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Death by CHEAPNESS
Southwest Airlines’ recent fiasco that caused them to cancel over 16,700 flights, leaving people stranded across America, was the epitome of what’s happening with so many businesses right now across the US. A total and complete meltdown in service due to cheapness. During their busiest season, Southwest had to apologize for miscommunications that led to……
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“If I’m Going To Get Hacked Anyway, Why Bother Spending Money On Cyber Security?”
In his book The Road Less Stupid, Keith Cunningham makes this correct observation about succeeding in business: “I don’t need to do more smart things. I just need to do fewer dumb things.” When it comes to cyber security, I see a lot of dumb decisions made by smart people based on gross ignorance about……
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3 Tech And Automation Strategies Businesses Must Have Now To Stay Competitive, Profitable And Thriving This Year
Covid changed everyone’s lives in dramatic ways on many levels – but small and big businesses alike were radically impacted, from events, restaurants and retail being shut down to sending everyone home to work remote. It’s no surprise that the tech sector thrived during this time, from remote work solutions to online ordering, telemedicine, virtual……
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How The New FTC Safeguards Rule Will Radically Change How Even Small Businesses Operate
A little over a year ago, the FTC made several amendments to the existing Safeguards Rule requiring even very small businesses to ensure the protection of client data. These changes, set to go into effect back in December of 2022, are now going to be enforced starting June 9, 2023 – and it’s very likely……
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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
What do these three real e-mails have in common? No, “Paul” isn’t the luckiest person in the world but, as you might have guessed, the target of cybercriminals. All three of the above are examples of real recent e-mail scams* that were sent to hundreds of thousands of e-mail addresses with the goal of getting……
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