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The 5 Top Cybersecurity Threats To Small Businesses
The threat of a cybersecurity breach will keep any business owner up at night. Cybersecurity isn’t part of the day-to-day routine for most business leaders. However, the threat of a breach is more significant than ever thanks to an increasingly digital economy. Here are the top cybersecurity threats that businesses need to protect against.
The Importance of Cybersecurity For Small Business
Going into 2021, small businesses are focusing on increasing their online presence, building an online sales platform (e-commerce), and maintaining communication with employees, vendors, and customers. The COVID-19 pandemic is behind much of this focus and is driving companies to look to digital solutions to the ways they do business. It is also presenting a growing threat -- cybersecurity.
Application Software: Online Election System
Rural voters. People who can’t get away from work. The military
and other overseas citizens. Those with disabilities. The coronavirus
and social distancing. It is becoming clear that America is ready --
needs -- an online election system. It’s time to put the power of the
vote into the palms of our hands.
Why is Cybersecurity Important?
We recently attended the Arizona Technology Council’s 2018 Cybersecurity Summit in Scottsdale. As usual, this summit was packed with great information and exciting presenters and panels. We had two key takeaways from this. First, there will always be threats, so you need to be prepared. Second, you need to have a plan for when (when, not if) you get attacked.
Cyber-Security for Small Business Owners (Part 3)
In the last of our three-part series on cyber-security, we're going to talk about how you can create a culture of security to prepare your employees to avoid the single biggest threat: human error.
Cyber-Security for Small Business Owners (Part 2)
Last week, we outlined some of the reasons cyber-security matters for small business. This week, we're going to provide you with some basic tools to help secure your Web site.
Cyber-Security for Small Business Owners (Part 1)
Recently, I attended a Cyber-Security Summit organized by the Arizona Technology Council. After attending many of these events in the past few years and through conversations at the many events I’ve attended, it’s clear this is still an important topic of education for small businesses. I’ll try to cover, not just the reasons for concern (hopefully without scaring anyone into giving up their smart phone entirely), but also some tips on how to prepare your small business for the ever-changing cyber-security threats.
3 Ways to Secure Your Online Transactions
Security was a hot topic in 2016 (and 2015 and, to some extent, 2014), but it seems that we see news of a data breach almost daily. Consumers are often more savvy (or at least more paranoid) when it comes to online purchases. Attacks on small businesses are increasing because hackers know these are the weakest links. Here are a few tips to make sure you aren't their next victim.
Making Sure Everyone Gets a Timeout
Over that past few years supporting applications, I've received multiple requests to not timeout (either at all or less frequently). From a user's perspective, it's frustrating. You get up for a cup of coffee between work and get distracted by a quick conversation or the ding of email. You come back to the application, click, and you're required to log in again. There's a number of standards for the length of login timeouts, but everyone has their own opinion and each industry has different specific requirements.
3 Reasons We Challenge Clients On Web Site Security
Recently, a class-action lawsuit was filed against 21st Century Oncology. In it, the medical provider is accused of storing patient data in Joomla. Since we primarily use Joomla as a content management system, this story was interesting, particularly when you look at the lawsuit attorney's comments.
What Can You Do to Protect Your Company?
This week, it's time for information about digital security and what you can do about it. When I previously discussed security, I mentioned that the tone when people talk about digital security, privacy, and recently hacked companies is dire, but I want to focus on what you can do about it. Recently, Entrepreneur published two great articles on the topic, one broadly covering the topic and the other specifically addressing the issue of employee theft.
How Does Your Web Team Approach Security?
Security was on everyone's mind last year, including mine. One of the things I was keenly aware of was that most people talk about it fearfully - including me. I wanted this article to be different. We all know there are people out there who want our information - that hasn't changed. As a web development company, however, we must do our part to make obtaining that information more difficult.