Time to shift strategic focus
Cybersecurity News of the Week & Patch Report, March 15. 2025
After 17 Years, A Thank You — and What Comes Next
For 17 years we’ve published Cybersecurity News of the Week. Each week. Every week. Over 800 issues.
In 2009, when Kim Pease and I started the Cybersecurity News of the Week there weren’t a lot of cybersecurity stories in the press. Ransomware was emerging, nation-state cyber conflict was rare in the headlines, and most small businesses believed cybersecurity was a problem only large enterprises needed to worry about.
Each week we shared the breaches, scams, and vulnerabilities that mattered with the goal to help people see cyber threats clearly enough to prevent disruption.
Many of you read, shared, and acted on those stories. For that, I’m deeply grateful.
But the cybersecurity landscape has changed. Today the problem is not lack of information. There is more cybersecurity news than anyone can absorb.
The challenge now is turning awareness into behavior.
Cybersecurity is not just about what you know. Most importantly, cybersecurity is about what you do.
So after 17 years, we’re retiring the Cybersecurity News of the Week and replacing it with our new Cybersecurity Habit Builder.
Our Cybersecurity Habit Builder will guide smaller organizations, families, and individuals to build the habits that prevent cyber disruption and stop scams.
To everyone who has read and supported this newsletter over the years: thank you.
To infinities and beyond …
SecureTheVillage: Events. Programs. Guides. Newsletters.
Events
March 17: How to Build the Cybersecurity Habits You Need to Protect Yourself and Your Organization from Cyber Crime and Other Cyber Disruptions. Stan Stahl, PhD, Founder / President, SecureTheVillage.
Programs for smaller businesses, nonprofits, and the MSP / IT service providers who support them.
The Cybersecurity Leaders Program™
Guides for families and individuals
Keep Your Kids Safe Online: A Guide for Parents. If you have kids 2 - 17 years old, this Guide provides the background, explanation, and “how-to” details to enable you to protect your kids against the most common, risks when using the Internet.
How Hackable Are You? Strengthen your cybersecurity and privacy defenses with our free updated 13-step guide.
Guide to Password Managers. What you need to know to get a password manager that's right for you.
After a Disaster: A Guide to Keep Your Phone Secure, Safeguard Your Information, and Avoid Being Scammed. This is a concise guide on how to protect yourself from scams in the aftermath of a local disaster, whether it's an earthquake, major fire, hurricane, or other crisis.
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Stan’s Corner: People don’t take action because of facts—they take action because of stories. Stories make risk real. They reach the parts of the brain where empathy lives and memory sticks. Stan’s Corner turns passive awareness into urgent action—before the next breach becomes their story.
Family Protection Newsletter: Our monthly newsletter for non-cyber experts. For your parents, friends, and those who need to protect themselves in a digital world.
What a great idea! It’s a crucial and important focus.