Many smaller businesses, especially startups with limited budgets, tend to treat information security as an afterthought, a bell-and-whistle to be added later when funds allow. This attitude may have been justified 20 or 30 years ago, but the modern landscape of cybercrime, data security, and privacy is making that impossible now…
As the founder of a startup, you’ve written the business plan and attracted your first customers, and now you’re starting to gain market traction. Chances are that a significant portion of your sales will involve e-commerce. Doing business online requires a technology infrastructure that can execute transactions, capture and analyze customer data, and...
For 13 years, Verizon has released its annual Verizon Business Data Breach Investigation Report, or DBIR, a comprehensive look at more than 150,000 incidents that gives business owners insight into trends in cyber attacks. As expected, the 2020 report took on more meaning: Unprecedented numbers of professionals are working from home,...