Employees are your lifeblood and your greatest threat
(Post 4 of the Small Business Threats blog series) Employees, every company has them. Even a sole proprietorship has at least a single employee, even if that person is also …
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Small business can learn a thing or two from big corporate data breaches
(Post 4 of the Small Business Threats blog series) Data breaches in government and corporate industry seem to be happening more frequently. Just in the past few years major players …
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How does protecting your property relate to cybersecurity?
(Post 2 of the Small Business Threats blog series) When thinking of cybersecurity, it is understandably easy to assume that protective measures are largely technology-focused. After all, many cybersecurity start-ups …
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Small business: understanding your threats
(Post 1 of the Small Business Threats blog series) With this entry, I am beginning a series of blog posts that focus on threats specific to small businesses. Follow along …
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Trusted companies put your data at risk
It may be tempting to think that hackers are ultimately responsible for compromises of your sensitive data. That they are hard at work figuring out how to break security systems. …
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Is security necessary if you have nothing to hide?
Consider for a moment the very notion of information security. In general, is it really necessary in every aspect of our lives? Do we really need encrypted messaging on our …
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Cybersecurity forecast for 2018
The year 2017 was ripe with news of malware, social engineering attacks, and big data breaches. The most infamous of these are the claims of state-sponsored attacks involving Russia’s interference …
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Your company was hacked. Someone other than your employee used their login credentials. Maybe spam was sent out from their email, or logins began appearing from locations the employee has …
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Protecting your business from fraud
You have a thriving business that you are proud of. Maybe you have found the secret formula to serve up a product or service and make the most of a …
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Software updates: why you shouldn’t ignore them
You know the drill. Your computer prompts you that there are software updates pending, but it just isn’t a convenient time. Maybe you’re in the middle of paying bills. Maybe …
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