As Australia starts to re-open retail stores, restaurants and workplaces, a key question everyone is asking is whether customers will follow. Even prior to government lockdowns, customer purchases were down, and in countries that have re-opened, purchases are still down. Hence, stores need to adjust. Based on academic and market research on customer behaviour, and […]

Adapting to the new normal: Cyber security in the age of COVID-19 As employers around the world made the decision to have employees work from home wherever possible in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the safety of their people was top-of-mind — as it should be. But the sheer scale and speed with which […]

Criminals will try to trick users into giving up sensitive info by taking advantage of the interest around the pandemic. While we all try to get used to the COVID-19 pandemic’s ‘new normal’ in our work and home lives, this year has been a time of unprecedented opportunity for cyber criminals. The global response to […]

As the coronavirus forced people into self-isolation and businesses into shutdown, Australians have had to adjust to a new normal. So too have entrepreneurs, which no matter their sector have been forced to look for new opportunities as their old businesses either took a hit or dried up altogether. Here’s how four different companies did […]

The global outbreak of COVID-19 has created uncertainty for business owners. While you can’t control what happens over the next few weeks or months, you can control how well you prepare for the unexpected. Here are six ways to effectively manage your business through challenging times. Challenge #1: Sales start to dipLook at ways to […]

CFC Underwriting puts forward COVID-19 cyber scam warning Specialist insurance provider CFC has warned that its in-house cyber claims team is seeing new COVID-19 cyber scams targeting businesses. “Since countries around the world went into lockdown, the types of incidents that our cyber claims team are dealing with shows that while there hasn’t yet been […]

C-suite executives will increasingly be targeted as cyber criminals look for ways to extort money from large corporations, according to a new report from cyber analytics provider CyberCube. Organised criminals and hackers are moving away from “high-volume, low-value” attacks, according to CyberCube. Instead, hackers are carefully selecting senior managers who have access to their companies’ […]