On February 8th 2018 Google announced that, beginning in July of this year, Chrome will now be marking all HTTP sites as ‘not secure’, moving in line with Firefox, who implemented this at the beginning of 2017. This now means that the 71% of web users utilizing either browser will be greeted with a warning […]
A new report reveals a stunning level of apathy about cybersecurity among businesses in five nations under continuous attack by hackers. Chicago-based insurance company Hiscox commissioned a survey of more than 4,100 organizations and found that 7 out of 10 were not prepared for a cyberattack. This institutional lethargy persists even in the face of
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If you don’t think that online shopping will soon become as common as shopping at a brick-and-mortar store, you haven’t been paying attention. E-commerce has grown to the point where just about every business has a website and something you can purchase from them online. If your store doesn’t have an online presence, you are
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By Carl Faulds Not all scammers are as obvious as the ones who spam your inbox claiming to be bank managers from Nigeria with millions of dollars to disburse. There are plenty of sophisticated crooks ready to prey on your business, and keen to exploit the meteoric growth in online lending. So what are the
Microsoft today released a 2018 version of “A Cloud for Global Good” this morning. “The beginning of a new year offers an opportunity to reflect on the past and look forward to the future,” stated Brad Smith, Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer in a blog post. Smith adds, “It’s in this spirit that today
The keys to a successful second line of defence There are many risk management methodologies in existence but it is not uncommon to come across large firms still following today simplistic, dysfunctional or flawed practices, in particular around operational risk management. The main issue with many of those approaches is that they are plagued by
We recently announced that we’re going to support single opt-in signups for MailChimp lists right from our own signup forms. This generated a lot of great conversation about deliverability—some that we expected, and some that surprised us. As the person who’s responsible for deliverability at MailChimp, I love it when people understand why this stuff
In 2015, The ISACA’s Global Cybersecurity Status Report conducted an online polling of 3,439 ISACA members in 129 countries, including 1,211 members in the United States. The survey revealed that out of the more than 3,400 members of the IT association, a whopping 83 percent volunteered that cyber attacks were among the top three threats
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I assume you know how much you’re spending on advertising. It’s an easy metric to compute even if you’ve only been in business for a month. There are other very important metrics most business owners and managers will follow once they have some sales history, such as lifetime value, inventory turnover, and other traditional business
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The massive Equifax data breach that exposed personal information of millions of consumers should be of extra concern to small business owners. After all, it’s not just their personal information that’s at risk; a data breach like this can also put their businesses at risk. For many small business owners, personal and business credit is
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