Why Business Owners Need SecurityWritten by Gary L. Cunningham, C.P.O.
Publishing Guidelines: You are welcome to publish this article in its entirety, electronically, or in print, free of charge, as long as you include my full signature file for Ezine’s. Please send a courtesy link or email where you publish to secuone@aol.com Thank you.“Why Business Owners Need Security” ©2004 Gary L. Cunningham C&M Consulting Services All Rights Reserved Worldwide The main reason is to stop any potential lawsuits from happening! But do you know how many individuals I have talked to about this very thing? Many! Do you know what majority have told me? They have locks and cameras, so they don’t need anymore security than that! This is a mess waiting to happen, reason is as follows. This attitude is reason things happen in business establishments that prompt major lawsuits from those that get hurt in some way while on premises or by someone on premises. The reasons are as follows: Hiring/Retention Negligence Security Negligence Premises Liability Fail to Protect Fail to Provide Security This starts off with very first thing you do in business, hire employees without doing background checks on them! One of fastest ways to get sued today in business is to not check backgrounds of employees and they turn out to be criminals! Not only can this mean they are stealing from your business, but they can also be stealing information from your clients. They may even be waiting to attack one of your clients; this is where you become liable!
| | Hubris - definition: Microsoft's PassportWritten by Stephen Bucaro
---------------------------------------------------------- Permission is granted for below article to forward, reprint, distribute, use for ezine, newsletter, website, offer as free bonus or part of a product for sale as long as no changes are made and byline, copyright, and resource box below is included. ----------------------------------------------------------Hubris - definition: Microsoft's Passport By Stephen Bucaro Before September of 1995, Microsoft ignored Internet because their 16-bit Windows 3.1 operating system couldn't handle 32-bit Internet world. With introduction of Windows 95, Microsoft decided they owned Internet. Instead of having separate accounts at dozens of websites, Microsoft decided that you will have one master account that you will use to log in everywhere. That account will contain your credit card number, bank account numbers, all your personal information and financial records, and Microsoft will own that account. Well, Microsoft IS United State's government condoned monopoly, so 200 million Internet users, and 100 major web companies dutifully signed up for Microsoft's Passport wallet service. In 1999, Internet authorities discovered Microsoft's passport service had numerous security holes, and hackers could steal your personal information. In 2001, Federal Trade Commission admonished Microsoft for not adhering to their own privacy policy. In 2003, Microsoft purged all financial records from its Passport servers. Millions of users continue to sign up for Passport because of convenience it offers. Nearly 100 websites use Passport as their authentication method. Users don't need to remember separate usernames and passwords for each website. They can log in to all of them using a single email address. Some of websites let you register without a Passport accont, but others, especially Microsoft owned websites, require you to have a Passport account.
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