Back in 1995, the Association of Records Managers and Administrators were in the midst of campaigning for the renewal of the Paperwork Reduction Act. As a part of their efforts, they created National Records and Information Management Day. Over the years since, it has expanded into a week, and then into an entire month, for businesses around the world to consider their record-keeping practices.
Did you know that World Backup Day is in just a few short weeks? While it is an important occasion for businesses to recognize, data backup should really be something you think about all the time. This is because your backup is an integral part of the backup and disaster recovery portion of your overall business continuity.
Modern spreadsheet programs, like Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets, carry a plethora of functions under the surface thatāif used correctlyācan take their utility to another level. For instance, the cells in your spreadsheets can be turned into dropdown menus. Letās go over how to do so in both Excel and Sheets.
We arenāt going to try and pretend that the investments necessary to preserve your businessā data security are small ones. Especially at first glance, you may very well start to question if such an investment is truly necessary.
The simple fact of the matter is that, compared to the costs that a breach of privacy will incur, the investment you put into your security measures will suddenly seem like a real bargain.
If Edgar Allan Poe worked in an office, hereās what one of his works would sound like:
True!ānervousāvery, very dreadfully nervous I have been and am, but why will you say that I am mad? The office had sharpened my sensesānot destroyedānot dulled them. Above all was my sense of hearing. I heard all things in heaven and on earth and many things inā¦the other place. So, how then am I mad, especially when I can so healthily and calmly tell you this story?
As Miguel de Cervantes wrote in Don Quixote, ā...is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket.ā It was wise advice then, and itās wise advice nowāespecially when it comes to your businessā network and your data security.
Letās explore the concept of network segmentation, and how it can help to protect your business.
No matter how well you protect your network, chances are youāll suffer from some vulnerability or another. That said, you can take considerable measures toward protecting your business so you donāt have to worry so much about them. Letās discuss how your efforts today can protect your business now and in the future.
Mobile devices have become a key part of our daily lives, to the point that many of us openly feel undressed without our phones. As a result, our phones go everywhere with us. However, itās important to remember that some applications have requested access to our location information. Do all of these apps need to know precisely where we are?
Chances are, youāve gone through some old files and weeded through them, deleting what is no longer needed. This is especially important when you are upgrading your storage and getting rid of your existing storage media or an old computer. Letās talk about what really happens when youāre doing soāchances are, you may be overlooking a serious security issue.
Itās almost summer, which means baseball is in full swing. The game that many of us grew up on has recently gone through a major shift; one that small business owners can replicate to help their organizations. It came about through the use of data and today weāll discuss how the national pastime has changed and how you can use the same strategies to help make your business better.
Data breachesāany event where a businessā confidential data is viewed, copied, or stolen by an unauthorized person or partyāare a serious problem. Unfortunately, they are also a serious problem that can be caused by no shortage of situations. Letās review some of the causes of business data breaches so youāll know what to keep an eye out for.
Tomorrow, March 31st, is the official World Backup Day, a day intended to remind us all of the importance of taking backups for the sake of data continuity. While this kind of day can be a valuable reminder of a critical best practice, we contend that your awareness of your backup (and the associated maintenance of it) should not be limited to a single day.
The cloud is far and away one of the most beneficial technologies that a modern business has at its disposal. Unfortunately, the same can be said for modern cybercriminals. The cloud has given cybercriminals new opportunities that are important to acknowledgeāas well, of course, to protect your business against.
Healthcare is an industry thatāquite understandablyāoperates under very high pressure for a significant share of the time. As a result, it is only natural to conclude that a technology that could potentially make the lives of healthcare providers and administrators easier in numerous ways shows some promise. That technology is artificial intelligence.
Letās go over a few of the many ways that AI has been proposed (if not implemented already) as a solution to some of healthcareās more challenging stresses.
Cybersecurity is an important subject for a businessā entire team to appreciate, particularly when it comes to the minute differences between different terms. For instance, a layperson might hear ābreachā and automatically think āsecurity incident.ā While this technically isnāt incorrect, per se, the two terms arenāt really synonymous.
Letās take a few moments to dive into the minutiae and define these two terms more clearly.
Look, we are big fans of the cloud, especially for data storage, but you shouldnāt implement the cloud without a solid security strategy. Whether you are using it for your businessā data storage needs or just to take backups of your infrastructure, youāll still need to keep various facets of security in mind for your cloud storage. It all starts with figuring out how secure your cloud provider really is.
Keeping your data protected is a huge concern nowadays, with more and more safeguards needed to prevent it from being exfiltrated. Encryption is a great way to prevent your data from being any good to those who might steal it. Letās review what encryption is, and delve into how it works in practice.