This is the fourth in a series of posts in honor of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.  Each day this week, we’re sharing a practical cybersecurity tip for small businesses.

Cybersecurity attacks might conjure up images of hackers in hoodies clacking away in the shadows, but did you know that your own employees pose as great…

This is the third in a series of posts in honor of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.  Each day this week, we’re sharing a practical cybersecurity tip for small businesses.

Modern data privacy laws recognize that individuals have certain
rights in data that organizations collect from them.  Compliance with such laws often requires the
ability to…

This is the second in a series of posts in honor of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.  Each day this week, we’re sharing a practical cybersecurity tip for small businesses.

Modern data privacy laws require organizations to respect certain
rights of individuals from whom they collect personal information.   Under
privacy laws like the General Data Protection…

In honor of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we’re
sharing our top practical tips for small businesses to keep their data
secure.  Tip #1 is encryption.  The National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) defines encryption as “the process of
transforming plaintext into ciphertext using a cryptographic algorithm and key.”  In plain terms, encryption…

Beefing up cybersecurity controls could seem intimidating
and costly, but it doesn’t have to be.  Although
the appropriate cybersecurity controls vary depending on a number of factors
including the amount and type of data being handled and how the data is stored,
there are best practices every organization should implement.  In honor of National
Cybersecurity…

High-profile
data breaches have become common in the headlines, but it’s not just big
businesses that are the targets of hackers. 
According to the 2018
Hiscox Small Business Cyber Risk Report, 47% of small businesses had at
least one cyber attack in the past year. 
Yet, barely 52% of small businesses have a clearly…

A sea change in data protection law in the European Union (EU) is about to take place, and your organization doesn’t have to be based in the EU to feel its impact.  The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect on May 25, 2018.  The GDPR applies not just to EU Member States, but…