Drop the Needle and Pray

Back in the 70s and 80s, putting on a record wasn’t background noise, it was a ritual.  You dropped the needle, listened to the crackle, and prayed the song would hit you like nothing else.  For some of us, that moment was Springsteen’s Born to Run.  Drop the needle and pray,  that was the hope, the escape, the act of faith.

Cyber resilience works the same way.

If you’re a Gen X SMB owner, you remember when “IT support” meant smacking the side of the printer, when backups were photocopies stuffed in a filing cabinet, and when firewalls were literally made of bricks.  You built businesses without Wi-Fi, cloud storage, or MFA. And somehow, you made it work.

But today?  Hackers don’t care that you survived dial-up, floppy disks, or Betamax.  They care that you’re still running a business, that you’re stretched thin, and that you still think cyber is “for the big guys.”  That makes you their easiest target.

That’s why I built Cyber Skool Rools.

Not a whitepaper. Not a lecture. A mixtape. Twelve classic Gen X tracks, Stones, Bowie, Blondie, The Clash, Springsteen, Survivor, even Miami Vice cool, each one re-spun into a cyber lesson.  Loud.  Nostalgic.  No nonsense.

Tomorrow we drop the first of twelve daily tracks. One song. One lesson. Direct and unforgettable.

Cyber Skool Rools isn’t about fear (though it might give you a jolt).   It’s about resilience. It’s about survival.  It’s about keeping your business alive when the music stops.

So here’s the deal:
Drop the needle.
Pray if you want.
But this time? Be ready.

Cyber Skool Rools. Dropping tomorrow.