Cybersecurity #2 – Preventing Employee-Generated Security Breaches
The first step to preventing employee-generated security attacks is acceptance of the threat and an awareness of how these threats could play out within your organization. It can happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time. There’s absolutely no place for an “it won’t happen to us” mentality when it comes to cybersecurity. “Despite all the attention and resources that cybersecurity is receiving from the media, executive management, and governments, organizations still fail to protect their most valuable assets from hackers because they focus too much on network security while ignoring the employee identity theft and access exploitation risk,” says Henry Bagdasarian, the…
Cybersecurity #1- The Reality of the Threat
We get it. The very thought of a security breach sends shudders quaking through your body. It’s the stuff of nightmares and ulcers, sleepless nights and nervous ticks. In an attempt to calm the stress hormones raging through your bloodstream, you squash the traumatizing thoughts. Anyway, what are the chances a breach will happen at your company? Slim, right? Unfortunately, not. There are multiple ways a security incident can unfold within your business. And whether the breach amounts to a relatively minor bump in the road or a devastating tragedy will have much to do with your level of preparedness.…
The Changing World of Passwords
Forget everything you were told in the past about creating passwords. Well, the pearl of wisdom about not leaving a sticky note of passwords attached to your computer screen—remember that one. And how about, “Keep your passwords confidential.” An overtly obvious piece of advice that, nonetheless, still needs to be reiterated. Do not share passwords. Period. But the standard guidelines, such as make it complicated, add a number(s) and a symbol, and change the password regularly have, for the most part, fallen out of favor. And here’s why: Complicated, hard-to-remember passwords beg to be written on paper and stored close…
5 Reason Millennials Should Seek Manufacturing Jobs
If you’re part of the Millennial demographic, it’s likely your view of the manufacturing industry was molded by your grandpa’s life-long experiences in a factory. Well, it’s time to exchange those perceptions for the reality of today’s world of manufacturing because it’s not your grandpa’s plant/factory/industry anymore. Jobs in manufacturing are no longer the dirty, dangerous, backbreaking jobs that once paid low wages. Today’s manufacturing industry has experienced sweeping changes that have modernized processes and utilized innovative technologies, making for an improved, safer working environment. A setting that is a remarkable fit for job-seeking Millennials. Here are five reasons why…
Why Customer Service Always Matters – Even in Manufacturing
Everyone knows that customer service is huge in retail and hospitality. It’s essential in the financial and healthcare realms too. But manufacturing? Yes, customer service matters in manufacturing. It’s time all industries recognize the need to prepare and train their people for first-rate customer service via an established plan with a concentrated focus on servicing the consumer. This age of transparency and social media calls for nothing less. That is . . . if long-term success is the goal. In today’s online, socially-connected world, customer service is more important than ever before. With how easy it is to post a…
Millennials in Manufacturing
Part III- Engagement and Development You’ve succeeded in bringing a number of Millennial employees on board. YAY for you. Good job. The beginning of a trend, you hope, to entice more of this techy generation to join your company’s ranks. But don’t spend too much time patting yourself on the back. It’s time to kick the next step into high gear. Next step? There’s a next step? You bet. Millennials, probably more than any generation before them, are seldom satisfied with “just a job.” They want to be engaged. Actually, in their mind, it’s almost become a requirement for long-term…