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Reopening Your Business Safely During COVID-19

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You had to close down your business from a full office of employees to a remote workforce for several weeks. With states slowly starting to lift social distancing restrictions, you are considering what comes next in terms of safely reopening…
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Conducting An Organization Wide Phishing Test

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Remote operation of your business means that protections your office building had, your employees' homes may not. Cybercriminals are taking advantage of this situation by phishing out your employees' data. Take the time to educate your employees…
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Disturbing Hacking Trends

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Security experts commonly say that there are only two types of companies these days. There's companies that have been hacked, and those that don't yet know that they've been hacked. Here are some important hacking trends given by a statistical…
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The 4 Types Of Workplace Violence

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Workplace Violence can be difficult to identify because it is more than homicides or physical assaults. This can be non-violent offenses like stalking, threatening words or other menacing contacts. Workplace Violence is defined as any physical…
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Business Interruption and Ransomware

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Ransomware is a type of malware designed to deny access to a person’s computer unless they pay the hacker ransom. The NY Times reports that these attacks have grown over the past year with a 41 percent increase in 2019. Ransomware attacks…

7 Common Insurance Errors Businesses Make

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We recently left a meeting with one of the largest construction companies in the country, whose sales are north of a billion dollars annually. The first comment my counterpart made was, “I cannot believe how poor their systems are...” I…
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Phishing Attacks: Know the Signs!

Beware of Phishing!!! Hackers will start with low-level employees first, making their way to executives’ accounts. Hackers are constantly trying to find ways to hack into company accounts. They start off by sending trust-worthy emails…
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A Small Business' Guide To The CARES Act

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On Friday, March 25, 2020, the US Senate passed the CoronaVirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), to help provide financial relief to the people and business of America. This bill is a $2 Trillion dollar relief in response to…
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Keeping Employee Morale Up During Covid-19

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employee morale  The remote workforce has boomed over the past week and a half with thousands of organizations moving from office buildings to laptops at home. While ¼ of the U.S. workforce was part-time remote employees before the viral…