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Surprise! 8 Things You Didn’t Know about Your Small Business Insurance
Let's face it: small business insurance can be confusing. There's no shame in admitting that between learning the ins and outs of Property, General Liability, and Professional Liability Insurance, a...
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Anatomy of a Data Breach: Key Lessons from Target's Security Breach
Between November 27 and December 15, Target was the victim of a massive data leak. Hackers broke into Target's sales records and stole credit and debit card information for almost 40 million...
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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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Small Business New Year's Resolution: When Was Your Last Risk Assessment?
You may be wondering, what is a risk assessment? That’s good. It means you’re actively trying to reduce the risks that threaten your business.A risk assessment is a comprehensive overview of the...
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Why the HealthCare.gov Debacle Is Good for IT Pros
As an IT professional, when you tell people what you do for a living, you probably get two responses: either their eyes glaze over, or they ask if you can fix their printer. The second you start...
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Common IT Errors and Omissions that Trigger Lawsuits
In the same way that doctors have Malpractice Insurance, IT companies can purchase Professional Liability Insurance (often called Errors & Omissions, or E and O Insurance), which protects them from...
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Data Breach Case Study: Lessons from Target Data Heist
Before Target had even officially acknowledged it was the victim of a data breach, customers had already filed cyber liability lawsuits. Now, two weeks after the attack that exposed millions of holiday...
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Help Clients Build Trust after a Data Breach
Remember Target's massive 40 million user data breach? It just got much worse. It turns out the breach actually involved as many as 70 to 110 million users, and is now the largest data breach in U.S....
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What Insurance Do Your Independent Contractors Need?
IT project managers often hire subcontractors to work on a project, but who pays for the independent contractor's insurance and what insurance do they need to get? The...
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So You Hired a Dud. Here’s What’s Next.
One of the hardest things many small-business owners have to do is fire one of their employees. Emotionally taxing and fraught with liabilities, firing can be a minefield for potential lawsuits and...
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So Your IT Staffing Agency Recommended a Dud. Here’s What’s Next.
Running an IT staffing agency can be an incredible risky operation. The Edward Snowden saga reminds us that staffing firms might not always know what they’re getting from their contractors. In this...
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What the Reintroduction of the Data Privacy Act Means for Small Businesses
As an IT professional, developer, or consultant, you've probably heard rumblings about a bill called The Data Privacy Act. The bill will increase data security standards and strengthen punishments for...
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5 Steps to Protect Your Business from 2014’s Biggest Data Security Threats
Though we're only in the early stages of 2014, data security experts have already identified a number of growing threats and new trends in cyber security.As an IT professional, you know that new...
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Yet Another Reason Data Breaches Are Worse for Small Businesses
Being a small-business owner isn't easy, so the last thing you want hear is that your cyber assets are at a greater risk than your larger competitors'. Sadly, that seems to be the case.When small IT...
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Obama: Freelancers Are the Future in Tech and Elsewhere
If you're a tech freelancer or IT contractor, you're in good company: CNBC notes that fully one in three Americans work as freelancers. This marks a significant rise in freelance employment in the last...
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The Mobile Future & Why You’ll Need E&O Insurance in It
Ted Leonsis, entrepreneur and executive of AOL and Groupon, predicts that small businesses can see huge growth by capitalizing on new trends in mobile marketing.As it has become cheaper and easier to...
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3 Strategies to Help Small IT Businesses Beat 2014’s Biggest Cyber Threats
Every year, Deloitte publishes its Tech Trends report, which highlights trends from the last 12 months and issues recommendations for technology professionals in the year ahead. The 2013 Tech Trends...
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Clients Care about Cyber Security All of a Sudden? Hooray! Here’s How to...
Since the major data breach at Target, everyone and their mother has been talking about data breaches, which means your clients will probably have more questions about their own cyber security. They'll...
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The Dumbest Ways to Lose Your Data
Data breaches are often preventable. That's the sad truth. Businesses get sloppy, turn off security settings, or don't practice basic data security. This truth was highlighted recently when data...
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