Data security breach. Few phrases strike more fear into the hearts of business owners. A breach can happen to any company at any time, from a small mom-and-pop retailer to a massive international conglomerate. More than 7,000 data security breaches were reported in 2019 alone, with more than 15 billion...Continue Reading

Can your business afford a major HIPAA violation? Few can. HIPAA violations and enforcement are the purview of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights. OCR has imposed more than $116 million in fines due to HIPAA violations, as of spring 2020. Individual fines can be...Continue Reading

It’s a sad reality that some businesses will not survive the COVID-19 crisis. Others will have to reinvent themselves to stay afloat, moving to less expensive facilities to cut costs. Some businesses, having let their employees work from home during the shutdown, may find that setup sustainable and need to...Continue Reading

Nothing lasts forever, but it would be nice if hard drives lasted a little longer. The hard drives that power your business’s electronics and store all your data generally have a life expectancy of around five years, depending on the model; sometimes they start to fail even earlier. Considering how...Continue Reading

The spread of COVID-19 happened so quickly that businesses of all sizes and across all industries had to scramble to respond. Some non-essential businesses had just hours to prepare their employees before everyone headed home to work remotely for the foreseeable future. Setting up the technology to support temporary remote...Continue Reading

How long will your company keep a former employee’s W2? What about 1099s? Do bank deposit slips get saved for a few years, or saved forever? How should old receipts and expense reports be handled? These are just some of the questions that can be answered by a company’s record...Continue Reading

If you need to install new lights in your workplace, do you call on a local electrician for expert help? When you need office supplies, do you have a vendor you can call? Does an accounting firm help you file your taxes? Do you trust other companies to handle your...Continue Reading

Another year is nearly over. No matter what victories and challenges the year held for your business, one thing is certain: You accumulated a ton of stuff. How many sheets of paper were added to your files this year? How many devices broke down and had to be replaced? If...Continue Reading

Issuing ID cards and access badges can be a bit of a pain. New employees need them created, forgetful employees need them replaced, and departing employees need to be made to give theirs back. There’s a lot of administrative work around creating and maintaining these cards. But it’s all worthwhile,...Continue Reading

So you’ve got old data-storage devices gathering dust in corners of the office that everyone avoids. Sooner or later, you’re going to have to deal with them. But the process of figuring out how to dispose of them properly, and actually making that happen, seems like a big hassle. We...Continue Reading