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Cloud Computing Crash Course: Safety First

by Laura Marion in Risk Management, Safety & Security, Technology. Posted October 21, 2017

When it comes to privacy and security laws governing sensitive data, you don’t have to be a financial or health institution to have information that is subject to state and federal regulation. Almost every organization with employees stores some personally identifiable information. Simply storing an employee’s name, email address and date of birth will be ...

How to Protect Your Online Privacy

by Michael Susong in Risk Management, Safety & Security, Technology. Posted October 19, 2017

On a daily basis, the global media reports a huge loss of personnel data, damaged reputations, pilfered intellectual property, or millions of dollars stolen as the result of cyber incidents. An event reported in the news today will likely be eclipsed in scale or audacity in a few months’ time. Neither banks, global corporations, celebrities, ...

Cloud Computing Crash Course: Location, Location, Location

by Laura Marion in Legal, Risk Management, Technology. Posted October 14, 2017

Cloud computing is the practice of enlisting a “cloud provider” to deliver data, applications and storage to users through the internet, which allows each user to share the computing resource and forego some on-premise technology. Cloud computing is generally categorized into three buckets. The cloud provider may: Host applications, thereby eliminating the need to install ...

The traveler’s guide to keeping electronic devices secure during international travel

by Mark Dauner in Risk Management, Safety & Security, Technology, Travel. Posted October 12, 2017

From the first time I traveled overseas in 1996 to my most recent international trip this past November it’s safe to say that international communication has gotten a little easier. Smartphones, laptops, high-speed wireless networks and wifi have made staying connected to home while you’re abroad a trivial task. Unfortunately that massive leap forward in ...

An Often Overlooked Tool in Workplace Safety Prevention: The Near-Miss Investigation

by John Ho in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted October 11, 2017

OSHA defines a near miss as an incident in which no property was damaged and no personal injury was sustained, but where, given a slight shift in time or position, damage or injury easily could have occurred. Put simply, someone got lucky. Because there was no damage, these near miss incidents are often ignored or ...

Cyber Insurance: Get What You Pay For

by Fisher Phillips in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management. Posted October 7, 2017

Due to the increasing number of successful and attempted cyber-attacks and increased government scrutiny surrounding protection of confidential information, companies cannot ignore the various risks associated with potential data breaches. The result is that more and more companies are considering and purchasing cyber insurance. Companies are increasingly recognizing that customer names, customer financial data, credit ...

5 Things All Businesses With Child Guests Should Include in a Child Protection Policy

by Faegre Baker Daniels in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted October 6, 2017

Children and vulnerable adults (i.e., adults with disabilities who need assistance with self-care) face unique threats because of their inability to recognize and protect themselves from danger. Organizations that have direct or even indirect contact with children or vulnerable adults should create and adopt a child protection policy and related training program to better safeguard ...

Travel Safety: Use of Vehicles as Weapons

by Security Strategies Today in Risk Management, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted September 7, 2017

It’s happened again-this time in Barcelona, on the popular tourist and historic street known as Las Ramblas. A man using a van as a weapon careened down one of the two narrow side streets that border the wide pedestrian path and used it as a missile of sorts, killing 14 innocent people and injuring up ...

Cloud Control: Data Security Hazards and How to Avoid Them

by Abraham Rein in Legal, Risk Management, Safety & Security, Technology. Posted August 30, 2017

Cloud computing, virtually nonexistent 15 years ago, is now verging on being the rule rather than the exception in the business world. According to the Gartner technology research firm, by 2019, more than 30 percent of the 100 largest vendors’ new software investments will have shifted from cloud-first to cloud-only, and by the year 2020, ...

First Look at Google SOS Alerts

by Mark Dauner in Risk Management, Safety & Security, Technology. Posted August 12, 2017

Social media does a good job of delivering information quickly, but with so many sources – both official and unofficial – it is difficult to find the right signal in all the noise. When a crisis occurs, travelers don’t have time to sift through mountains of information to find what they need. Google’s new service, SOS ...

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