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VIEWPOINT: 4 Tips for Small Firms to Protect Against Cyberattacks
There are many challenges to running a business that owners must face — including the threat of a cyberattack. Cyberattacks are a growing threat for small businesses and the U.S. economy. In fact, according to a recent U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) survey, 88 percent of small-business owners felt their business was vulnerable to a […]
VIEWPOINT: Adopting the assumed-breach mentality on cybersecurity
The cybersecurity landscape is Constantly changing. Everyday, Stories are told of breaches, ransoms, and threat actors pushing us collectively further into uncomfortable territory. Stories like the Colonial Pipeline and Kaseya were major eye-openers for many, but they weren’t the first and they won’t be the last. The recent report, called the State of Ransomware 2022, from
VIEWPOINT: Online scams are on the rise, make your business cyber-safe
When pandemic shutdowns shifted the nation’s commerce from in-person to online, cybersecurity experts knew that fraud attempts would follow. Circumstances during the past few years forced many Americans to quickly become far more comfortable with working remotely, banking, and making purchases online. Now, as the pandemic begins to recede as the primary focus of our attention,
Lockheed’s Syracuse–area plant wins $129M contract modification
SALINA, N.Y. — The U.S. Army has selected the Salina plant of Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) for a $129 million modification to a previously awarded contract for six radar systems and related equipment and services for the military of Romania. This modification also provides for spare parts, tool kits, remote computer display units, integrated
C Squared Systems renews lease on Corporate Drive in DeWitt
DeWITT, N.Y. — Telecommunications company C Squared Systems, LLC recently renewed the lease of its office space at 6027 Corporate Drive in the town of DeWitt. Gary Cottet and Patrick Hillery, of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company, negotiated the lease renewal, according to a release from the real-estate firm. No terms of the lease were
PAR’s strong Q1 revenue offset by operating costs
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Last year’s acquisition of loyalty and guest-engagement platform Punchh paid off in double-digit sales growth in the first quarter of 2022 for PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE: PAR), but a number of factors still led to an overall net loss in the period. PAR revenue increased 47.4 percent to $80.3 million in
Picente passes on bid for Congress, focuses energy on county initiatives
He said that “Washington is broken” and has often made it harder for him to do his job and move the community forward. In spite
Oneida County adds Automated Secure Alarm Protocol program to 911 services
UTICA, N.Y. — The Oneida County Department of Emergency Services has implemented a new program to improve 911 response time by increasing data accuracy and
Barton & Loguidice opens Utica office
UTICA, N.Y. — Barton & Loguidice, D.P.C. — a Salina–based engineering, planning, environmental, and landscape-architecture firm — has opened a new office at 70 Genesee
NUAIR to host international committee meeting June 1-3 at Rome UAS Test Site
ROME, N.Y. — NUAIR will host the June meeting of ASTM International’s unmanned aircraft committee (F38) at the New York UAS Test Site in Rome
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