Recently, the international research and advisory company Gartner, Inc., predicted global corporate spending on IT security will increase 12.4% this year over 2018 to roughly $124 billion. The driver of all this spending growth? Security risks, business needs and industry changes. “Security leaders are striving to help their organizations securely use technology platforms to become…
As an individual, you’ve no doubt been urged to regularly check your credit score. Most people nowadays know that, with a subpar personal credit score, they’ll have trouble buying a home or car, or just getting a reasonable-rate credit card. But how about your business credit score? It’s important for much the same reason — you’ll have…
If there’s one thing I have learned in my years as a business owner, it’s that I need to keep learning. There are several things I know for sure and one of them is: To stay successful, you must stay a student. Wouldn’t life be so mundane if we never learned anything new, never attended…
Recently I had the honor of serving on a business panel hosted by Prudential here in Newark. This came about because of the strong relationships I have with my customers…..in this case Rutgers Business School. When the opportunity came up for a speaker at the Newark Anchor Collaborative Vendor Summit, they thought of me. This…
In the last installment of our Malware Manual series, we called today’s business security challenges a “cyber siege in the digital realm” because to many companies – large or small – the onslaught of cybercrime can feel like one. Why? Check out this sampling of recent headlines from around the globe and across industries: Marriott’s…