How To Prep For A Recession By Strengthening Your Business Foundation

Signs are starting to point to a recession just as businesses were hoping to emerge from the pandemic times. The economy is the latest challenge in a string of unnerving events for businesses and their leadership.
Leverage the zero trust architecture model to grow your business

There are plenty of good reasons why companies should implement cybersecurity, but today we’re focusing on growth. Your business is likely already looking at different approaches and options for more robust security.
Greater Washington’s veteran entrepreneurs discuss their leadership style

The D.C. area is the nation’s best for veteran-owned businesses. Our veterans tell us their secrets.
What Every Small Business Needs to Know about Cyber Insurance

Small business. Big cybersecurity risks. We’re continuing to see cyber threats impacting growing companies at an alarming rate. Forty-six percent of all cyber-attacks now affect businesses with less than 1,000 employees, according to Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report.
Time For a Change? Manage Your Business Transformation

Contractors should be experts in transformation. After all, you’ve adapted to some pretty big changes in just the past few years. Government shutdowns. Stay-at-home orders. Supply chain disruptions. Talent shortages. Even cyber scares.
Managing security compliance with a hybrid workforce

Home internet speed. Cameras on or off. Core work hours. These are just a few remote work worries managers now have to consider. While businesses may have dabbled in flexible work arrangements before, it’s clear that widespread adoption of hybrid policies is here to stay — and with it, the need for cybersecurity extends beyond […]
A Long Look At Business Ethics

On one recent morning, a maintenance contract made me stop and examine business ethics. A competitor had advised potential customers that they would need three years of maintenance following a purchase. The customers, worried about meeting industry standards, were potentially none the wiser.
4 Predictions On The Collapse Of Workplace Accountability

The pandemic robbed businesses of comfortable collaboration and is now ushering in sweeping changes that may define the future of work as we know it. Flexibility at work has become a hot-button issue.
Resignation Reinvention: How To Use Workforce Shifts To Drive Change

No one likes disruption, but everyone loves new opportunities. The “Great Resignation” is a massive, multi-industry disruptor. That doesn’t mean that your company should view it negatively. We can choose to see it as a sign that it’s time for change.
How Contractors can use a Fractional CIO to Grow

Government contractors are like teenagers. Nearly overnight, their jeans are too short and their shoes are too small. Growth comes in spurts that can catch leaders by surprise.