Cyber Liability Archives | The Dowd Agencies

Ransomware Insurance: What Business Owners Need to Know

Learn how ransomware insurance can limit immediate and long-term financial damage to your business if you are attacked.

How to Have a Successful Virtual Meeting

What to do before, during and after a virtual meeting to make it successful for you and your participants.

Tips to be cyber smart and avoid data breaches

Be Cyber Smart: Tips for Work and Home

In recognition of Cyber Security Month, review these tips to help you reduce your risks of a breach at work and home.

Protection for Mom and Pop Businesses

We discuss the different types of commercial insurance mom and pop businesses need to protect what they’ve grown.

Insurance to protect your small business

Small Business Insurance 101: A Crash Course in Policies

Protect the small business you’ve worked hard to grow—we offer information on common insurance policies and what they cover.

Cyberattacks: Your Business Is at Risk

If you feel like no company is safe from cyberattacks, you’re right. Last year, heavy hitters like Equifax, Yahoo and even the federal government were victims of hackers. If businesses with extensive resources and security measures are at risk, how can smaller businesses hope to protect themselves?

Recovering from a Disaster

By John E. Dowd Jr. Change in the business environment is expected. From regional landscape shifts and government regulations to emerging technologies, international competition, and more, it’s important to consider all the reasons why and how to insure your business. And while some changes are predictable, others are not, but there are ways to plan for both. What if you

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month – Is Your Business Covered?

Throughout the past 10 years there has been a steady evolution of technology, with these technological advances has come an entirely new area of crime and risk. In the United States alone there were 781 data breaches in 2015, this number has increased from 324 in 2014. With each data leak there are thousands of personal and business files that

Are You Protected Against Cyber Theft?

If the Answer Is ‘No,’ the Consequences Could Be Costly By MICHAEL LEVIN When it comes to cyber security and data breaches, no system is infallible. Some of the largest companies in the world have been victims of data breaches. Recently, the Swansea, Mass. Police Department contracted the CrytoLocker computer virus, and paid ransom to gain access to their files.

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