Thirty minutes. A straight answer.

  • A plain-English read on your security, backups, and Microsoft 365
  • The three fixes that matter most, with rough costs
  • An honest answer on whether you need us at all

Book your assessment

We call you within one business day to set a time. No sales deck.

Prefer the phone? (813) 999-0086