Phoenix, AZ – [November 2025] – SanTrac Technologies Inc. President, Abdullah M. Sanders, served as a featured speaker at a recent Impact AZ 2025 cohort session hosted by the Black Chamber of Arizona (BCAZ), providing actionable IT and cybersecurity guidance to Arizona entrepreneurs preparing to scale their businesses.

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Every cybersecurity breach tells a story. More often than not, that story starts with someone clicking, sharing, or scrolling just a little too far.

It’s not malice that drives this problem, however. It’s human nature.

Introduction

Every cybersecurity breach tells a story. More often than not, that story starts with someone clicking, sharing, or scrolling just a little too far.

It’s not malice that drives this problem, however. It’s human nature.

Introduction

You might think cybersecurity is all about firewalls, patches, and anti-virus, but often, it begins (and sometimes ends) with a conversation. Small check-ins like, “Did you expect that email?” or a verbal confirmation from a coworker add up to

Security doesn’t just come from technology, in other words.

Introduction

Convenience has quietly become the new currency. We want to log in faster, share files easier, approve payments instantly. Unfortunately, cybersecurity often ends up taking a back seat to that craving for speed. Each and every shortcut chips away at the layers of protection we rely on.

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Have you ever found yourself paying higher phone bills for services you didn’t ask for? It’s not just a breach of your trust and privacy—someone manipulating your consent like this is actually a dangerous tactic that has potentially disastrous financial consequences.

The holidays are stressful enough without technology tripping you up. Customers are trying to squeeze in last-minute errands, employees are juggling family schedules and everyone’s expectations are cranked up to 11. The last thing you want is to accidentally frustrate people with avoidable tech slip-ups.

Even in good times, scammers circle around generosity. But during the holidays, when giving increases and emotions run high, they truly pounce.

A few years ago, a massive telefunding fraud was shut down after authorities discovered that the perpetrators had made 1.3 billion deceptive donation calls and collected over $110 million from unsuspecting donors.

Every year, there’s a new flood of apps, gadgets and “game-changing” technology. Most of it feels more like a distraction than a breakthrough. But this year, a few simple tools actually lived up to the hype – saving small business owners time, money and the occasional headache.

Last December, an accounts payable clerk at a midsize company got an urgent text from her “CEO”: Buy $3,000 worth of Apple gift cards for clients, scratch the backs and e-mail the codes. It sounded odd, but the request came from the boss’s name, and it was peak holiday chaos.