Information technology has utterly transformed how we live and run our businesses, shrinking the world and accelerating everything we do. But these incredible advances come with an unfortunate and unavoidable byproduct: endless and ever-changing cyber threats. Since October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, it’s a good moment to reflect on the role cybersecurity plays in our […]
Hackers Are Targeting Small Construction Companies And Other Invoice-Heavy Businesses
From 2023 to 2024, attacks on construction companies doubled, making up 6% of Kroll’s total incident response cases, according to the 2024 Cyber Threat Landscape report from risk-advisory firm Kroll. Experts at Kroll note that the uptick could be driven by how work is carried out in the industry: employees work with numerous vendors, work […]
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What Do You Do When A Company Compromises Your Data?
With the rise in cyber-attacks worldwide, you’ve likely received more than one notification from a company you work with informing you that your data has been compromised in a breach. While there are steps we can take as consumers to protect ourselves, sometimes we can’t control when a company that promised to protect our personal […]
3 Annoying Tasks You Can Automate Right Now
Odds are that right now you’re doing a handful of tasks manually that you don’t need to, like sorting through an endless e-mail inbox. According to Microsoft, employees spend just under two hours daily on e-mail – that’s more than eight hours a week spent in your inbox instead of on more creative or strategic […]
How To Put Generative AI To Work For Your Business
The rapid evolution of AI over the past year has been nothing short of revolutionary, particularly generative AI – technologies that generate text, images, video, 3-D models and even code – which saw a breakout year in 2023. In ChatGPT’s first month, it amassed 57 million users, making it the fastest-growing consumer application in history, […]
Why 60% Of Data Backups Fail Businesses When They Need Them Most
From natural disasters and cyber-attacks to accidental deletion, there are many reasons a business needs to back up its data. However, Avast’s latest findings on disaster recovery highlight an alarming issue for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs): 60% of data backups are not fully successful, and half of the attempts to recover data from these […]