The Great Resignation is driving data breaches and cybersecurity threats
Employees are making career changes — and over half of IT leaders agree that it’s causing security risks.
Data security
Benefits Think Addressing the cybersecurity impact of employee relocation
Relocation is often listed as the third most stressful life change an individual or family encounters.
Rob Shavell
Abine
Your flexible work policies are overlooking burned-out cybersecurity teams
Forty-two percent of chief information security officers have missed major holidays due to work demand.
COVID isn’t the only virus employees could be bringing back into the office
As harmless as a computer may seem, companies should be putting in the same effort into protecting their network’s health as they are that of their workers.
Benefits Think How to protect your employees from online harassment
Online harassment is on the rise, and it may be preventing your most vulnerable employees from bringing their whole selves to work.
Rob Shavell
Abine
Benefits Think How HR and IT teams can work together for smooth employee transitions
Replacing an employee costs businesses an average of 21.4% of the lost employee’s salary. Businesses need to develop effective on-boarding processes that address this disconnect.
How to protect your organization from internal and external threats to cybersecurity
It’s time for a cybersecurity check up: focus on training, transparency and technology.
Dana Simms wins voluntary benefits Adviser of the Year for cutting-edge knowledge and experience
“The difference in our whole office, as far as how it looks at voluntary benefits, has totally taken a complete turn,” says Kathy Passantino, area senior vice president at Gallagher, of her colleague Dana Simms.
Are you finally thankful for your IT person now?
As millions of employees make the transition from well-maintained office equipment to jury-rigged kitchen table setups, information technology departments have been called upon to keep companies online and connected.
Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers
With so many people working remotely because of the coronavirus, surveillance software is flying off the virtual shelves.
Benefits Think Everyday tech — even printers — needs cybersecurity protection
Best-in-class IT management and cybersecurity protection means RIAs must also focus on their base layer — the tech stack.
Wes Stillman
RightSize Solutions
Google under fire for its efforts to access health records
Tech giant Google continues to face criticism for the company’s reported efforts to obtain the health records of millions of Americans without their awareness or consent.
Remote workers: Greater flexibility, greater risk
With simple passwords more vulnerable than ever, a growing number of CUs are deploying multifactor authentication techniques to bolster security.
Benefits Think Insurers must take the lead on cyber protection in digitalization
Sometimes, in an attempt to gather data or introduce simplicity using a technology solution, businesses and brokers can inadvertently expose themselves to elevated levels of cyber risk.
Jeff Canfield
Argo Group
Benefits Think Don’t let your employees jeopardize your trade secrets
Courts place the burden on employers to use reasonable measures to protect their proprietary information.
Jonathan Michael Thomas
Foley & Lardner LLP
Nearly three-quarters of firms now victims of email-based cyber attacks
The most common effects cited were loss of employee productivity, downtime and business disruption, and damage to the reputation of the IT team.
Data breaches are putting client data at risk. Here’s what advisers can do
Independent brokerages and agencies are “low-hanging fruit” for cybercriminals, one expert says.
Benefits Think Concerned about cybersecurity? Here’s how to protect 401(k) plans
Consolidating retirement accounts using auto-portability can protect data.
Spencer Williams
Portability Services Network and Retirement Clearinghouse
Benefits Think Concerned about cybersecurity? Here’s how to protect 401(k) plans
Consolidating retirement accounts using auto-portability can protect data.
Spencer Williams
Portability Services Network and Retirement Clearinghouse
Benefits Think Is artificial intelligence sexist and racist?
When tech tools rely on data that is inaccurate or biased, they can inadvertently discriminate against women or minorities.
Jonathan Michael Thomas
Foley & Lardner LLP