From our friends at RingCentral comes this valuable resource on how to run a remote-friendly healthcare practice: https://www.ringcentral.com/how-to-run-healthcare-practice/how-to-start-healthcare-business/ Cyber security is a critical component of remote healthcare...
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Your Healthcare Practice in a “Work From Home” World
From our friends at RingCentral comes this valuable resource on how to run a remote-friendly healthcare practice: https://www.ringcentral.com/how-to-run-healthcare-practice/how-to-start-healthcare-business/ Cyber security is a critical component of remote healthcare...
From Nextgov: Those Facebook ‘Challenges’ Can Expose You to Hackers
The isolation and routine of WFH is starting to get to you, so you take a break to play a game or check your feed on Facebook. Be careful! Oversharing of sensitive information or giving games access to your profile can lead to security breaches. Source: Those Facebook...
Warning: Phishing Scheme Pretending to Be MS O365 Password Change Request
If you see an email from MS requesting that you change your O 365 password, please discard it. This is a phishing scam: Notice the from address which is from a random domain. Another hint is that Microsoft actually no longer recommends that users change their...
COVID-19/Novel Coronavirus Information for New Jersey Businesses | Business.NJ.gov FAQ
Here's a good resource for NJ small businesses potentially effected by COVID-19. There are links to applications for grants and loans, and chat option to ask questions interactively. COVID-19/Novel Coronavirus Information for New Jersey Businesses | Business.NJ.gov...
Economic Injury Disaster Loans offered by the SBA.
If your business is suffering because of the COVID-19 crisis, you can apply for a loan (and possible a $10,000 grant) here: https://covid19relief.sba.gov/ Payments are deferred for one year from the origination date. You have 30 years to pay it back. 1099 workers may...
Financial Help for NJ Small Businesses and Nonprofits
For business and nonprofits that have been hit hard by the economic downturn caused by the Corona virus, here is some helpful info on programs that can help you. https://www.menendez.senate.gov/coronavirus/small-biz
From RingCentral: 5 Keys to Managing Remote Teams During Crisis | LinkedIn
Helpful tips on managing your team while they work from home: Source: (11) 5 Keys to Managing Remote Teams During Crisis | LinkedIn
We Protect Our Customers’ Systems by Protecting Our Own
We are seeing more and more stories like this one about IT providers getting hacked, which leads to their customers getting hacked. This is generally due to security vulnerabilities in the networks of many managed IT service providers, as well as poor security...
Why every business needs a firewall – Phoenix Business Journal
This article spells out in plain English why every business needs a serious firewall. Here are two important takeaways from this article: 1. "60 percent of small businesses don’t survive a cyberattack." 2. "The firewall is not a 'set it and forget it' security system....