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Best Practice Risk Management in the Blog
Internet of things? More like internet of threats!
Approx time to read: 4 minutes PLUS 10 minute video. (Well worth the time!)Key Take Aways:Internet of things devices (IoTs) are currently being deployed in a large variety of products throughout your home, businesses, hospitals, and even entire cities,...
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The Not So HO HO HO Side of Christmas
Approx time to read: 1 minute Key Take Aways: Employers may be liable for injuries sustained by employees at work functions Bullying, sexual harassment and inappropriate use of social media are all possible risks. Contains tips for employers to keep things...
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What is your mobile phone sharing without your knowledge?
Approx time to read: 4 minutes (but allow longer as you'll be running to your mobile phone to check your apps. ) Key Take Aways: Many SMART Phone apps ask for permission to access data they don't need. If an app is free, you may be the product so...
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Bigger Penalties to Keep the Shysters Honest
Approx time to read: Under 2 minutes Key Take Aways: Lists updated penalties for breaches of Australian Consumer Law Discusses implications for those big business who have previously treated penalties for ACL breaches as an expected cost of doing...
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Cyber security is an ongoing process, not a product
Approx time to read: 6 minutes (includes 4 minute video) Key Take Aways: Simple 3 step guide to protecting your business from cybercrime includes a 4 minute "How to" video guide. Includes several case studies showing why sme businesses need to be very...
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Simpler Awards in Sight
Approx time to read: Less than 2 min Key Take Aways: Some underpayment bungles may result from failure to understand complex awards. Research by Sweeney Research found small business operators described awards as “convoluted, complex, ambiguous and of...
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Email Protection Could Have Saved Melbourne Family’s Home
Approx time to read: 3 minutes Key Take Aways: Online fraud can be as simple as hacking into a change of password email. (In this case from the conveyancer managing the settlement of a house sale.) Two factor authentication (2FA) is an easy way to add an...
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Business Risk and the internet – beyond cybercrime – the panel Q&A
Meet the panel The panel Q & A As a small business owner, what do I need to do to ensure that my IT is actually protected? A lot of small businesses that we come across their IT systems are a bit like Swiss cheese, plenty of holes in them. So NUMBER...
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The real risks of business and the internet: beyond cybercrime – the panel
On Tuesday 14th August 2018 a group of 28 business owners met over dinner with an expert panel comprising a commercial lawyer, an insurance advisor, an IT security expert and a digital marketing specialist, to discuss the reality of doing business in the...
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The real risks of business and the internet: beyond cybercrime – best practice checklists
Every month Synergy48 Group members invite a select group of 20 clients to attend a Knowledge Sharing Dinner with a panel of 4 business specialists from different professions to discuss a different business issue. As part of the agenda the panelists...
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