A client of mine gave one of his employees the afternoon off in exchange for the employee dropping off a small package of merchandise at the customer’s site not far from the employee’s home. Happy to get the afternoon off, the employee headed out the door with package in hand and his GPS searching for the customer’s address.
55% of the small businesses surveyed by the Ponemon Institute had suffered a Data Breach and 53% had already suffered multiple Data Breaches. Only one third of the business had properly notified the affected individuals about the exposure of their personal information.
For those of us that remember using carbon paper to create a copy of a document, technology is the greatest. Virtual offices, telecommuting, and all forms of working remotely have changed the face of the standard business model.