If you have been running a business for any length of time, you don’t need to be told how imperative risk management is. One problem you see from business owners today is that while they comprehend just how many problems there are (and which ones they need to find solutions for first), they want to grow their business fast, and as a result, they overlook potential problems and end up hurting their business as a result.
When we talk about modern cybersecurity, there seems to be a lot of emphasis put on phishing attacks and ransomware. This is for good reason: not only can either of these attacks create significant difficulties for a business, they are often used in tandem. Why are these threats are so potent, and why do they so often show up together?
The office is a tool designed to enhance business. Remember the office? Some long for the day when they can get back there, while many remote workers enjoy not having to physically be there anymore. One thing is certain: many people are still working from home, having been sent there in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many, with no return date in sight. Below is a look at a couple pieces of technology that are popular with the remote work crowd.
After dealing with months of terrible news, a lot of businesses are trying to find the right strategy to navigate all the challenges their road ahead presents. With increasing costs and diminishing revenues there needs to be a strategic urgency that will allow your organization to sustain operations when other companies are laying off their workers and folding into obscurity. Below is a look at some of the technology services that you can use to keep your business afloat during the economic downturn.
We’ve all been at least somewhat affect by the COVID-19 pandemic. Small businesses have been some of the hardest hit because they were not deemed to be essential and were forced to close. Some were able to work from home. Regardless of what your pandemic strategy was, businesses are opening for business, and it's a great opportunity to discuss what to expect from your staff during this confusing time.
Small business owners are always searching for that “special something” that will provide added value to their offering. In 2020, with COVID-19 causing all kinds of chaos, it has been hard for businesses to commit to any new investments. To keep revenue coming in, a lot of businesses have been forced into letting their staff to work remotely. To make this work, many have rolled out VPN for their business, but like seemingly everything else, there are very serious risks about relying too heavily on your VPN. Listed below are a look at some of these risks.
Disasters happen. If your organization fails to plan for the worst, then when something horrible does happen, you could be looking at catastrophe. However, if you have a comprehensive continuity plan in place, you have a fighting chance. Listed below are some of the elements you absolutely must address when creating your business’ continuity plan.
The COVID-19 pandemic has every business on edge and looking for ways to mitigate some costs without directly impacting their ability to put out the product or service that their customers expect. When you begin to look at your IT, and try to establish what your IT support costs are, you may find that you are paying a lot more than you might like to keep your organization's IT running properly. This is where Managed IT services come in.
One thing that the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us is that a worker's environment may not have as big of an effect on productivity as we once thought. However, many businesses that were forced to disperse their workforces as stay-at-home orders were put in place, have seen their overall productivity drop by about one percent, depending on who you ask, which considering all the variables is a win for any business that needed to go that route. Some employees are so much more productive than they are at the office that now that many businesses can reopen, there is a decision to be made. Discussed below is how imperative your productivity figures are to your business and how it may have an effect on your management style moving forward.
Consider how easy it is to trick a person. Entire industries are built around it. Think about the flashy magazines at the checkout counter promising us perfect summer bodies if we just follow a celebrity's simple 10-step workout routine. People buy these magazines; they wouldn’t continue to exist otherwise. Phishing works for hackers, and it works very well; they are constantly making it harder to not get tricked.
