Keeping the risk management plan up to date can transform it from a doorstop into a vital management tool. Bruce Pittman TV and film director
Best Practice Risk Management in the Blog
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Best Practice Risk Management
Risk management is the process of identifying, assessing and controlling threats to an organisation's capital and earnings. These threats, or risks, could stem from a wide variety of sources, including financial uncertainty, legal liabilities, strategic...
Current AU cyber threat report: how to protect your business
Approx time to read: 5 minutes Key Take Aways: The key things which make a business a target of cybercrime The main threats to business from cybercrime a list of the six main methods that cyber criminals are currently using to target Australian businesses....
One Click Could Cost You 30K
Approx time to read: 3 - 4 minutes. Key Take Aways: There's been a huge jump in phishing emails focusing on big cloud applications like Office 365, Google Apps and Dropbox. Hackers intercepting your emails can have real consequences, like receiving an...