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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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Software Patches: The Good, the Bad, and the Liability
Over the summer, cyber criminals hacked into a web application hosted by the Department of Energy and gained access to more than 100,000 personal records. Hackers were able to break in because the DOE...
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Common Risks for IT Project Risk Managers Part 1: Financial Exposures
While you may think you're unlikely to be sued, the reality is that more than half of all lawsuits target small businesses. As an IT project manager, you need to prepare for possible lawsuits, work to...
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Free Privacy Policy Template: Use this Template to Protect Your Business
We've all become accustomed to clicking through privacy policies (or terms of use agreements, acceptable use policies, etc.) without thinking much about them, but for tech businesses, privacy policies...
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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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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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Website E&O Disclaimers: Can They Protect You?
In order to protect themselves from E&O lawsuits from online users, many companies post legal agreements on their website, such as…Terms of Use Agreements (also called Terms and Conditions...
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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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How General Liability Insurance Protects You from Social Media-Related Libel...
With the rise of social media, IT businesses and contractors are now more vulnerable than ever to libel lawsuits.What is libel? Libel occurs when one party writes something damaging and potentially...
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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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How to Talk Cyber Security with Your Clients
A recent data breach at Snapchat made security experts scratch their heads. How does a company that markets itself as a secure messaging provider end up as the victim of a data breach?There are a...
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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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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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Don’t Let Your Employees Cause Your Next Data Breach
At the end of January, the Coca-Cola Company announced that nearly 80,000 of its private records had been compromised in a data breach. Among other things, the records contained some 20,000 Social...
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