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Technology can help soothe your commuting woes
President Biden recently called for employees to return to their offices en masse, explaining that it’s…
Google Partners With Black Harvard Professor To Improve Skin Tone Representation In Technology
Google is taking steps toward improving skin tone representation across its products, including Real Tone for Pixel.…
4waystoprotectyoursmallbusinessfromcyberattacks
SincethebeginningoftheCOVID-19pandemic,smallbusinesseshavequicklyadoptedremoteworkingandtransitionedtonewtechnologies,suchascontactlesspaymentsandonlineordering.Unfortunately,theseadjustmentshavecomewithincreasedrisks.Accordingtoa2022reportfromBarracuda,acloudandnetworkssecuritycompany,smallbusinesseswithfewerthan100employeesreceive350%moresocialengineeringattacks—likephishing,scammingoremailcompromise—thanlargerbusinesses. Comparedwithlargercompanies,manysmallbusinesseshavefewerresourcestodedicatetocybersecurity,leavingthemvulnerabletotheever-evolvingtacticsofcybercriminals.Anddealingwiththeconsequencesofacyberattackcanbeseriouslydetrimentaltoabusiness’sbottomline,costingapproximately$25,000peryear. Learnhowtoprotectyoursmallbusinessfromcyberattackswiththesefourtips. 1.EVALUATEYOURONLINESYSTEMS Beforeyoucaneffectivelyprotectyourbusinessfromcyberthreats,youshouldhaveacompleteunderstandingofyourcurrentecosystemofonlinecomputeroperations.Youcanask:“Whatdowedoonanymachinethat’sconnectedtotheinternetwhatsoever?”saysAndrewLipton,vicepresident,headofcyberclaimsatAmTrustFinancialServices,asmall-businessinsurancecompany. Businessownersshouldunderstandwheretheirdatalivesandclassifywhattypesofdatatheystore—forexample,names,addresses,SocialSecuritynumbers. Liptonsuggestsreachingouttoalegalexpert,especiallyifyou’rehandlingsensitiveinformationlikeSocialSecurityorcreditcardnumbers,togetabetterunderstandingoftheconsequencesofadatabreachandgetaprofessionalopiniononhowtoprotectyourdata. Then,you’reinagoodpositiontotalktoyourinternetserviceprovidertofindthebestwaytosecureyourmostimportantinformation. 2.IMPLEMENTCYBERSECURITYBESTPRACTICES Evenwithoutthefirepoweroflargercompanies,smallbusinessescancreateadefensethatdiscouragescybercriminalsfromcarryingouttheirattacks,saidNajmaSultanabyemail.SultanaisthechiefsecurityofficeratVeem,aglobalpaymentsproviderforsmallbusinesses. Asabusinessowner,youcanimplementbasicsecurityandhygienepractices,suchas: —Installingfirewallstopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyournetworks. —Usingantivirussoftwareandensuringthatit’supdatedregularly. —Regularlybackingupdataandstoringitofflineorinanotherlocation,notjustinthecloud. —Creatingstrongpasswordsandnotusingthesamepasswordacrossdifferentaccounts. —Requiringmultifactorauthentication,whichasksfortwoidentifyingfactors,likeapasswordandacode,toaccessaccountsandsystems.…
Energy Workforce & Technology Council names Oklahoma Senator ‘Champion of American Energy’
5/11/2022 The Energy Workforce & Technology Council honored Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) with the “Champion of American…
Researchers testing light technology that could protect against the next pandemic
New technology could add another layer of protection against the next pandemic by simply turning on…
Watch live: NASA’s Crew-3 astronauts to splash down in Atlantic Ocean off coast of Florida
1/5 SpaceX’s Dragon Endurance, and the Crew-3 astronauts it carries, is pictured backing away from the…
A NEW MOON IS TO TAKE FLIGHT OVER FLORIDA’S GREAT NORTHWEST
Port St. Joe-Wewahitchka, May 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — UAV Corp’s (OTC Pink: UMAV) Skyborne Technology…
(CORRECTION) A NEW MOON IS TO TAKE FLIGHT OVER FLORIDA’S
Port St. Joe-Wewahitchka, Florida, May 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — UAV Corp’s (OTC Pink: UMAV) Skyborne…
