The Most Important Tips for Protecting Your Confidential Information

Whether you run a small business or a large corporation, you need to make sure you protect your data. There is a lot of confidential information related to your employees, your daily business operations, and your customers. If you want to make sure that your business partners, employees, and clients have confidence in your operations, you need to show them that you can protect their confidential data.

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When it comes to data backup and recovery, what are the most important tips you need to follow? What do you need to do if you want to protect your confidential information from harm?…

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Going Beyond Personal Data Protection

A recent study conducted by researchers from Bristol University in the UK found that numerous betting firms were flouting strict advertising regulations in order to encourage children to engage with esports gambling. Like most other developed countries, there are strict and specific laws in place designed to protect British children from potentially damaging and addictive activities like gambling.

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Betting Sites Targeting Children For eSports Betting

The researchers discovered that most online gambling firms were not using any kind of age verification to ensure that their adverts were not being placed in front of children. Furthermore, the researchers found that a quarter of all the online users responding to Twitter posts concerning betting odds for esports matches were aged under 16.…

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Data Protection is Critical: Lessons Learned

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Carbonite. All opinions are 100% mine.

Whether you are a solopreneur or the owner of a 100-employee company, you can’t underestimate the importance of data protection in your business.  I know what I’m talking about because I have been-there-done-that.

Read on, and you’ll see why losing your data sucks – big time.

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My data horror story

I’ve run an online business since 2008.  Since then, I’ve experienced numerous ups and downs with my business, and part of the cause is related to data.

You see, I own dozens of business websites. …

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Strategies to Stop Worker Negligence and Protect Your Company’s Data

Data breaches have been in the news a lot lately. Not a week goes by when we don’t hear about another devastating breach, and it is often only the big breaches of well known companies like eBay that make the headlines.

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It can happen to your organization as well, no matter how small it is – and the results can be devastating. But did you know that the biggest risk to your company’s data often comes from employees?

You may take excellent precautions such as getting ISO 27001 certification, and this will help you to run a more secure organization. But human error often presents the biggest risk.…

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The Need for Data Protection in an Increasingly Paperless World

While we are undoubtedly fortunate to live in technologically advanced times, this also brings challenges in terms of online security and safety. To understand these further, we need only look at the publication of recent data breaches involving the Office of Personnel Management and the Internal Revenue Service, which highlighted exactly how vulnerable organisations become when they share data either externally or internally.

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For firms that are required to share or store data, it is therefore imperative that there is a clear focus on creating secure, online network.

How to Prevent Data Loss and Secure your network in 3 easy steps

With this in mind, what practical steps can be taken to safeguard your network and prevent data loss?…

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Protecting Your Online or IT Business from External Threats

With the news that UK economic growth forecasts have been revised up to 2.3% for the remainder of 2014, businesses nationwide are making confident plans for their short and long-term future. It is important that entrepreneurs do not become too confident or complacent, however, as this can cause significant issues that ultimately underline even the most carefully laid growth and development plans. There are threats that lurk around every corner for business owners, especially those that work exclusively in the Information Technology or online sectors.

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How to Protect Your Online or IT Business

Remote, online businesses are unique in the modern age, and there multiple risks that entrepreneurs need to be aware of.…

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Turnover Of Both Mobile And Cloud Computing Exceeds Expectations

Turnover Of Both Mobile And Cloud Computing Exceeds Expectations

When it comes to mobile and cloud computing, anyone can observe an ascending trend in terms of individual and business use. These environments have become a standard in the industry, being able to revolutionize the market as we know. In this regard, attention needs to be paid to a few important chapters:

Cost and Scalability

These two components are important for a business’s ascending, as they are able to define the limits up to which one can go. Fortunately, both these environments offer efficient deals, being very easy to observe how they delimit from the other solutions.

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Using cloud eliminates the need for a company to have its own IT infrastructure and also facilitate access to information with minimum effort from the users who only need an internet connection.…

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How To Protect Your Business Inside And Out

How To Protect your Business Inside and Out

Your business is your pride and joy so it is completely understandable that you would want to do everything you can to protect it. Although many business owners think about protecting their company’s premises from vandalism and theft, not everyone considers protecting the internal elements of their business like their IT system and data. In this article we will explain how to protect both the outside and inside of your business from a number of dangers.

CCTV systems

Although CCTV systems can be expensive, they are one of the best ways of protecting your staff, your business premises and the equipment inside.…

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Safeguarding Against Natural Disasters with Cloud Computing

When Hurricane Sandy hit in late October, it wasn’t only the people along the East Coast who felt her wrath. As New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania were darkened by power outages, computer users and businesses everywhere also suffered a blackout of sorts.  Data centers were knocked off-line, taking popular websites down with them. The outages also meant that some remote employees didn’t have access to their company network.

Cloud computing has benefits in a number of situations, but it is especially during a natural disaster that its value really shines through. The cloud can be advantageous in protecting data loss during a disaster by allowing organizations to perform offsite data replication to a cloud storage provider, Chris Trautwein, chief information security officer with  (ISC)2  pointed out.…

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Back It Up: Choosing The Right Storage Solution For Your Business

Choosing The Right Storage Solution For Your Business

Regardless of the size of your business, you need to have a data storage solution that protects your data and acts as a backup in case your primary storage fails. Just take a minute to imagine how you would go about trying to recover if you suddenly lost all of the information stored on your business computer, and you’ll quickly realize the necessity of data storage. Consider a wide range of options, including both on-site and remote storage, and pick the one that best meets your small business’ needs.

Pros and Cons of On-Site Storage

Keeping your data on-site may seem like the smart choice, given that you feel like you have the most control over data there.…

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