People across the world view power outages as a minor inconvenience, at businesses it can be much more than that. Don’t believe me? Just look at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. On December 17th, just one week before Christmas (the busiest travel time of the year) Hartsfield-Jackson experienced a power outage. At first they thought the […]
Think about how much of your personal information is located on your completed W-2 form. Now, imagine if that information is handed over to a complete stranger…doesn’t sound ideal, does it? There is a phishing scam involving W-2 forms sweeping the nation this tax season and we all need to be prepared. For-profit organizations have […]
An Emergency Action Plan (EAP) is a written document required by OSHA standards to facilitate and organize employer and employee actions during workplace emergencies. A well-developed emergency plan and proper employee training will result in fewer and reduced severe employee injuries and less structural damage to the facility during emergencies. In the recent Ohio State […]
Beware Mac users because the Adobe Flash Player update scam is back. Over the weekend, what seemed to be a harmless pop-up on my MacBook appeared that my flash player was out of date and need to be updated. Adobe Flash has made several notices of the importance on updating your Flash Player regularly to […]
IS SOCIAL MEDIA RUINING YOUR COMPANY’S REPUTATION? Social media is a powerful tool that can help businesses communicate with their markets. This type of marketing can give your company a high level of advantages, as well as share several risks. It can take years for companies to build their reputations, however, it takes a matter […]
What Are These Pop Ups? Several iPhone users are concerned about the strange passcode requirements pop ups they have recently received on their mobile devices. The pop up states “Passcode Requirement: you must change your iPhone unlock passcode at this time.” These message pop ups have users concerned about their phone’s privacy and if they […]
The question should not be whether or not to invest in tabletop exercises. Rather, the question should be a matter of when you will invest in tabletop exercises. The answer should be, ‘the sooner the better.’ Tabletop exercises are discussion-based sessions where team members meet in an informal, classroom setting to discuss their roles during […]
Most incidents, such as a natural disaster or terrorist attack, occur out of the blue and with little or no warning. Incident management plans help to minimize the impact any business disruption can have on business operations and employees. However, having this type of plan in place is not always enough. It is imperative to […]
Do you remember when phone trees were the way that businesses, schools, organizations, and other groups communicated with each other in the event of a crisis? One person would call one or more person(s) to alert them of the event, prompting those people to then call those they are responsible for within the tree, and […]
Last week I was on a flight to San Francisco where I was planning on getting a lot work done in-flight through the GoGo internet service. As soon as we reached 10,000 feet, I powered up my laptop and clicked on the internet. At just about that time, the flight attendant came on and made […]