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Where’s Your Cyber Risk Insurance Hiding?
There are two different kinds of cyber-related risks (aka liabilities) that threaten small businesses – first-party and third-party – and different small business insurance policies cover each...
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Certificates of Liability Insurance: Who They Protect
Understanding how Certificates of Liability Insurance work is important for small-business owners who want to sign new contracts with clients.Some times also called a Proof of Insurance, the insurance...
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Software Patches: The Good, the Bad, and the Liability
Over the summer, cyber criminals hacked into a web application hosted by the Department of Energy and gained access to more than 100,000 personal records. Hackers were able to break in because the DOE...
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How General Liability Insurance Protects You from Social Media-Related Libel...
With the rise of social media, IT businesses and contractors are now more vulnerable than ever to libel lawsuits.What is libel? Libel occurs when one party writes something damaging and potentially...
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What Insurance Do Your Independent Contractors Need?
IT project managers often hire subcontractors to work on a project, but who pays for the independent contractor's insurance and what insurance do they need to get? The...
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So Your IT Staffing Agency Recommended a Dud. Here’s What’s Next.
Running an IT staffing agency can be an incredible risky operation. The Edward Snowden saga reminds us that staffing firms might not always know what they’re getting from their contractors. In this...
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Obama: Freelancers Are the Future in Tech and Elsewhere
If you're a tech freelancer or IT contractor, you're in good company: CNBC notes that fully one in three Americans work as freelancers. This marks a significant rise in freelance employment in the last...
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3 Strategies to Help Small IT Businesses Beat 2014’s Biggest Cyber Threats
Every year, Deloitte publishes its Tech Trends report, which highlights trends from the last 12 months and issues recommendations for technology professionals in the year ahead. The 2013 Tech Trends...
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Why IT Freelancers Should Know their State's Workers' Comp Laws
If you work as an IT freelancer or independent contractor, you’ve probably found that businesses like to work with you because you make the things simpler for them. Your client doesn't have to worry...
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The Face of E&O for Data Miners
Data mining and business intelligence firms face numerous professional liabilities. As data experts, you can be asked to forecast sales and build business plans to fit the demographics and purchasing...
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Tech Firms Announce They’re Doing Risky Business
The Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch reported this month on an incredible discrepancy between tech firms and other industries. Tech vendors and IT companies see their work as risky and susceptible to...
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The Million-Dollar Client Conversation
Wouldn't it be great if there were a simple way to reduce the likelihood and cost of a data breach? Well, there is. Simply having a conversation can fix many of the misconceptions employees and clients...
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Clients Getting New Gadgets? Help Them Make Smart Choices
The SCORE Small Business Success blog recently predicted that we'd see more and more small businesses looking to upgrade their technology and improve their IT infrastructure. That's good news for IT...
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Software Patches: The Good, the Bad, and the Liability
Over the summer, cyber criminals hacked into a web application hosted by the Department of Energy and gained access to more than 100,000 personal records. Hackers were able to break in because the DOE...
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Clients Getting New Gadgets? Help Them Make Smart Choices
The SCORE Small Business Success blog recently predicted that we'd see more and more small businesses looking to upgrade their technology and improve their IT infrastructure. That's good news for IT...
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Software Patches: The Good, the Bad, and the Liability
Over the summer, cyber criminals hacked into a web application hosted by the Department of Energy and gained access to more than 100,000 personal records. Hackers were able to break in because the DOE...
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Clients Getting New Gadgets? Help Them Make Smart Choices
The SCORE Small Business Success blog recently predicted that we'd see more and more small businesses looking to upgrade their technology and improve their IT infrastructure. That's good news for IT...
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Web Host Liabilities: How Hackers Can Shut Down Your Clients’ Website
Many of your clients use web hosts and kits (like those offered with WordPress), which could expose your clients to data breaches and downtime – and ultimately lead to a lawsuit filed against your...
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Technology Errors & Omissions Insurance in Action: a $17 Million E&O Claim
The Republic recently reported on an IT lawsuit that could cost one tech company more than $17 million. A North Dakota insurance agency filed a lawsuit against Aon eSolutions, a Chicago IT vendor that...
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Software Patches: The Good, the Bad, and the Liability
Over the summer, cyber criminals hacked into a web application hosted by the Department of Energy and gained access to more than 100,000 personal records. Hackers were able to break in because the DOE...
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