Rapid development and seismic changes in the utilization and distribution of Information Technology have led the AICPA Professional Ethics Executive Committee to organize a task force to review [...]
Cybercrime Update – Spear Phishing May Not Be Computer Fraud; Check Your Cyber Insurance
In Information and Business Technology PostedSpear Phishing, also known as “business email compromise” or BEC is rampant and the most likely method for defrauding a company. The typical scenario is an employee of a company receives an email [...]
Movement to services is exploding across all business segments. One of the main motivators for this move is enhanced security as compared to on premise resources. However, cloud services come [...]
Take Care When Executing Electronically Signed Documents A favorite phishing ploy is the use of fake DocuSign or other electronic signature emails which, when you click on the link to the [...]
The Metaverse is coming. Is it the next Internet? Time will tell. But if history is a lesson for the future, it may be the wild west for IP rights in its early stages. I am sure many of you are [...]
FBI: Business Owners to Take Responsibility for Cybersecurity – Now Multifactor Authentication is Now a Necessary Step
In Information and Business Technology PostedAdministration and law enforcement officials are warning that the Ukraine invasion necessitates heightened attention to possible Russian cyber attacks. “These threats are real” says Jen [...]
Data Security Blog Post: No JoKe
In Corporate Issues, Information and Business Technology, Intellectual Property PostedFrom JBS Meats to Kaseya, cybercrime is front page news and it isn’t going away. Large Cap, Middle Market, Mom and Pop – it doesn’t matter what size your business is or whether you are high [...]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security partners have recently announced that on-premise (but not 365 or online) Microsoft Exchange Server products have a vulnerability to breach, including [...]
Software Subscriptions: Are You Getting the Whole Nine(s) Yards?
In Corporate Issues, Information and Business Technology, Intellectual Property PostedMany of the software subscription (Software as a Service) agreements that we review are deficient or silent with respect to a service level agreement or SLA. SLAs typically govern what support [...]
The transition period for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union ends on December 31, 2020, the Exit Date. This has implications for European trademarks and applications for which [...]