If you haven’t noticed it yet, you will soon: Microsoft is integrating its Copilot generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool into every nook and cranny of its ecosystem that it can. Copilot is already built into Windows 11 and the Microsoft Edge browser, and it’s available as a standalone chatbot app online and on mobile. Microsoft […]
Wintertime can feel like a wonderland. There’s hot cocoa, cozy fireside conversations, glistening white snowfall… ice storms, power outages and tons of employee sick days. You can’t predict the future, but a business continuity plan – BCP for short – ensures that unexpected events don’t slow you down because, in business, every minute counts – […]
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The desire to feel valued, recognized and appreciated is universal in Western culture, not only in our personal lives but also in the workplace. According to Great Place To Work’s 2023 discretionary effort study, 37% of respondents said that more recognition at work “would encourage them to produce better work more often.” Additionally, employees who […]
You’ve probably noticed the little elf helping you around retail stores this year. No, it’s not the teenager at the mall in red-and-white stockings with a felted green hat. It’s AI. Log in to Amazon, and you’ll see suggested products like winter decorations, novels or toy recommendations for kids. Add that remote-controlled car into your […]
After a data breach in 2022, the leaders at Illinois-based manufacturing company ICS probably thought, “Thank goodness we have a cyber insurance policy.” But after claims investigators pulled out their microscopes, they found that ICS failed to use multifactor authentication (MFA) across all digital assets, which they had agreed to do in their policy. Travelers […]
If you ask a security professional, you get by-the book advice about sharing passwords: “Don’t share passwords.” But we know, in reality, that doesn’t work. Your office might be sharing a single password for apps like SurveyMonkey right now to save cash on buying additional users, and some social media accounts don’t even give you […]