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IT Risk Management Strategy: Deadlines and Software Testing
Sticking to deadlines and meeting software-testing milestones are important for software developers who want to limit their liability and prevent lawsuits. In this article, we'll answer the following...
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Verification & Validation to Avoid E&O Claims
People sometimes use the words verification and validation interchangeably (and often abbreviate them to V&V), but while they can both help you avoid errors and omissions lawsuits, there are key...
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Your Most Powerful Anti-Data Breach Tool (Spoiler: It’s Client Education)
An IT consultant's work includes more than just installing software and setting up hardware. You may not realize it, but you are also responsible for teaching clients about cyber security. Take the...
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Data Breach Response Guide
This year, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center, there have been more than 500 data breaches reported at U.S. companies, resulting in more than 15 million stolen records.If you look through...
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Email E&O Disclaimers: Do They Mean Anything?
You've probably received countless emails that have a disclaimer at the bottom saying something along the lines of "this email and contents are intended only for the recipient" or "contents of this...
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Should You Add an Errors and Omissions Clause to Contracts?
Any time you start working on a new project, you should sign a contract with your client. You may be wondering, how do these contracts protect me? Good question. In order for a contract to protect your...
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What to Do if You’re Sued: A Practical Guide
Every IT consultant and network admin worries about being sued. Lawsuits are the "boogieman" of the business world, but like many of the things we fear, they are not very well understood by people...
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How Much Is E and O Insurance Worth?
Professional Liability Insurance (also called E&O Insurance) can potentially save IT businesses millions of dollars in legal fees. Take, for example, this lawsuit about to go to trial:The state of...
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3 Ways to Upgrade Your Data Security for Free
As a small-business owner, every decision you make is affected by your budget. You carefully weigh the tradeoffs before making any major purchase. With that in mind, it's nice when you can get...
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A New Holiday Tradition: 12 Days of Risk-mas
Everyone knows the holiday song "12 days of Christmas," but reports about the prevalence of data breaches over Christmas inspired us to rewrite the classic carol and give it a contemporary twist. Read...
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Should You Add an Errors and Omissions Clause to Contracts?
Any time you start working on a new project, you should sign a contract with your client. You may be wondering, how do these contracts protect me? Good question. In order for a contract to protect your...
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What to Do if You’re Sued: A Practical Guide
Every IT consultant and network admin worries about being sued. Lawsuits are the "boogieman" of the business world, but like many of the things we fear, they are not very well understood by people...
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How Much Is E and O Insurance Worth?
Professional Liability Insurance (also called E&O Insurance) can potentially save IT businesses millions of dollars in legal fees. Take, for example, this lawsuit about to go to trial:The state of...
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3 Ways to Upgrade Your Data Security for Free
As a small-business owner, every decision you make is affected by your budget. You carefully weigh the tradeoffs before making any major purchase. With that in mind, it's nice when you can get...
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A New Holiday Tradition: 12 Days of Risk-mas
Everyone knows the holiday song "12 days of Christmas," but reports about the prevalence of data breaches over Christmas inspired us to rewrite the classic carol and give it a contemporary twist. Read...
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Where’s Your Cyber Risk Insurance Hiding?
There are two different kinds of cyber-related risks (aka liabilities) that threaten small businesses – first-party and third-party – and different small business insurance policies cover each...
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2013 Year-end Highlights: 5 Major Trends in Data Breaches and IT Liability
Between the Edward Snowden saga and the botched Obamacare rollout, 2013 was a year filled with concerns about data security and tech liabilities. Think about it: two of the biggest stories of the year...
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Countdown to 2014: Top 6 Causes of Data Breaches on New Year’s Eve
As you prepare to ring out 2013, make sure your festivities don’t expose your business or your clients to unnecessary risk. Think you’re safe during the holidays? Think again. In fact, experts have...
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Certificates of Liability Insurance: Who They Protect
Understanding how Certificates of Liability Insurance work is important for small-business owners who want to sign new contracts with clients.Some times also called a Proof of Insurance, the insurance...
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How Many Data Breaches Will You Prevent in 2014?
The year 2013 was already deemed a "cyber tipping-point" by Advisen, a market research firm that argues the prevalence of data breaches and growing number of attacks on small businesses will be a game...
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