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Guarding Your Network Against Ransomware
Hybrid workforce is here to stay, and some businesses are entirely remote. With the benefits remote employees bring, it also introduces dangers like unprotected network access and greater exposure to ransomware. Over the last several years, ransomware has increased and can have disastrous consequences to businesses of all sizes. Read on to learn more about the ransomware landscape and how to protect your company from attacks that steal data.
Reviewing Data for Marketing Success
Analytics data show how well your campaigns are working, what is working well, what practices can be retired, and can reveal insights for getting the best return on investment (ROI). Analytics help you understand how customers interact with and across all of your applications and sites, throughout the life cycle of the customer relationship.
Lessons from a Global Technology Outage
As we saw two weeks ago, our entire world is dependent on technology. The global technology outage precipitated by a faulty software update rollout by Crowdstrike illustrates how a small problem can have enormous repercussions. The recovery will likely be difficult and expensive for many companies but especially for small to medium-size businesses. Read on to learn about how a technology advisor can help your company mitigate damage from and even prevent technical issues
Adopting a Risk Management Approach to Your Business
Doing business in today’s world doesn’t come without risk. Anything can happen, from a brief power failure resulting in two hours of downtime, to a days-long global technology outage precipitated by a CrowdStrike software update. How will you know what risks your business is most subject to, and how to mitigate those risks? Read on to find out what types of risks can threaten your company, and how to protect yourself.
Using Data to Gain Customer Insights
How do you know your company meets or even exceeds customer expectations? Numerous ways exist, though data generated in the course of business (including website analytics) is a key tool. Read on to learn how to use customer data to understand your customers and deliver ever-improving customer experience
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) for Hybrid Work Environments
In 2020, the way people worked changed, likely for good. Instead of being in the office most of the time, employees worked at home. Although some workers have come back to the office, hybrid work is here to stay. Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), pronounced “sassy”) is ideal for hybrid work, with its cloud-native architecture, centralized access policies and support of access based on device identity. Read on to learn more about this architecture and what it can bring to hybrid offices.
Put Artificial Intelligence to Work for Your Business
What will your company do with artificial intelligence, now that it’s a key technological trend? Artificial intelligence (AI, for short) holds the potential to revolutionize how your business meets its goals. Fueled by the natural language model of generative AI, automation of processes, data analysis, and streamlining tasks have all helped businesses work more efficiently. Read on to learn more about specific use cases for different aspects of your business.
Why Your Website Needs Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to Promote a Positive Customer Experience
More than just an aspect of customer experience, the security of your website is a matter of trust. Is your customers’ data, especially personally identifiable information like payment card data, login credentials, safe in your hands? Even when following data protection policies, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certification will show your customers that your website is secure.
Consider Managed Detection and Response to Keep Your Business Secure
We are entering the seasons of storms (including hurricanes and tornadoes), wildfires and other possible disasters. Even a power outage of short duration can affect your business. What if you ship orders because of an interruption in your order processing service, for example? Or what about a bigger disaster, that takes your business out of operation for days or weeks? Read on to learn more about the importance of disaster preparedness for keeping your business running.
Disaster Preparedness for Business Recovery
We are entering the seasons of storms (including hurricanes and tornadoes), wildfires and other possible disasters. Even a power outage of short duration can affect your business. What if you ship orders because of an interruption in your order processing service, for example? Or what about a bigger disaster, that takes your business out of operation for days or weeks? Read on to learn more about the importance of disaster preparedness for keeping your business running.
Accessibility Compliance Provides a Secure Online Experience
How do you make your website compliant with the ADA, and how does that impact web security? Global Accessibility Awareness Day is on May 16th, and there’s no time like the present to consider how accessible your website is to all users. Read on to learn about the importance of giving all users, including those with disabilities, a positive user experience–of which security is a part.
Password Best Practices Keep Your Business Secure
According to an article in the HIPAA Journal, May 2nd was “National Password Day.” You didn’t know there was such a day? National Password Day was declared in 2013 to bring awareness of both the importance of passwords in keeping personal and company data safe, but also about password risks and best practices to mitigate those risks. Read on to learn about the state of thinking about passwords, and how to better manage login credentials.