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Nonprofits are among the most vulnerable businesses. Running lean, keeping costs below minimum, focusing on their mission are all exactly what donors want to see. But they are also the behaviors that leave nonprofits at risk for fraud, hacking and cybercrime. First in a continuing series.
50 percent of small business were hacked in 2014. 85 percent of small businesses have been hacked at least once. the FBI says 'you will be hacked.' So what are you going to do about it? The odds aren't in your favor but that doesn't mean there isn't help.
Two new cybersecurity reports should grab your attention - no matter how big your business. Both make one thing clear: The hackers are outspending, outperforming and outmanning us. And, right now, they are winning and we don't even know it.
Useful meetings may be a contradiction in terms sometimes, but they are especially challenging when remote workers need to be collaborating with their team. You don't have to buy a telepresence system to build a better meeting environment to bring your staff together.
You think you know all there is to know about digital security and you're doing it, right? Then a hack like Sony's happens and you have to ask yourself: Do I really know what's going on at my business?
People get frustrated with technology because they have a fundamental misunderstanding about what the point of it is. It is not a magic bullet to make your life easier (although that can be a by-product). It is to expand your capabilities, connect you with things you never knew you needed and give you insights into your business and your customers that you never imagined. But that does not come easy. It's work. But the payoff is power - and that's worth the journey.
