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Don’t Forget Copiers, Scanners and Fax Machines in Your Data Security Program

by Benjamin Lambiotte in Legal, Safety & Security, Technology. Posted March 23, 2015

Current generation multifunction printer/scanner/copier devices are convenient, inexpensive, and very popular. Often overlooked is the fact that most modern printers, copiers, and scanners have many of the same attributes of computers, and are just as vulnerable to the same kind of cyber exploits and attacks as computers. A truly comprehensive data security and privacy risk ...

Every Case Is an e-Discovery Case in Today’s Litigation Environment

by Thomas Tobin in Legal, Technology. Posted February 3, 2015

Lawyers routinely negotiate the scope of litigation discovery demands. One such lawyer was recently faced with a wildly broad discovery demand for relevant emails from the time a product was manufactured more than fifteen years ago to the present. The lawyer deftly negotiated the demand down to five years before the incident at issue and ...

Top 10 Technology Blunders for Employers

by Robin Shea in Human Resources, Technology. Posted December 18, 2014

I’d like to thank Sarah Phaff of our Macon, Georgia, office, who wrote this post with me. As one who presumably has no nude selfies, you may not be too concerned about a “hack” like the one that continues to afflict celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t still plenty of ...

A Guide to Cyber Coverage

by Anjali Das in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management, Technology. Posted November 6, 2014

This article was first published in the ABA Coverage Journal July-August 2014, Vol. 24, No. 4. Unless you have been living under a rock for the past few years (without a wireless connection), you are likely familiar with the countless news stories that unfold every day reporting seemingly fantastic tales of cyber espionage, hacker attacks, ...

Hospitality Industry Risks: Data Privacy and Security

by admin in Safety & Security, Technology. Posted October 28, 2014

Most hospitality businesses allocate time and capital to efficiently collect and process data in order to improve sales, customer service and loyalty, and operations efficiency. Technological advances have made it easier to manage a wide range of information about customers, vendors, and employees. Virtually all businesses that use computer systems are to some extent vulnerable ...

Cyber Crime Fighting

by Deloitte in Technology. Posted October 22, 2014

As personal, commercial, and government activities continue to migrate to the digital realm, so do criminals. Large-scale cyber attacks are becoming more frequent and more costly for businesses in the United States. Attackers are better funded, more sophisticated, and better organized than in the past, often representing criminal networks or states. Dozens of US banks ...

E-Mails: Don’t think Electronic, think EVIDENCE!

by Michelle Lee Flores in Human Resources, Legal, Technology. Posted October 6, 2014

If there was one thing I wish that every business owner, manager and employee would take away when thinking about this article and the modern workplace, it is that e-mails are forever. And not only are they forever, but they pack a double punch since their impact is instantaneous. All it takes is a simple ...

The Move to Traveler Centricity

by Business Travel News in Safety & Security, Technology, Travel. Posted August 5, 2014

A new generation of Millennial employees (21 to 30 year olds) is poised to become a stronghold in the workforce—and they are bringing their intensive technology habits with them. A proliferation of consumer and business-focused mobile travel apps and websites designed to meet the needs of this new generation is taking its place alongside traditional ...

Drones: Asset or Liability for Developers?

by admin in Technology. Posted July 28, 2014

Over the past decade, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or “drones”) have grown increasingly more sophisticated and affordable. With the pairing of drones and similarly flourishing digital video capture technology, many commercial real estate developers have embraced drones as a quick, inexpensive method for surveying vast tracts of property. For example, the popular DJI Phantom quadcopter ...

Another Credit Card Breach – What Now?

by Frank Wolfe in Legal, Technology. Posted March 19, 2014

The recent data breaches at major retail outlets such as Target, Michaels Stores Inc. and Neiman Marcus brought this type of modern crime to the forefront in the minds of the consumer; and for us in the hospitality community, it really hit home when news surfaced of a breach at White Lodging properties throughout the ...

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