Employee Appreciation Day “And you’re wondering . . . am I appreciated . . . I’m not really appreciated, should I play like I’m appreciated, but I’m not that appreciated . . .but I think my employer might appreciate me . . . but do I want to be appreciated . .. but now my employer doesn’t really appreciate me . . . and then all of the s

Computer Email Monitoring Do you want to regulate the use of email to send commercial messages in your corporation? Do you have a desire to restrict sender by only allowing employees to use specific mailbox to send emails and prohibiting using other mailbox? As the importance of electronic mail has grown both for internal communications with co-wor

Meerkat CEO: 20% of its users watch 2 hours of video daily AUSTIN, Texas — Barely 16 days after launch, Meerkat is on a roll, CEO Ben Rubin says. The 27-year-old former architecture student from Israel took the stage Sunday afternoon at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Tex. to promote Meerkat, the live-streaming app developed by his company A

Is It Time to Review Your Data Monitoring Policy? The relationship between workers, their devices and company material can be hazardous if left unmonitored. Did your employer review their BYOD or employee monitoring policies with you during your onboarding process? Or, has your company’s leadership team made any changes to their policy as cellpho

Wearable Workplace “Mood Monitors” Are About To Become A Thing In a move sure to do wonders for the emotional well-being of office workers around the world, tech giant Hitachi has developed a line of wearable mood monitors designed to track and tabulate overall workplace happiness. Were I wearing one of their devices, I would grin from ear to e

Saanich The installation and use of employee monitoring software at Saanich municipal hall could cost the municipality at least $30,000 in 2015, thanks to licensing and maintenance agreements that were confirmed before B.C.’s privacy commissioner launched an investigation into the District’s practices earlier this year. Emails released Monday

Leaked employee passwords It's one thing when your iCloud account with personal photos gets hacked. It's another when your Fortune 500 company has a data breach because your office credentials were leaked online. At 221 of the Fortune 500 companies, Fortune magazine's list of the the top 500 U.S. public corporations ranked by gross revenue, employe

Global Data Leakage The banking and financial services industry is at high risk for data leakage with over 40 per cent of leaked personal data globally, according to the Infowatch Global Data Leakage Report 2014. Infowatch Group is the global leader in data leakage protection solutions. Its Chief Executive Officer, Natalya Kaspersky, said the indus

Premera hack puts renewed focus on securing sensitive healthcare info. Premera hack puts renewed focus on securing sensitive healthcare info. As Tuesday's news about the Premera Blue Cross hack shows, healthcare organizations are vulnerable to cyberattacks, and the fix can be costly. “The average Fortune 500 company budgets $44 million a year for

5 IT Shortcuts That Put Your Company’s Data at Risk IT departments looking to save time and money shouldn't be doing so at the expense of their data protection. A study from the University of Texas revealed that 43% of companies suffering from catastrophic data loss close and never reopen, and 51% close within two years. Backup solutions provider