Nov 1, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Ransomware
Denver Art Museum suffers data breach affecting information of 800 people As I’ve written in previous blog posts, size doesn’t matter when it comes to the risk of a data breach. Nor does it matter whether the organization breached is a business or a...
Oct 31, 2017 | business attorney, Corporation, Fractional general counsel, Legal fees, Medium-sized business, Small business, Startups
A fractional general counsel can provide excellent legal services at a fraction of the cost of outside law firms Attorneys can be expensive. Even attorneys will acknowledge that fact. For a business that needs ongoing legal services, hiring a full-time in-house...
Oct 2, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Medium-sized business, Ransomware, Small business
Small and mid-sized businesses worried after recent Equifax data breach By now, almost everyone has heard or read about the recent data breach of Equifax, one of the three large credit reporting companies in the U.S. According to Equifax, as many as 143 million...
Sep 20, 2017 | Limiting liability
Equifax data breach: consumers and companies at risk By now almost everyone has read or heard about the massive data breach at Equifax, one of the three large credit reporting companies. According to news reports, 143 million Americans have had sensitive personal...
Aug 29, 2017 | accounting firms, Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security
Federal Trade Commission settles with tax preparation company over violations of privacy and security requirements that apply to all tax preparers I have written in previous posts that the Gramm-Leach-Bliley statute, which many believe only applies to “financial...
Aug 14, 2017 | Agreements, business attorney, Contract, Corporation, data security, Employment, Legal fees, LLC, Medium-sized business, Small business
What is an “outside general counsel” and what can one do for your company, besides save you money? Do you wish you could run legal and business issues past your lawyer whenever you need to, without worrying about getting billed for every call or email? Having a...
Aug 8, 2017 | Corporation, Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Medium-sized business, Small business
Denver Bar Association’s magazine The Docket: article on cybersecurity Please check out my article on cybersecurity in the August/September issue of The Docket, the Denver Bar Association’s magazine. Click here for the link. Please feel free to contact...
Jul 24, 2017 | accounting firms, Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Small business
Accounting firms must take steps to protect client data Accountants and accounting firms are at increasing risk of cyberattacks. Just earlier this year, two small accounting firms in Massachusetts reported being hacked, resulting in the theft of more than 6,000...
Jun 12, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Medium-sized business, Ransomware, Small business
Ransomware is a growing threat: what it is, what it can do, and how to prevent it Click here to see my recent article on ransomware in ColoradoBiz’s online magazine, discussing how companies can protect themselves against the increase in ransomware cyberattacks....
May 31, 2017 | Corporation, Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security
Hackers Using Social Media Posts To Steal Data By now nearly everyone has heard about the recent “WannaCry” ransomware attack, which affected thousands of computers in over 100 countries. While this attack came in through a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows operating...
