Nov 1, 20263 min
Madison Square Garden Sports used a free Knicks championship ring as the lure in a simulated phishing test, then called it an unfortunate mistake. In this episode of The Houston Tech Brief from CinchOps, we rate that...
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The Houston Tech Brief
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CinchOps breaks down the cybersecurity threats, IT decisions, and technology shifts that impact small and mid-sized businesses the most. The Houston Business Tech Report delivers the kind of straight talk Houston business owners need to protect their operations, cut through the noise, and spend smarter on technology. No jargon. No fluff. Just what matters to your bottom line.
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What is The Houston Tech Brief about?
CinchOps breaks down the cybersecurity threats, IT decisions, and technology shifts that impact small and mid-sized businesses the most. The Houston Business Tech Report delivers the kind of straight talk Houston business owners need to protect their operations, cut through the noise, and spend smarter on technology. No jargon. No fluff. Just what matters to your bottom line.
Who hosts The Houston Tech Brief?
The Houston Tech Brief is hosted by CinchOps Technology Solutions. The show has published 70 episodes to date.
What has The Houston Tech Brief covered recently?
Recent episodes include "The Knicks Phishing Test Did Its Job. That Is the Problem for Houston" (1 November 2026, 3 minutes), "Houston Area Patch Index: A Record October, With Attacks at the Edge" (31 October 2026, 3 minutes), and "Texas Breach Reports: 99 in October 2026, What Houston Should Know" (31 October 2026, 4 minutes).
How often does The Houston Tech Brief publish?
The Houston Tech Brief publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 3 minutes across 70 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on The Houston Tech Brief?
Booking probability for The Houston Tech Brief is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Houston Tech Brief requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Houston Tech Brief's contact route on record: public web form.
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CinchOps Technology Solutions hosts The Houston Tech Brief, a technology podcast with 70 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Oct 31, 20263 min
Software vendors published 5,642 security advisories in October 2026, the most of any month in the CinchOps Houston Area Patch Index. In this episode of The Houston Tech Brief from CinchOps, we walk through where that...
- Oct 31, 20264 min
Texas breach reports hit 99 in October 2026, the highest single-month count on the Texas Attorney General's public listing. In this episode of The Houston Tech Brief from CinchOps, we walk through the second monthly...
- Oct 29, 20263 min
Harris County did not let the Ship Channel Bridge designer grade the bridge design. In this episode of The Houston Tech Brief from CinchOps, we walk through the independent review of the Sam Houston Tollway bridge over...
- Oct 29, 20263 min
Owning security tools is not the same as managing to a standard. In this episode of The Houston Tech Brief from CinchOps, we take on four beliefs that keep small businesses from naming a security framework: that tools...
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- Oct 27, 20263 min
Outdated IT costs Houston small businesses money in ways that rarely show up as a line item. In this episode of The Houston Tech Brief from CinchOps, we walk through seven dated costs: Windows 10 security extensions at...
- Oct 22, 20263 min
A smashed truck window and a missing laptop bag doesn’t have to become a data breach. In this episode of The Houston Tech Brief from CinchOps, we cover the three questions to ask your IT provider in the first hour, why...
- Oct 19, 20263 min
Bank of America’s CEO told CNBC the bank put 1,000 contractors on patching work, on top of about 3,000 staff, to fix software flaws exposed by Anthropic’s Mythos. A Houston business with 10 to 200 people cannot hire its...
- Oct 19, 20263 min
The Texas Attorney General’s breach listing shows 1,062,060 Texans affected by the CenterPoint Energy data breach. Names, addresses, Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers were taken, and as of October 13...
- Oct 16, 20263 min
Tesla’s proposed $10.1 billion Project Crystal Sun cleared a Lamar CISD vote on September 15, 2026, but the state and Tesla still have to decide. This episode of The Houston Tech Brief from CinchOps looks at what a...
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Houston Tech Brief: Only 28% Get Strong AI Returns - What the 2026 Wharton Study Means for Houston
Oct 15, 20263 minThis is the Houston Tech Brief from Cinch Ops. We summarize the 2026 Wharton AI Adoption Report and what it means for Houston businesses with 10–200 employees: adoption at large companies is settled, but the real...
- Sep 19, 20263 min
A managed IT contract gets signed in a good week. Read it for the week you want to leave. In this episode of The Houston Tech Brief from CinchOps, we walk through what should be in a managed IT contract, in 4 steps. We...
- Sep 13, 20263 min
Construction companies say they spend 18% of project time just searching for data, and general contractors rank data security as their top barrier to going digital. In this episode of The Houston Tech Brief, CinchOps...
- Sep 13, 20263 min
Your company's phishing test report shows fewer clicks than last year. That does not mean your team is harder to fool. In this episode of The Houston Tech Brief from CinchOps, we break down Pistachio's Phishing...
- Sep 12, 20263 min
Microsoft's September 8, 2026 release carried 974 security fixes, the largest we have tracked. Attackers were already exploiting 2 of them, and neither was rated Critical. Here is why putting off updates is a real risk...
- Sep 1, 20263 min
On August 31, 2026, Texas Cyber Command and the Office of the National Cyber Director launched Project Watershed 250: 12 companies, including Microsoft, Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services and Dragos, donating red team...
- Aug 16, 20263 min
A Houston pediatric hearing center is notifying nearly 30,000 people after a ransomware group claimed 540 GB of its data - and it's the third Houston-area healthcare provider tied to a cyber incident in six months. In...
- Aug 13, 20263 min
A fully remote company doesn't have a network anymore. It has one network per employee - the home router, the apartment Wi-Fi - and none of them answer to the business. In this episode of The Houston Tech Brief, we...
- Aug 9, 20262 min
Somebody on your payroll pasted company data into a chatbot this month, and no tool you own said a word. This episode covers the AI security roadmap for Houston businesses: four phases, in order, and why the cheapest...
- Aug 8, 20262 min
Houston construction firms just did something nobody expected: they outscored lawyers, CPAs, and manufacturers on cybersecurity. CinchOps scanned 648 commercial construction and trades firms across the Houston metro...
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