Posts Tagged ‘Security’
A Small Business Workout: Get in Shape to Sell
It’s always a good idea to keep a regular check on the health of your business, but it’s vital if you are thinking of selling anytime soon. Taking the time out to analyze your expenses, crack down on cyber security, as well as outsourcing tasks and reducing piles of paperwork will really help to tone…
Read More6 Ideas to Help Keep Your Business Safe
Operating a business is a complicated matter. Not only do business managers have to worry about making a profit, they also have to worry about a myriad of things that can compromise the safety of the business. While there is no way to eliminate all risk, there are some practical steps that can be taken…
Read MoreLocks & Cameras Aren’t Enough: Maximize Your Security
Keeping your business secure is not a luxury, it’s a necessity. A single security breach, such as theft, can be enough to sink a small business. There are some basic and easy ways you can protect yourself, however, especially for the three most vulnerable areas: your virtual, physical, and legal environments. Keep Your Virtual World…
Read MoreOnline Banking for Small Business: How to Protect Yourself
If you’re a small business owner, you’ll want to make sure you’re protecting your company’s assets and funds. Whether you’re the one doing the book work or have someone else doing your finances, you need to be using best practices when performing online banking for your small business or any other financial work online. If…
Read MoreCritical Steps for Protecting Customer Data in Your Small Business
Protecting customer data in your small business takes good planning, training and vigilance because serious threats come from all sides: Hardware, Software, People, and Systems. Hardware “Skimmers” are responsible for many of the infamous retail customer data breaches that have made headlines in recent years. Skimmers are hardware devices that are surreptitiously installed on your card readers.…
Read MoreCyber Shoplifting is Affecting Both Retailers and Consumers
There is a phenomenon sweeping through the ecommerce environment, and it’s negatively impacting everyone involved. Friendly fraud and illegitimate chargebacks have negative ramifications for consumers, merchants, financial institutions and card networks. The Good and the Bad First, the good news. Between 2012 and 2014, the number of ecommerce sales increased by 40 million. By 2018,…
Read MoreThe Growing Problem of Fraud
Corruption, embezzlement, fraud, these are all characteristics which exist everywhere. It is regrettably the way human nature functions, whether we like it or not. What successful economies do is keep it to a minimum. No one has ever eliminated any of that stuff. ~Alan Greenspan According to the Small Business Administration small businesses lose on…
Read MoreIdentity Theft’s Hidden Victim: Your Business
Regardless of how it’s executed or who is affected, one fact is universal: identity theft leaves its victims feeling violated and insecure. However, the true victim of identity theft isn’t always as obvious as one might assume. A Well-Established Threat While it may seem as though the threat is a relatively new phenomenon, the roots…
Read MoreAvoid WordPress Hacks & Security Risks
As a small business owner, your website is the main component of your digital marketing strategy. As 23% of the entire internet is made up of WordPress sites, there’s a good chance that your company’s website is one of those WordPress sites. It’s imperative that you keep your website in tip-top condition and avoid any…
Read MoreHow to Protect Your Business from Credit Card Fraud
Credit card fraud is a form of identity theft wherein an individual uses another person’s credit card information to charge purchases, or to withdraw funds from the account. Credit card fraud may also involve the fraudulent use of a debit card as a result of theft of the actual card or by illegal acquisition of…
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