5 Reasons Why Cash Flow Is Important To Small Business Jun 14th, 2022 by: Anna Beam, Vice President | Associate Marketing Director Security 5 Reasons Why Cash Flow Is Important To Small Businesses Everyone knows that money is important in business, but how about the specifics? Here are 5 reasons why cash flow is so important to small businesses. When it comes to cash, the obvious takeaway is that money in is good, money out is not so ... Read More
Imposter Scams: What Are They And How Can You Protect Yourself From Them? Sep 9th, 2021 by: Anna Beam, Vice President | Associate Marketing Director Banking TipsInformation SecurityInternet SecuritySecurity What was the No. 1 type of fraud Americans reported in 2020? If you guessed imposter scams, you’re correct. The Federal Trade Commission filed nearly 500,000 complaints about imposter scams last year — marking imposter scams the most common form of fraud reported to the FTC in 2020. Imposter scammers lie about their identity — ... Read More
Cyber Criminals Are Raising Their Game; Small Businesses Must Respond Feb 23rd, 2021 by: Anna Beam, Vice President | Associate Marketing Director Business TipsInformation SecurityInternet SecuritySecurity Another day, another damaging cybersecurity breach. That’s how it may seem lately as a long list of high-profile firms has fallen victim to a surge in malicious online activity. But for every breach that grabs the headlines, there are thousands of smaller businesses being hit by online fraud attempts that are growing rapidly in boldness, ... Read More
Tips To Protect Yourself From Scammers Dec 21st, 2020 by: Anna Beam, Vice President | Associate Marketing Director Information SecurityInternet SecuritySecurity Scammers often use the same old tricks in new ways. Some scammers pretend to be popular online shopping websites, government officials or credit card companies phishing for your personal information and access to your money. For example, you get a message claiming to be from Amazon or maybe your credit card company. The communication states ... Read More
Let’s Talk Passwords Aug 13th, 2020 by: Anna Beam, Vice President | Associate Marketing Director Security [siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Headline_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] 1. The longer the password, the better. Even moderately simple long passwords take longer to crack than short complex passwords. Still, make sure to not use basics that hackers would start with such as 1234567890987654321, abc…, ThisIsMyEmailPassword, etc. 2. Consider using password generators. These are useful in creating passwords using randomized letters, numbers, ... Read More