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What Is Cyber Liability?
Take a minute to think about the kind of data you personally send across the Internet. When you order a new book through Amazon.com, your credit card information is transmitted. You download a new app...
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New Worries about the Hidden Cost of Cloud Computing
This summer, Forbes, Computer Weekly, and IBM all published articles expressing concern about the hidden costs of cloud computing. As they say, where there's smoke there's fire.What has gotten everyone...
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Data Breach Solutions: What You Can Learn from Adobe's Massive Data Breach
Last week, Adobe revealed it was the victim of one of the largest data breaches in a decade. Cyber criminals stole the software giant's source code for Adobe Reader and the credit card information for...
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5 Ways Web Programmers Can Be Sued
Freelance web programmers deal with a lot of uncertainty. They often piece revenue together from a patchwork of client contracts and may not know what project they'll be working on in a week.With all...
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E&O Disclaimers: Do They Hold Up in Court?
Theoretically, an E&O disclaimer can prevent you from being sued for mistakes or professional negligence.A web company might post a disclaimer saying it is not responsible for any its site, which...
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What Are IT Professionals Legally Responsibility For? (AKA, How to Avoid 3...
There are three key legal responsibilities IT companies need to understand in order to avoid lawsuits alleging errors and omissions, negligence in data protection, or theft of intellectual...
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Beyond E&O Insurance: Does Your IT Risk Management Plan Really Reduce Risks?
A comprehensive risk management strategy includes everything from rigorous software testing to how you choose between cloud-service vendors. It informs all your IT decisions and can play a major role...
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Common Risks for IT Project Managers Part 2: Legal Risks
When you sign a contract to work with a client, contractor, or subcontractor, you enter into a tangled web of errors and omissions liabilities. If anything goes wrong on the project, it’s common for...
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3 Steps to Avoid Client Crises and E&O Lawsuits on Cyber Monday
On December 2, a week from today, millions of Americans will flock to online retail sites to take advantage of the Cyber Monday deals that have become an integral part of the holiday shopping season....
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Software Testing to Identify E&O Liability
This week, Google announced that it was expanding its "bug-bounty" software testing program to its Android platform. Like many other large software companies, Google offers cash "bounties" to security...
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Software Testing for Legal Compliance
One risk in software development is failure to comply with accessibility standards. Laws and industry regulations can require IT businesses to make software and web services accessible to handicapped...
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IT Risk Management Strategy: Deadlines and Software Testing
Sticking to deadlines and meeting software-testing milestones are important for software developers who want to limit their liability and prevent lawsuits. In this article, we'll answer the following...
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What Google and Twitter Can Teach Us about Testing Software for Security
Any software or web app can have security vulnerabilities – just ask Google, which recently announced it had fixed a bug that allowed hackers to steal passwords from Google accounts.The bug was...
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Verification & Validation to Avoid E&O Claims
People sometimes use the words verification and validation interchangeably (and often abbreviate them to V&V), but while they can both help you avoid errors and omissions lawsuits, there are key...
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What Is Cyber Liability?
Take a minute to think about the kind of data you personally send across the Internet. When you order a new book through Amazon.com, your credit card information is transmitted. You download a new app...
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New Worries about the Hidden Cost of Cloud Computing
This summer, Forbes, Computer Weekly, and IBM all published articles expressing concern about the hidden costs of cloud computing. As they say, where there's smoke there's fire.What has gotten everyone...
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Data Breach Solutions: What You Can Learn from Adobe's Massive Data Breach
Last week, Adobe revealed it was the victim of one of the largest data breaches in a decade. Cyber criminals stole the software giant's source code for Adobe Reader and the credit card information for...
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5 Ways Web Programmers Can Be Sued
Freelance web programmers deal with a lot of uncertainty. They often piece revenue together from a patchwork of client contracts and may not know what project they'll be working on in a week.With all...
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Web Design Insurance Defends Freelancers from Lawsuits
As a web designer, you know a lot of work goes into making an attractive, secure, and functional web site for clients. Unfortunately, the intricate, multi-layered nature of your work also means you’re...
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Technology Errors & Omissions: Google’s on the Ball
If you use Google, you’ve probably noticed the blue dialog bar that’s been appearing on the search engine’s home page announcing updates to its Terms of Service. One of the most significant changes...
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