When Floridians pay their taxes, they expect that money to be spent wisely. Roads are paved and in good shape. Schools funded. Data protected. What they don’t expect is for those same dollars to be spent on tech contracts that leave sensitive information wide open to hackers.

As someone who works with small businesses daily, I see firsthand what happens when cybersecurity takes a back seat. One weak password, one missed update, and suddenly a company’s email or payroll system is locked up by ransomware.

And for local governments, it’s not just a technical problem. It’s a taxpayer problem that too often results from large vendors cutting corners.

For example, Microsoft is one of the biggest technology companies in the world. Yet, it has repeatedly failed to protect the data of the very g

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