By Aleks Pavlinik, Chief Information Security Officer 

Why protect your personal digital life? Securing your personal life identity, passwords, and digital assets is crucial not only for your own safety but also for the security of your workplace. Think about it… we all access our work emails through our personal smartphones everyday. We reply to emails, we open attachments, we check our calendars for meetings. Some companies even allow their staff to use their own computers for work. But if compromised, these personal devices are a gateway for cybercriminals to infiltrate your workplace systems. 

Maintaining strong, unique passwords, requiring multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all accounts, and using strong security solutions for your personal devices helps you contribute to a more secure and resilient organizational infrastructure. Remember, your personal security practices are the first line of defense in protecting both your personal and professional life.

Everyone reading this has probably experienced a risk or an attempt of identity theft, financial loss, and unauthorized access to your accounts. Someone tried to login to your social media accounts, or your bank called you with a questionable fraud attempt. This is tenfold for a business. There’s a whole business market out there of hackers who make millions by exploiting businesses, holding their data at ransom and stopping them from working and serving their customers. 

Small businesses may think, “a hacker wouldn’t waste time going after my business. We aren’t big enough.” And that’s exactly the point. They know small businesses owners are not investing the resources in cybersecurity measures, so it’s easy for them. 

While personal devices allow employees to work with flexibility and efficiency, they also pose significant cybersecurity risks. Without a strong security culture, one compromised device can lead to devastating data breaches. The good news? A robust security culture can significantly reduce your business’s risk. Here’s how to make it happen.

By Paul Post

A local entrepreneur has developed a new mobile app that gives him remote, real-time views of his firm’s projects, to make sure they’re done properly.

 But Ryan Marcantonio believes NOLYM (No limit) can benefit all types of small and large businesses, while radically changing the way people obtain live media coverage.

The concept is similar to Uber, but instead of hiring a driver for a ride, NOLYM users contact anybody, anywhere who’s signed up for the program to provide a live view of a given scene or event.

“This is going to literally change the world of live streaming,” Marcantonio said. “There’s so many use cases. If I want to see Times Square right now, I could send out a job request saying I want to see a certain store there. I put information in a request, say how long I want the video to be and set my price.”

“If you’re a media outlet, there’s a protest going on and you want somebody on location right then, you literally have that with NOLYM,” he said. “It eliminates media bias. Instead of someone talking, putting their spin on what’s happening, the viewer at home can tell the streamer what they want to see, so they can truly see what’s happening without commentary. It changes the dynamic. It switches the power to the viewer instead of the streamer.”