Technology is central to your business performance, product
development, and revenues. You need a leader to map out your strategy
and implement it but hiring a CIO can a huge step for a small business.
It doesn’t have to be -- you can outsource. CIO-for-hire is a great
option for a small business looking to get the leadership it needs to
stay dialed into the always-evolving technology landscape.
Small software issues grow and become real problems. Customers and vendors demand higher-tech solutions. Your whole leadership team knows the right technology can solve these issues. “Is it time to hire a CTO?” Knowing when to hire a CTO is an important step as your company prepares to get to that next level. You have options.
Beginning with the end in mind is a great idea but you can’t begin unless you know where you are. Start creating a cybersecurity plan that protects your business from cyberattacks by assessing your cybersecurity posture.
How much should your business spend on cybersecurity to prevent a truly damaging cyber attack? An analysis of spending by industry to help you plan to financially support your cybersecurity strategy.
It costs much less to take simple preventative measures, like training and technology, to prevent the hackers from getting in. The first step is to create your business cybersecurity budget.
Hackers have learned that small businesses are easy targets. Small businesses tend to overlook social engineering prevention and leave the door wide open. How can you protect your small business?
One of the most-used strategies to breach corporate security is Social Engineering. Without a good training program to empower employees to fend off these attacks, the business, and its data, remain in a very vulnerable position.
Large corporations get the headlines, but 43% of hacks happen to small businesses. Many small businesses go under within months of an incident. If your business is a victim of a cybersecurity breach, you need to act quickly.
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.
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.
Last year, we helped you understand the need for custom software, and then we gave you some reasons to do it. You might be convinced that this year, your business will benefit from the right software. But now, you’re waiting for the right moment. Knowing when to go custom is a matter of business goals, budget, and timeline.
Many small businesses have had to make significant changes to their operations and products. Some have entered the digital realm and others have had to deal with adapting to a remote workforce. Regardless, IT is changing for small businesses in 2021. Let’s take a look at how.