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Businesses should carefully contemplate their cybersecurity budgets

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Is your company spending enough on cybersecurity? Unfortunately, it’s a question every business owner must contemplate carefully these days. The 2025 Security Budget Benchmark Report found that cybersecurity budgets increased by 4% this year, based on survey responses from nearly 600 Chief Information Security Officers collected by IANS Research and Artico Search. That may sound impressive. But it’s […]

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What every business owner should know about data hygiene

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When you read the word “hygiene,” you may immediately think about the importance of washing your hands or brushing your teeth. But there’s another use of the term that every business owner should know: data hygiene. This refers to the ongoing process of ensuring that the information your company relies on is accurate, complete, consistent

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Is your business ready for digital documents and e-signatures?

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Whether signing a vendor agreement, approving a repair estimate or applying for a loan, chances are you’ve signed something digitally in recent months. In 2025, digital documents and e-signatures are no longer just a convenience — they’re fast becoming the standard. Businesses of all types and sizes are embracing digital workflows to improve efficiency, reduce

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Surprise IT failures pose a major financial risk to companies

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It’s every business owner’s nightmare. You wake up in the morning, or perhaps in the middle of the night, and see that dreaded message: “We’re down.” It could be your website, e-commerce platform or some other mission-critical information technology (IT) system. All you know is it’s down and your company is losing money by the hour.

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Businesses must face the reality of cyberattacks and continue fighting back

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With each passing year, as networked technology becomes more and more integral to how companies do business, a simple yet grim reality comes further into focus: The cyberattacks will continue. In fact, many experts are now urging business owners and their leadership teams to view malicious cyberactivity as more of a certainty than a possibility.

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5 tips for more easily obtaining cyberinsurance

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Every business should dedicate time and resources to cybersecurity. Hackers are out there, in many cases far across the globe, and they’re on the prowl for vulnerable companies. These criminals typically strike at random — damaging not only a business’s ability to operate but also its reputation. One way to protect yourself, at least financially,

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Is your cloud provider still meeting your company’s needs?

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Like many businesses, yours has probably jumped aboard the cloud computing bandwagon … or “skywagon” as the case may be. How’s that going? Some business owners pay little to no attention to a cloud provider once the service is in place. Others realize, perhaps years later, that they’re not particularly satisfied with the costs, features,

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AI for small to midsize businesses isn’t going away

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has made great inroads into certain sectors of the U.S. economy. However, it hasn’t reached many small to midsize businesses (SMBs) in a major way … yet. In 2021, AI analysis firm Unsupervised published a survey of 520 SMB owners that found 48% of them still found AI too cost prohibitive. Forty

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Protect your business with a cybersecurity assessment

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Years ago, it may have seemed like only government agencies with top-secret intel or wealthy international banks had to worry about hackers. Nowadays, even the smallest small business could see its reputation ruined by a data breach, while larger companies could have their sensitive data taken hostage in a ransomware attack that costs millions to

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